Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology

Cell gap thickness measurement on the scale of micrometers has been widely developed, due to its importance for applications such as display. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a simple and precise method for measuring a millimeter-scaled cell gap by using a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy...

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Main Authors: Chao-Kuei Lee, Chung-Lun Wu, Han-Wei Zhang, Chun-Ta Wang, Tsung-Hsien Lin
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Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
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description Cell gap thickness measurement on the scale of micrometers has been widely developed, due to its importance for applications such as display. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a simple and precise method for measuring a millimeter-scaled cell gap by using a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system. Basically, it is a kind of spectrum scanning method with a light source of broadband terahertz radiation. This method allows us to measure the cell gap from 15 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu\text{m}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to 1.5 mm. In addition, the accuracy of measured thickness for the proposed method is also discussed and analyzed. This is the first time, to our best knowledge, that we can precisely measure the cell gap thickness as high as millimeters by optical measurement.
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spelling doaj-art-6f7952a0eb9f4486baaf8cdea1bc08752025-08-20T03:32:55ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552016-01-01831810.1109/JPHOT.2016.25719587484854Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy TechnologyChao-Kuei Lee0Chung-Lun Wu1Han-Wei Zhang2Chun-Ta Wang3Tsung-Hsien Lin4Department of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCell gap thickness measurement on the scale of micrometers has been widely developed, due to its importance for applications such as display. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a simple and precise method for measuring a millimeter-scaled cell gap by using a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system. Basically, it is a kind of spectrum scanning method with a light source of broadband terahertz radiation. This method allows us to measure the cell gap from 15 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu\text{m}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to 1.5 mm. In addition, the accuracy of measured thickness for the proposed method is also discussed and analyzed. This is the first time, to our best knowledge, that we can precisely measure the cell gap thickness as high as millimeters by optical measurement.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7484854/Thickness measurementliquid crystalsubmilimeter wave technology
spellingShingle Chao-Kuei Lee
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Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
IEEE Photonics Journal
Thickness measurement
liquid crystal
submilimeter wave technology
title Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
title_full Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
title_fullStr Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
title_full_unstemmed Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
title_short Millimeter-Scaled Thick Cell Gap Measurement by Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology
title_sort millimeter scaled thick cell gap measurement by terahertz spectroscopy technology
topic Thickness measurement
liquid crystal
submilimeter wave technology
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7484854/
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