Abstract

The problem of the photothermal modulation of optical beams passing through multilayer films is an extremely complex one owing to the inhomogeneously modulated refractive index combined with multiple optical reflections inside the sample. This problem has so far not been given an exact analytical treatment in the field of photothermal probing. We consider here such a treatment for normal-incidence optical probing in reflectance of photothermally modulated single-layer thin-film samples with arbitrary optical constants. The validity of the method is demonstrated by application to a thin transparent film of silica on a silicon substrate.

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