Experiment

A2-1 English

Thickness Measurements Using Birefringence (10 points)

Values in black (blue) are typical (acceptable).

Part A. Measurement System Setup (2.3 points)

A.1 (0.3 pt)

𝜆 = 684 nm

𝜃 = 20.0°

A.2 (0.2 pt)

𝜃 = −30.0°, 70.0°

A.3 (0.8 pt)

𝜃 = −28.0° (−28.9° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ −27.7° or 67.7° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 68.9°)

𝜆Peak = 458 nm
(450 nm ≤ 𝜆Peak ≤ 460 nm; 𝜆Peak and 𝜃 must be consistent with Eq. (7) or (8).)

𝛼 = 40.0°

A.4 (0.3 pt)

𝜑⟂ = 90° (85° ≤ 𝜑⟂ ≤ 95° or 265° ≤ 𝜑⟂ ≤ 275°)

𝜑∥ = 0° (𝜑∥ = 𝜑⟂ + 90° or 𝜑⟂ − 90°)

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A.5 (0.2 pt)

𝐼Offset ⟂ = 0.005 V (𝐼Offset ⟂ ≤ 0.010 V)

𝐼Offset ∥ = 0.010 V (𝐼Offset ∥ ≤ 0.020 V)

A.6 (0.5 pt)

𝐼⟂ = 0.001 V (𝐼⟂ ≤ 0.003 V)

𝐼∥ = 0.160 V (𝐼∥ ≥ 0.100 V)

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Part B. Measurement of transmitted light intensities (4.7 points)

B.1 (2.0 pt)

𝜃Stage /degree 𝜃/degree 𝜆/nm 𝐼⟂ /mV 𝐼∥ /mV 𝐼Total /mV 𝐼Norm

30.5 -31 430.5 13 26 39 0.333

30 -30.5 435.1 38 31 69 0.551

29.5 -30 439.7 83 27 110 0.755

29 -29.5 444.2 166 17 183 0.907

28.5 -29 448.8 244 21 265 0.921

28 -28.5 453.3 280 80 360 0.778

27.5 -28 457.7 267 159 426 0.627

27 -27.5 462.1 188 216 404 0.465

26.5 -27 466.5 73 223 296 0.247

26 -26.5 470.9 17 197 214 0.079

25.5 -26 475.2 12 162 174 0.069

25 -25.5 479.5 19 121 140 0.136

24.5 -25 483.7 34 71 105 0.324

24 -24.5 487.9 48 43 91 0.527

23.5 -24 492.1 61 22 83 0.735

23 -23.5 496.2 72 10 82 0.878

22.5 -23 500.3 83 4 87 0.954

22 -22.5 504.3 94 8 102 0.922

21.5 -22 508.3 97 19 116 0.836

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B.1 (2.0 pt)

(Continued)

𝜃Stage /degree 𝜃/degree 𝜆/nm 𝐼⟂ /mV 𝐼∥ /mV 𝐼Total /mV 𝐼Norm

21 -21.5 512.3 92 37 129 0.713

20.5 -21 516.3 77 68 145 0.531

20 -20.5 520.1 61 90 151 0.404

19.5 -20 524.0 35 130 165 0.212

19 -19.5 527.8 18 153 171 0.105

18.5 -19 531.6 8 166 174 0.046

18 -18.5 535.3 8 167 175 0.046

17.5 -18 539.0 14 158 172 0.081

17 -17.5 542.7 32 141 173 0.185

16.5 -17 546.3 47 127 174 0.270

16 -16.5 549.9 73 99 172 0.424

15.5 -16 553.4 93 76 169 0.550

15 -15.5 556.9 112 55 167 0.671

14.5 -15 560.3 130 34 164 0.793

14 -14.5 563.7 141 20 161 0.876

13.5 -14 567.1 147 10 157 0.936

13 -13.5 570.4 148 6 154 0.961

12.5 -13 573.7 146 6 152 0.961

12 -12.5 576.9 138 10 148 0.932

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B.1 (2.0 pt)

(Continued)

𝜃Stage /degree 𝜃/degree 𝜆/nm 𝐼⟂ /mV 𝐼∥ /mV 𝐼Total /mV 𝐼Norm

11.5 -12 580.1 127 17 144 0.882

11 -11.5 583.2 114 26 140 0.814

10.5 -11 586.3 97 38 135 0.719

10 -10.5 589.4 80 50 130 0.615

9.5 -10 592.4 67 60 127 0.528

9 -9.5 595.4 54 69 123 0.439

8.5 -9 598.3 41 76 117 0.350

8 -8.5 601.1 31 81 112 0.277

7.5 -8 604.0 22 87 109 0.202

7 -7.5 606.8 15 89 104 0.144

6.5 -7 609.5 8 91 99 0.081

6 -6.5 612.2 6 91 97 0.062

5.5 -6 614.8 4 89 93 0.043

5 -5.5 617.4 3 85 88 0.034

4.5 -5 620.0 4 81 85 0.047

4 -4.5 622.5 5 74 79 0.063

3.5 -4 624.9 7 69 76 0.092

3 -3.5 627.3 10 63 73 0.137

2.5 -3 629.7 12 57 69 0.174

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B.1 (2.0 pt)

(Continued)

𝜃Stage /degree 𝜃/degree 𝜆/nm 𝐼⟂ /mV 𝐼∥ /mV 𝐼Total /mV 𝐼Norm

2 -2.5 632.0 15 51 66 0.227

1.5 -2 634.2 18 44 62 0.290

1 -1.5 636.4 21 37 58 0.362

0.5 -1 638.6 23 32 55 0.418

0 -0.5 640.7 25 30 55 0.455

-0.5 0 642.8 27 26 53 0.509

-1.5 1 646.8 29 18 47 0.617

-2.5 2 650.6 31 13 44 0.705

-3.5 3 654.2 32 9 41 0.780

-4.5 4 657.5 32 6 38 0.842

-5.5 5 660.7 31 4 35 0.886

-6.5 6 663.7 30 3 33 0.909

-7.5 7 666.5 28 2 30 0.933

-8.5 8 669.1 27 2 29 0.931

-9.5 9 671.5 26 2 28 0.929

-10.5 10 673.6 24 2 26 0.923

-11.5 11 675.6 23 2 25 0.920

-13.5 13 678.9 20 2 22 0.909

-15.5 15 681.4 18 3 21 0.857

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B.3 (0.2 pt)

Δ𝜆FWHM = 25 nm (Δ𝜆FWHM ≤ 40 nm)

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Part C. Analyses of Measured Results (3.0 points)

C.1 (1.5 pt)

𝜆 = 473 nm, 534 nm, 617 nm

𝑚 = 8, 7, 6

C.2 (1.5 pt)

𝐿 = 407 𝜇m (390 𝜇m < 𝐿 < 410 𝜇m)