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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Materials Science
Acoustics

Background:

Imaging buried structures through optically opaque materials is challenging.
Traditional microscopy is limited by material opacity.
Need for non-destructive imaging techniques for microstructures.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a high-resolution microscope for imaging through opaque layers.
To achieve micrometer transverse resolution and nanometer depth sensitivity.
To demonstrate imaging of microstructured objects through metal layers.

Main Methods:

Utilizing laser ultrasonic techniques with ultrafast laser pulses to generate acoustic waves.
Optically detecting acoustic echoes from buried interfaces using a time-delayed probe pulse.
Developing signal analysis for high-frequency ultrasound imaging.

Main Results:

Demonstrated imaging of complex microstructured objects through 200 nm metal layers.
Successfully imaged gratings through 500 nm thick metal layers.
Achieved a diffraction-limited transverse resolution of 1.2 μm and depth sensitivity better than 10 nm.

Conclusions:

The developed laser ultrasonic microscope can image buried structures through optically opaque materials.
High-frequency ultrasound enables resolution limited by the optical detection system.
This technique offers a powerful tool for non-destructive subsurface imaging at the microscale.