Conference paper
Non-Contact Thermal Wave Imaging Using Infrared Radiation
H. Emert, R.L. Melcher, et al.
IUS 1984
Thermal particle detection is a new approach to the detection of generic particulate contaminants on products. The method takes advantage of the low thermal conductivity of a particle/substrate interface by using rapid thermal heating to raise the particle temperature over the temperature of its surroundings. The perturbed particle is then detected by its subsequent thermal emissions with a highly sensitive IR detector. The physics of particle heating and detection both in vacuum and in air is described.
H. Emert, R.L. Melcher, et al.
IUS 1984
C.E. Yeack, R.L. Melcher, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics
R.L. Melcher, R.H. Plovnick
Physical Review B
R.L. Melcher
Physical Review Letters