SOFORT

SOPRA-FORTH Partnership for the Development of a Microsecond Ellipsometer

Coordinatore	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS    more  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Zinovia Cognome: Papatheodorou Email: send email Telefono: 302810000000 Fax: 302810000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	494˙135 €
EC contributo	494˙135 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP
Funding Scheme	MC-IAPP
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-08-01   -   2014-07-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Zinovia Cognome: Papatheodorou Email: send email Telefono: 302810000000 Fax: 302810000000	EL (HERAKLION)	coordinator	286˙273.00
2	SOPRALAB SAS  Organization address address: Avenue de l'Europe 55 city: Courbevoie postcode: 92400 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Marc Cognome: Stehle Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 46 49 67 00 Fax: +33 1 42 42 29 34	FR (Courbevoie)	participant	113˙008.00
3	PHOTEK LIMITED  Organization address address: CASTLEHAM ROAD 26 city: EAST SUSSEX postcode: TN38 9NS contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Pip Cognome: Gould Email: send email Telefono: +44 1424 85055 Fax: +44 1424 850051	UK (EAST SUSSEX)	participant	94˙854.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The FORTH’s team has recently demonstrated an extremely fast and sensitive ellipsometer, based on the amplification of the ellipsometric angle by multiple reflective passes (at least 100 and as many as a million) at the interface in question. It is able to make senstive measurements on timescales as fast as microseconds (at least), with applications including biosensing, microelectronics, and surface dyanmics. The FORTH research effort will be integrated with a larger research activity funded by an ERC Starting Grant (TRICEPS), which focuses on the development of basic scientific principles of cavity-enhanced metrology. The scientific and technological aim of the project is to investigate the commercial viabilty of the new ellipsometric techniques, and it's use to probe a range of time-dependent surface phenomena, with unprecedented time resolution and sensitivity. The proposed collaboration will be fruitful for both parties for the following reasons: a) The IESL-FORTH team has demonstrated a very promising technique (in the field where SOPRA is a world leader), but lacks experience in commercial instrument development. The research and product development is best done in conjunction with a leading company with experience with similar successful products. b) The new technique will substantially enhance the time-resolution of the classical ellipsometer by orders of magnitude (down to microseconds at least) and nonetheless remain technically simple. It will also be applicable to a new range of research, and will appeal to a wider client base, which of interest to SOPRA. c) IESL-FORTH will benefit from interaction with an industrial partner, by gaining experience in how a product should be developed, and learning about the problems that such development entails. SOPRA will benefit from contact with academic research by learning about new applications outside of its existing field of expertise.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded scientists unveiled an extremely fast ellipsometer with the help of a spectroscopic technique known as cavity ring-down. The ellipsometer prototype is able to make measurements with unprecedented sensitivity and with microsecond resolution.