Computational Raman imaging and thermography

Abstract

Thermography tools that perform accurate temperature measurements with nanoscale resolution are highly desired in our modern society. Although researchers have put extensive efforts in developing nanoscale thermography for more than three decades and a significant amount of achievements have been made in this field, the mainstream thermography tools have not fully met the requirements from the industry and the academia. In this thesis, we present our home-built Raman microscope for Raman imaging and thermography. The performance of this instrument is enhanced by computational approaches. The body of the thesis will be divided into three parts. First, the instrumentation of our setup are introduced. Second, we present the results of Raman imaging with computational super-resolution techniques. Third, this instrument is used as a thermography tool to map the temperature profile of a nanowire device. These results provide insights in combining advanced instrumentation and computational methods in Raman imaging and Raman thermography for the applications in modern nano-technology.