Laser measurements and simulations of FBAR dispersion relation

In order to gain a better understanding of the behavior of thin-film bulk-acoustic-wave devices it is necessary to know the dispersion relation of an investigated layer stack. A laser interferometric measurement technique for mechanical surface vibrations is used, providing data to which numerical dispersion calculations are fitted. This method turned out to be a reliable source to determine the material parameters.

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