Caracterização térmica e óptica por espectroscopia fotoacústica: um método inverso / Thermal and optical characterization by photoacoustic spectroscopy: a inverse approach
AUTOR(ES)
Leandro de Amorim Ratamero
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
Photoacoustic spectroscopy is a very effective technique for optical and thermal characterization of materials. This technique is based on photoacoustic effect. It occurs when a material sample placed inside a closed cell filled with any gas is illuminated with periodically interrupted light. This effect depends on many parameters as modulation frequency of the incident electromagnetic radiation and on optical and thermal properties of the material studied. The Rosencwaig-Gersho (RG) model has been used for parameter estimation where special cases of opaqueness and thermal behavior of the material are considered. One has interest in the use of the general RG model to estimate two or more parameters, simultaneously. In this way, the inverse problem approach has been applied with the direct problem modeled with the general RG model. However, synthetic experimental data has been used in such approach, e.g., noise is added on the data, obtained from direct problem, in order to simulate real experimental data. The main goal of this work is to use the real experimental data in the inverse problem approach. It was needed to carry out the sensitivity study of the parameters with respect to the overall experimental conditions. The modified sensitivity coefficients play an important role in such study. Therefore, an algorithm was built up to study the relationship between modified sensitivity coefficients for the successful inverse approach of parameter estimation. As an example, a simple and qualitative study of sensitivity of the parameters was done, using such algorithm. It pointed out the conditions of the real experimental arrangement in which experimental data were obtained to estimate a unique parameter of the sample. With these experimental data the inverse problem was applied for determining the thermal diffusivity of the sample. Finally, a discussion is presented on the value obtained for the thermal diffusivity by this approach and on the application of the inverse method on the photoacoustic spectroscopy.
ASSUNTO(S)
análise de sensibilidade experimental design photoacoustic spectroscopy problemas inversos (equações diferenciais) materials - testing estimativa de parâmetro espectroscopia acústica - Ótica planejamento experimental inverse problems (differential equations) materiais testes matematica aplicada sensitivity analysis parameter estimation
