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Sensors and Materials, Volume 38, Number 1(2) (2026)
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S&M4292 Research paper
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM6000
Published: January 16, 2026

Optimizing Responsiveness and Accuracy of Noncontact Temperature Measurement Based on Thermoreflectance [PDF]

Taichi Murakami, Masaki Shimofuri, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, and Shugo Miyake

(Received November 4, 2025; Accepted December 11, 2025)

Keywords: thermoreflectance, lock-in amplifier, transient temperature measurement, Ti thin-film wiring

A noncontact temperature measurement system based on thermoreflectance (TR) with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) without temperature modulation was developed and optimized for responsiveness to achieve high-speed and accurate temperature measurement. The developed system employed a balanced photodetector and lock-in amplifier to measure minute reflectance changes in a Joule-heated Ti thin-film wiring pattern. The response characteristics of the lock-in amplifier were analyzed theoretically using a fourth-order low-pass filter model. The response time was approximately ten times the time constant (TC) of the filter, and SNR was inversely proportional to the square root of TC. Transient temperature measurements demonstrated that the measurement response depends strongly on TC, and a response time of approximately 15 ms with a temperature uncertainty of 3.3 ℃ was achieved by selecting the optimum TC value. The experimentally obtained SNR increased on extending TC to larger than the theoretical prediction, suggesting a complex noise spectrum at high frequencies.

Corresponding author: Shugo Miyake


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Taichi Murakami, Masaki Shimofuri, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, and Shugo Miyake, Optimizing Responsiveness and Accuracy of Noncontact Temperature Measurement Based on Thermoreflectance, Sens. Mater., Vol. 38, No. 1, 2026, p. 163-172.



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