The step-scan experiment on the same PMMA/ABS sample was conducted with a ΦM frequency of 1,000Hz. A uniform probing depth of about 5.6μm across the spectrum is expected from this measurement. Since ΦM calibration phase was set to maximize the surface absorption in the in-phase (I) channel, as shown in Figure 3.8, the I spectrum is dominated by spectral features of the surface layer PMMA, and subsequently minimal contribution of PMMA and maximum contribution of ABS can be found from the Q spectrum.