Profilometry by spectral encoding of the optical axis

Herve Perrin; Patrick Sandoz; Gilbert M. Tribillon

doi:10.1117/12.195933

12 December 1994 Profilometry by spectral encoding of the optical axis

Herve Perrin, Patrick Sandoz, Gilbert M. Tribillon

Proceedings Volume 2340, Interferometry '94: New Techniques and Analysis in Optical Measurements; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195933
Event: International Conference on Interferometry '94, 1994, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

A scanning optical profilometer without sample displacement along the optical axis has been developed. Light coming from a wide spectrum light source is focused onto the inspected surface through a Fresnel lens. Because of its dispersive properties, the foci are distributed along the optical axis as a function of wavelength. The reflected light is focused on a filtering pinhole like in confocal microscopy. The only wavelength exactly focused on the surface is transferred through this pinhole to the detection unit. The detected light is analyzed through a spectroscopic device and the surface height is deduced from the wavelength for which the light intensity is maximum. This punctual measure is repeated for each surface point by a lateral scanning of the surface. With respect to other focus sensing profilers, we replace a mechanical z displacement of the sample by a spectral inspection of the detected light. The setup and some experimental results are presented.

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Herve Perrin, Patrick Sandoz, and Gilbert M. Tribillon "Profilometry by spectral encoding of the optical axis", Proc. SPIE 2340, Interferometry '94: New Techniques and Analysis in Optical Measurements, (12 December 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195933

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