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Shearing interference microscope for step‐height measurements
Author(s) -
TRỊNH HƯNGXUÂN,
LIN SHYHTSONG,
CHEN LIANGCHIA,
YEH SHENGLIH,
CHEN CHINSHENG,
HOANG HONGHAI
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/jmi.12527
Subject(s) - optics , microscope , interference microscopy , shearing (physics) , interference (communication) , prism , wavelength , materials science , physics , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , telecommunications , composite material
Summary A shearing interference microscope using a Savart prism as the shear plate is proposed for inspecting step‐heights. Where the light beam propagates through the Savart prism and microscopic system to illuminate the sample, it then turns back to re‐pass through the Savart prism and microscopic system to generate a shearing interference pattern on the camera. Two measurement modes, phase‐shifting and phase‐scanning, can be utilized to determine the depths of the step‐heights on the sample. The first mode, which employs a narrowband source, is based on the five‐step phase‐shifting algorithm and has a measurement range of a quarter‐wavelength. The second mode, which adopts a broadband source, is based on peak‐intensity identification technology and has a measurement range up to a few micrometres. This paper is to introduce the configuration and measurement theory of this microscope, perform a setup used to implement it, and present the experimental results from the uses of the setup. The results not only verify the validity but also confirm the high measurement repeatability of the proposed microscope.