Highly accurate non-contact characterization of engineering surfaces using confocal microscopy

被引:122
作者
Jordan, HJ [1 ]
Wegner, M [1 ]
Tiziani, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Tech Opt, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
关键词
scanning confocal microscopy; non-contact 3D characterization of complex engineering surfaces; PTB roughness standards; comparison of optical and tactile techniques for surface analysis; microlens arrays in confocal microscopy;
D O I
10.1088/0957-0233/9/7/023
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Optical non-contact techniques are very interesting for 3D characterization of sensitive and complex engineering surfaces. Unfortunately, the application of optical techniques was for many years restricted to selected types of surfaces which have only moderate variations of height and surface slope relative to their lateral resolution and measurement field. Owing to the fact that artefacts and form deviations occur with high spatial frequencies in optically measured topographs, there were some difficulties in interpreting the results and comparing them with the tactile standard techniques for surface characterization. Furthermore, artefacts in optically measured profiles have often been misinterpreted in terms of the resolution of optical techniques being higher than that of the tactile techniques. This paper presents two optical methods of confocal microscopy for highly accurate characterization of surfaces. The first method works on measurement fields of less than 1 mm(2) and is in practice absolutely comparable to the mechanical stylus instrument, even on rough surfaces. For this method results compare very well not only in surface statistics but also in topographic raw data, as will be demonstrated for the PTB roughness standards. The second method works on measurement fields up to square centimetres.
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页码:1142 / 1151
页数:10
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