Optical surface profiling

(Filmetrics Profilm3D)

An Optical profiler like The ProFilm3D is used to measure surface height variations such as surface roughness and topography on a wide variety of surfaces with very high levels of precision that use the wavelength of light as their ruler.

The Profilm3D® optical profilometer is an affordable, non-contact, white light interferometry-based (WLI) 3D surface topography measurement system and is used to measure surface height variations such as surface roughness and topography on a wide variety of surfaces with very high levels of precision that use the wavelength of light as their ruler.

The systems utilise optical interference profiling which is a well-established method of obtaining accurate surface topography and interfacial layer thickness measurements. The latest generation of the white light interferometer includes new imaging modes that extend performance and value. The Profilm3D series measures nanometre- to millimetre-scale surface features with a simple, flexible recipe setup, accommodating single scans or automated measurements on multiple sites to support both R&D and production environments.

Surface topography can occur over various lateral scales and is usually described in terms of the three categories listed below:

Manufacturer
Filmetrics

Filmetrics was founded in 1995 with the mission of making thin-film measurements simple and affordable.
Our approach, borne of the microelectronics and software revolution, results in film-thickness measurements that take less than a second – by operators who can be trained in minutes.

Key Features

Vertical scanning and phase shifting interferometry for measurement of surface features from nanometres to millimetres

TotalFocus 3D imaging with optimised focus for each pixel through the full measured range

True-Colour imaging produces the actual sample colours for enhanced visualisation, especially for subtle or buried features

Enhanced Roughness Mode (ERM) increases fringe contrast for improved fidelity on sloped surfaces such as lenses and enables signal improvement for rough surfaces

Automated focus with industry-leading long piezo travel range for scanning multiple surfaces separated by large height distances

Automated X-Y stage with a long travel range, great for mapping and stitching scans

Intuitive software suite including advanced Profilm desktop, the cloud-based ProfilmOnline and mobile applications for flexible data storage, visualisation and analysis

High quality measurement data

Powerful tool capabilities

500µm Z piezo travel

About Us

Omniscan is a supplier of leading edge surface analysis instrumentation and metrology solutions to industry and academia. We have provided high quality and focussed solutions to academic and industrial customers for the past 20 years.
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TECHNOLOGIES

Optical profilers like ProFilm3D are interference microscopes and are used to measure height variations – such as surface roughness – on surfaces with great precision using the wavelength of light.

APPLICATIONS

Surface measurement, synonymous with surface metrology is able to determine surface topography, which is essential for confirming a surface’s suitability for its function.

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