Fast scanning method for one-dimensional surface profile measurement by detecting angular deflection of a laser beam.
A fast scanning method for one-dimensional surface profile measurement is proposed. The profile is measured by integration of a slope distribution of the surface obtained from angular deflection of a scanning laser beam. A scanning optical system that consists principally of a spherical concave mirror and a rotating scanner mirror has reasonably low cost and is insensitive to mechanical vibration because of its high-speed scanning, of the order of milliseconds. A surface profile of a polygonal mirror along a 5-mm width was measured with the scanning method and with an interferometer. The root-mean-square difference between the two measured results is 0.98 nm.
Core System Company, Ltd., 2-2 Nakajima 2, Nagaoka-shi 940-0094, Japan.
Ryo
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Shinozaki
Osami
O
Sasaki
Takamasa
T
Suzuki