Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry
Scanning broadband light interferometry (SBLI) has been widely utilized in surface metrology due to its non-contact and high-accuracy method. In SBLI, phase evaluation through Fourier Transform (FT) is a prevalent and efficient technique, where the topography measurement can often be achieved throug...
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| description | Scanning broadband light interferometry (SBLI) has been widely utilized in surface metrology due to its non-contact and high-accuracy method. In SBLI, phase evaluation through Fourier Transform (FT) is a prevalent and efficient technique, where the topography measurement can often be achieved through one interferogram. Nevertheless, the accuracy of the FT method would be significantly influenced by intensity modulation depth: “the lower the modulation of the pixel, the higher the error probability of its phase assignment”. If the structure has a large enough range along the z-axis, several areas in an individual interferogram would be weakly modulated due to the limited depth of focus (DOF). In this paper, we propose an advanced FT-based method when it comes to large-height structures. Spatial modulation depth is first calculated for each interferogram independently. After that, a binary control mask is reasonably constructed to identify the pixels that are valid for phase unwrapping. Then, a phase stitching method along the z-axis is carried out to conduct the large-height topography measurement within a giving field of view. The theoretical principle, simulation, and experimental validation are elaborated to demonstrate that the method can achieve an improved robustness for the reconstruction of large-range microstructures, the advantages of which include the elimination of stepping errors, the suppression of light fluctuations, and the freedom of a limited DOF. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c0b4a4f9b574a63aa26858f12512c582022-12-22T03:37:38ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2017-10-0181131910.3390/mi8110319mi8110319Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light InterferometryYi Zhou0Yan Tang1Yong Yang2Song Hu3State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, ChinaScanning broadband light interferometry (SBLI) has been widely utilized in surface metrology due to its non-contact and high-accuracy method. In SBLI, phase evaluation through Fourier Transform (FT) is a prevalent and efficient technique, where the topography measurement can often be achieved through one interferogram. Nevertheless, the accuracy of the FT method would be significantly influenced by intensity modulation depth: “the lower the modulation of the pixel, the higher the error probability of its phase assignment”. If the structure has a large enough range along the z-axis, several areas in an individual interferogram would be weakly modulated due to the limited depth of focus (DOF). In this paper, we propose an advanced FT-based method when it comes to large-height structures. Spatial modulation depth is first calculated for each interferogram independently. After that, a binary control mask is reasonably constructed to identify the pixels that are valid for phase unwrapping. Then, a phase stitching method along the z-axis is carried out to conduct the large-height topography measurement within a giving field of view. The theoretical principle, simulation, and experimental validation are elaborated to demonstrate that the method can achieve an improved robustness for the reconstruction of large-range microstructures, the advantages of which include the elimination of stepping errors, the suppression of light fluctuations, and the freedom of a limited DOF.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/11/319spatial modulationdimensional metrologyphase stitchingmicrostructure |
| spellingShingle | Yi Zhou Yan Tang Yong Yang Song Hu Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry Micromachines spatial modulation dimensional metrology phase stitching microstructure |
| title | Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry |
| title_full | Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry |
| title_fullStr | Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry |
| title_short | Topography Measurement of Large-Range Microstructures through Advanced Fourier-Transform Method and Phase Stitching in Scanning Broadband Light Interferometry |
| title_sort | topography measurement of large range microstructures through advanced fourier transform method and phase stitching in scanning broadband light interferometry |
| topic | spatial modulation dimensional metrology phase stitching microstructure |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/11/319 |
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