Abstract
A spectral interference microscope using superluminescent diode as light source and a liquid-crystal Fabry-Perot etalon as a frequency tunable device is developed for three-dimensional imaging micro-profilometry. By changing the current to the superluminescent diode the constant light input to the interferometer was achieved throughout the measurement. A high speed Fourier transform technique was developed for the analysis of the data which takes few seconds to measure the three-dimensional absolute height distribution of a discontinuous object. Experimental results with improved resolution and speed of measurement are presented.
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