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=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
A profilometer is an instrument that measures a surface's profile or roughness at the nanometer level. A contact profilometer has a diamond stylus that physically touches the surface. It is not sensitive to surface color or reflectance. Optical or non-contact profilometers scan the surface with light. | |||
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=== Significance === | |||
=== Technique === | |||
'''A contact style profilometer''' | |||
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'''A non-contact profilometer''' | |||
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Video instructions for the [http://grover.mirc.gatech.edu/training/viewVideo.php?video=wyko-high&size=0 Wycko Profilometer at GT Microelectronics Research Center] | Video instructions for the [http://grover.mirc.gatech.edu/training/viewVideo.php?video=wyko-high&size=0 Wycko Profilometer at GT Microelectronics Research Center] | ||
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see [[wikipedia:Profilometer]] | |||
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Overview
A profilometer is an instrument that measures a surface's profile or roughness at the nanometer level. A contact profilometer has a diamond stylus that physically touches the surface. It is not sensitive to surface color or reflectance. Optical or non-contact profilometers scan the surface with light.
<swf width="500" height="400">images/3/35/Profilometer.swf</swf>
Significance
Technique
A contact style profilometer
A non-contact profilometer
Video instructions for the Wycko Profilometer at GT Microelectronics Research Center