Olympus 3-D metrology system boasts high precision
-- Test & Measurement World, 11/12/2007 8:44:00 AM
Designed for researchers working between the limits of conventional optical microscopes and scanning electron microscopes, the LEXT OLS3100 confocal laser scanning microscope from Olympus permits high-resolution 3-D observation and measurement in real time. LEXT provides a horizontal resolution of 0.12 µm and a magnification range from 120X to 14,400X to meet a diverse range of needs in fine surface-profile measurement.
A 3-D image navigation tool offers animations to guide you through each step of microscopic observation, enabling the completion of a series of steps by simply using the mouse in the same way as shown in the animations. 3-D image capture is performed with just a single click of a button. You can use the mouse to rotate and move 3-D images, while rolling the mouse wheel scales the image through 100 different levels without any image deterioration. Even the background color can be changed to improve the observation and contrast of the specimen. What’s more, time-consuming tasks like setting the upper and lower focal limits are completely automatic.
The LEXT OLS3100 lets you measure step height, line width, and the distance between two points in a 3-D image. It also presents a variety of standard and novel 3-D image presentation patterns, including surface texture, real color, and wired frame.
The LEXT microscope integrates an apochromatic objective lens specifically designed for confocal laser scanning microscopy, with a near-UV (408-nm) laser light to ensure the highest level of observation clarity and measurement accuracy at high magnifications.
Olympus, www.olympus-europa.com.
