3-D metrology system boasts high precision

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. The 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 guides users through each step of microscopic observation, and a 3-D image capture is performed with just a single click of a button. 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. What’s more, time-consuming tasks like setting the upper and lower focal limits are completely automatic.

The LEXT microscope integrates an apochromatic objective lens specifically designed for confocal laser scanning microscopy, with a near-UV (408-nm) laser light.

Olympus, www.olympus-europa.com.