Evaluation of the optical performance of a novel high-speed focal-distance-modulated fibre-coupled confocal sensor

Andreas C. Gröschl; Janik Schaude; Tino Hausotte

doi:10.1117/12.2526038

21 June 2019 Evaluation of the optical performance of a novel high-speed focal-distance-modulated fibre-coupled confocal sensor

Andreas C. Gröschl, Janik Schaude, Tino Hausotte

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Proceedings Volume 11056, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XI; 110560N (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526038
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2019, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This article presents the evaluation of the optical performance of a new high-frequency focal-distance-modulated confocal point sensor. While maintaining the known advantages of the confocal measurement principle, the sen- sor represents an innovative combination of a fibre-coupled confocal illumination and detection with a tuneable, acoustically driven gradient-index fluid lens (TAG lens) for the modulation of the focus distance and a novel signal processing utilizing a lock-in amplifier. The new arrangement is able to achieve an approximately linear characteristic curve for the optimised feedback control of nano coordinate measuring systems (CMS) in scanning sample mode. This article emphasises the implementation and use of the sensor in nano CMS (NMM-1) and the advantages of the new signal processing. Measurements on different resolution standards are conducted and compared with the focal-distance-modulated sensor and without focus-distance-modulation as conventional confocal microscope (CCM).

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Andreas C. Gröschl, Janik Schaude, and Tino Hausotte "Evaluation of the optical performance of a novel high-speed focal-distance-modulated fibre-coupled confocal sensor", Proc. SPIE 11056, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XI, 110560N (21 June 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526038

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