Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy

Areal surface texture measuring instruments can be calibrated by determining a set of metrological characteristics currently in the final stages of standardisation. In this paper, amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics have been determined to calibrate the lateral performance...

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Main Authors: Alburayt, Anas, Syam, Wahyudin P., Leach, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50626/
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author Alburayt, Anas
Syam, Wahyudin P.
Leach, Richard
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Syam, Wahyudin P.
Leach, Richard
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description Areal surface texture measuring instruments can be calibrated by determining a set of metrological characteristics currently in the final stages of standardisation. In this paper, amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics have been determined to calibrate the lateral performance of a focus variation microscope. The paper presents a novel and low-cost material measure and procedures that are used to determine the characteristics. The material measure is made of stainless steel with a cross-grating grid of hemispherical grooves. The design, manufacturing and calibration of the material measure are discussed. The (20 × 20) mm grid is measured with and without image stitching. The results show that the proposed material measure and procedures can be used to determine the error of the amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics. In addition, the lateral stage error can be significantly reduced by measurement with image stitching.
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spelling nottingham-506262020-05-08T08:18:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50626/ Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy Alburayt, Anas Syam, Wahyudin P. Leach, Richard Areal surface texture measuring instruments can be calibrated by determining a set of metrological characteristics currently in the final stages of standardisation. In this paper, amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics have been determined to calibrate the lateral performance of a focus variation microscope. The paper presents a novel and low-cost material measure and procedures that are used to determine the characteristics. The material measure is made of stainless steel with a cross-grating grid of hemispherical grooves. The design, manufacturing and calibration of the material measure are discussed. The (20 × 20) mm grid is measured with and without image stitching. The results show that the proposed material measure and procedures can be used to determine the error of the amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics. In addition, the lateral stage error can be significantly reduced by measurement with image stitching. IOP Publishing 2018-03-23 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50626/1/Lateral%20scale%20calibration%20for%20focus%20variation%20microscopy.pdf Alburayt, Anas, Syam, Wahyudin P. and Leach, Richard (2018) Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy. Measurement Science and Technology, 29 (6). 065012. ISSN 1361-6501 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/aab949/meta doi:10.1088/1361-6501/aab949 doi:10.1088/1361-6501/aab949
spellingShingle Alburayt, Anas
Syam, Wahyudin P.
Leach, Richard
Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title_full Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title_fullStr Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title_short Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
title_sort lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50626/
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