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Title: Test surfaces useful for calibration of surface profilometers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1113535

The present invention provides for test surfaces and methods for calibration of surface profilometers, including interferometric and atomic force microscopes. Calibration is performed using a specially designed test surface, or the Binary Pseudo-random (BPR) grating (array). Utilizing the BPR grating (array) to measure the power spectral density (PSD) spectrum, the profilometer is calibrated by determining the instrumental modulation transfer.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-98CH10886
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,616,044
Application Number:
12/408,508
OSTI ID:
1113535
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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