图像复原式整形环形光横向超分辨共焦显微测量新方法

提出一种新的图像复原式整形环形光横向超分辨共焦显微测量法. 该方法首先利用二元光学器件，将高斯照明光束整形为环形光束，用于初步改善共焦显微镜的横向分辨力，然后利用基于最大似然估计法(maximum likelihood estimate, MLE)的单幅图像超分辨复原技术，重建测量图像的高频信息，来进一步改善共焦显微镜的横向分辨力. 实验表明,当λ=632.8nm，N.A. =0.85时，该方法能使共焦显微镜获得优于0.1μm的横向分辨力. 利用该方法建立的横向超分辨共焦显微系统除了具有显著的超分辨效果外 关键词： 超分辨 超分辨复原 最大似然估计 共焦成像     

测量表面倾角对差动共焦瞄准信号影响分析

普通共焦显微镜的轴向响应特性,因受到被测量表面的倾斜角影响引从而起轴向响应特性变化,而应用差动共焦光学系统对超精密加工的表面进行瞄准测量时,差动系统的瞄准信号也受到影响,并进而影响到测量系统对加工表面的测量精度及分辨特性。通过对差动共焦测量系统输出信号理论模型的分析得出被测量面的倾斜角变化不影响差动共焦输出信号零点位置;倾角在一定范围内变化时不影响瞄准测量分辨力的结论,并给出了实验分析结果。     

用于自由曲面表面测量的激光差动共焦传感器

针对自由曲面测量问题,构建了一套高精度大量程激光差动共焦传感器。该传感器基于激光差动共焦原理,利用归一化单点定焦模型减小被测表面倾斜角度、反射率的影响,结合非等距分数阶累加预测算法预判焦点位置,实现快速跟踪定焦。将气浮导轨与PZT结合拓展轴向扫描范围。实验表明,该传感器轴向分辨力优于3nm,可测量表面倾斜角度达22°,轴向扫描范围达50mm,差动曲线的过零点标准偏差为5.7nm,有良好的重复性。该传感器为自由曲面的面型轮廓测量提供了一种新的方法。     

差动共焦式纳米级光聚焦探测系统的研究

为解决纳米级大范围的非接触测量问题 ,提出了基于差动式共焦显微技术的光聚焦探测系统。介绍了系统的工作原理和结构装置 ,对系统中的关键技术进行了优化设计 ,通过对共焦光路的差动设计 ,可以有效地抑制光源的噪声和漂移对测量结果的影响。初步实验结果表明 ,该系统的轴向分辨率可达 2 nm     

微型差动式共焦自聚焦光聚焦探测系统

为解决微小内轮廓尺寸为代表的微小尺寸的非接触式超精密测量问题，提出了将自聚焦透镜体积小的特点与共焦显微技术的高分辨率和绝对位置跟踪特性相结合的差动式自聚焦共焦微型显微技术的光探测技术，建立了相应的传感系统，介绍了系统的工作原理和构成，自聚焦透镜测头直径为1mm，两个探测器差动设置，不但消除了光源的光强漂移和探测器的电子漂移产生的共模噪声，提高了测量信噪比，而且有效地提高了系统的轴向分辨率，初步实验表明，系统轴向分辨率在倾斜率小于20度的范围内可达5nm。     

应用共焦显微镜原理测量倾斜工程表面

用基尔霍夫衍射公式分析反射式共焦光路 ,得到了被测件有一定倾斜角度表面的共焦轴向响应理论模型。由菲涅耳衍射近似公式得到的共焦轴向响应特性只是它的理论模型的一个特例。同时 ,对接收端采用差动连接的共焦测量的聚焦瞄准信号进行了分析 ,得到了表面倾斜角对聚焦瞄准信号影响的关系。应用共焦实验系统及差动测量系统对具有不同倾角的块规斜面的轴向响应信号进行了测量。理论模型的数值分析与实验结果相吻合。用差动共焦光学系统作为瞄准传感器、用电容传感器进行位移监测 ,对倾角为 10°的角规的斜面进行测量 ,得到分辨率小于 2 0nm的表面形貌图。     

光栅尺测长式激光差动共焦曲率半径测量系统

为了增强高精度曲率半径测量仪器的抗环境干扰能力,满足现场使用需求,研制了一套基于光栅尺测长的激光差动共焦曲率半径测量系统。该系统利用差动共焦轴向光强响应曲线的过零点对应系统物镜聚焦焦点这一特性,对被测样品的猫眼位置及共焦位置进行精确瞄准定位,并借助光栅尺测长得到透镜猫眼位置与共焦位置之间的距离,实现曲率半径的测量。实验表明,该系统相对测量精度优于510-6,满足高精度曲率半径测量的精度需求。     

差动共焦显微成像高稳定三维扫描技术与系统

激光差动共焦显微镜具备高空间分辨率特点,但因其逐点扫描成像方式,扫描时间长,易受三维扫描系统不稳定和环境干扰等影响,产生系统漂移,影响仪器的空间分辨率。利用楔块机构高稳定特点,结合刹车机构的自由抱闸特性,设计了一种新型的轴向升降机构,由此构建了结构更具稳定特性的电动三维扫描系统。稳定性实验验证在搭建的激光差动共焦显微镜上进行,经过监测系统在90min内的轴向位置,轴向漂移小于50nm,与原三维扫描系统漂移140nm对比,漂移速度明显减慢,稳定性有显著提升,进而明显改善了差动共焦显微成像效果。     

超分辨在共焦三维形貌检测术中的应用

通过对共焦三维形貌检测术的分析,根据超分辨理论,在共焦系统中加入环形光瞳滤波器,以期延长系统的动态检测范围,并提高系统的横向分辨率。理论和实验结果表明该方法在适当牺牲轴向分辨率的条件下,能有效地延长系统的动态检测范围,且提高其横向分辨率。     

基于光程调制的多差动共聚焦显微技术研究

为解决传统共焦显微系统的分辨力与线性量程不能兼顾的问题,提出了基于变光程技术的多差动共焦显微技术,利用光程的调制在单探测光路中实现轴向响应曲线相对于焦平面的对称相移的方式,仅需要调整单一参数就可获得不同离焦量的响应曲线,实现具有绝对零点、线性度好的多差动光路系统,从而实现在同一系统中对高分辨力与大量程的兼容。该技术减少了元器件性能差异和人为装调误差,结构简单,提高了可靠性。实验表明：系统可兼顾分辨力与线性量程,轴向分辨力可达6.46 nm。为微细结构的测量提供了一种精度高、结构简单、应用场合广泛的技术。     

A shaped annular beam tri-heterodyne confocal microscope with good anti-environmental interference capability

A shaped annular beam tri-heterodyne confocal microscope has been proposed to improve the anti-environmental interference capability and the resolution of a confocal microscope. It simultaneously detects far-, on-, and near-focus signals with given phase differences by dividing the measured light path of the confocal microscope into three sub-paths (signals). Pair-wise real-time heterodyne subtraction of the three signals is used to improve the anti-environmental interference capability, axial resolution, and linearity; and a shaped annular beam super-resolution technique is used to improve lateral resolution. Theoretical analyses and preliminary experiments indicate that an axial resolution of about 1 nm can be achieved with a shaped annular beam tri-heterodyne confocal microscope and its lateral resolution can be better than 0.2 $\mu $m for $\lambda =632.8$~nm, the numerical aperture of the lens of the microscope is NA $=0.85$, and the normalized radius $\varepsilon =0.5$.     

Improvement of confocal microscope performance by shaped annular beam and heterodyne confocal techniques

In order to further improve the performance of a confocal microscope (CM) used for measurement of surface profiles and 3D microstructures, a shaped annular beam heterodyne confocal measurement method based on annular pupil filter technique and reflection confocal microscopy, is proposed to expand the measurement range and to improve the defocused property of CM. The approach proposed uses a confocal dual-receiving light path arrangement and a heterodyne subtraction of two signals received from detectors with axial offset to enable CM to be used for bipolar absolute measurement and to improve the defocused property of CM, and it uses the annular pupil filter technique to produce a binary optical shaped annular beam, which expands the measurement range by expanding the full-width at half-maximum of intensity curve received from two detectors in a heterodyne confocal microscopy system. Theoretical analyses and experimental results indicate that a shaped annular beam heterodyne microscope has a measurement range expanded from 4 to 14 μm, achieved an axial resolution of 2 nm and improved the defocused property, when ε=0.5 and NA=0.65. It can be therefore concluded that the shaped annular beam heterodyne confocal measuring method proposed is a new approach to ultraprecision measurement of surface profiles and 3D microstructures.     

An approach to achieve lateral superresolution for small probe confocal measurement system and its element

A shaped annular beam superresolution approach is proposed to improve a lateral resolution of a small probe laser confocal measurement system (LCMS). The approach proposed enables lateral superresolution measurement of LCMS to be achieved by using a binary optical diffractive element to shape a He–Ne Gaussian laser beam into an annular beam with an inner diameter of 0.87 mm and an outer diameter of 1.8 mm required for superresolution measurement, and shift the beam spatial frequency from low to high. And a binary optical element (BOE) with 16 phase levels is designed and fabricated to shape a Gaussian laser beam into an annular beam. Preliminary experimental results indicate that an intensity distribution of a shaped annular beam is in agreement with simulation results, the diffractive efficiency is 87.2%; LCMS lateral and axial resolutions of 0.2 μm and 3 nm are achieved, respectively, and its measurement range is expanded nearly to double, when BOE is used in LCMS and , NA=0.85.     

微分干涉差共焦显微膜层微结构缺陷探测系统

多层膜极紫外光刻掩模"白板"缺陷是制约下一代光刻技术发展的瓶颈之一,为提高对掩模"白板"上的膜层微结构缺陷的分辨能力,提出了一种微分干涉差共焦显微探测系统方案。基于标量衍射理论,计算了系统横向和轴向分辨率。利用MATLAB建模仿真,在数值孔径为0.65、工作波长为405 nm时,分析比较了微分干涉差共焦显微系统、传统显微系统和共焦显微系统的分辨率。结果表明微分干涉差共焦显微系统具有230 nm的横向分辨率和25 nm轴向台阶高度差的分辨能力(对应划痕等缺陷形式)。此外,仿真和分析了实际应用中探测器尺寸、样品轴向偏移等的影响,模拟分析了膜层微结构缺陷的探测,结果表明本系统可以探测200 nm宽、10 nm高的微结构缺陷,较另外两种系统有更好的探测能力。     

The on-axis average intensity for Gaussian beam excitation limited by an annular aperture in turbulent atmosphere

Starting with a Gaussian beam excitation limited by an annular aperture, the on-axis average intensity is presented in turbulent atmosphere. The on-axis average intensity profile is evaluated by altering the outer and inner radius of an annular aperture, the propagation distance and wavelength. The results show that the outer radius of an annular aperture within a certain size impacts the on-axis intensity distributions. When the propagation distance or the outer radius of an annular aperture is large enough, the on-axis average intensity distributions is not affected by the size of the annular aperture. By calculation and analyses, the variation of the inner radius of the annular aperture and the wavelength of the Gaussian beam that impact on the axial average intensity distributions is also discussed.     

A lateral super-resolution differential confocal technology with phase-only pupil filter

In order to achieve a higher lateral resolution required for ultraprecision measurement of microstructural workpieces, phase-only pupil filtering differential confocal microscopy (PFDCM), a new approach is proposed based on the differential confocal microscopy (DCM), which uses a three-zone phase-only pupil filter with lateral super-resolution capability obtained through optimized design to change the distribution of DCM three-dimensional point spread function, so that the DCM lateral resolution is therefore significantly improved while its axial resolution is slightly improved. Preliminary experimental comparison and analyses indicate that, the lateral and axial resolutions of PFDCM are better than 0.2 μm and 2 nm, respectively, when wavelength of incidence laser beam , numerical aperture of measuring lens NA=0.85, and lateral spot size with a three-zone phase-only pupil filter G_T=0.65. It is therefore concluded that PFDCM is a new approach to further improvement of lateral resolution in laser probe measurement systems.     

Differential confocal technology based on radial birefringent pupil filtering principle

In order to improve the spatial resolution of a confocal system, a radial birefringent pupil filter (RBPF) is introduced into a differential confocal system. RBPF consists of two polarizers with a birefringent element between them, and its pupil function is deduced from Jones matrix. The thickness and curvature radius of RBPF are optimized independently, using the first zero coordinate ratio. The pupil function is modulated by RBPF to enhance the half-width of the response function, and lateral resolution is improved when response curve is changed with the position of RBPF as well as the polarization; then axial super-resolution of the system can be guaranteed using differential confocal detection mechanism. In comparison with conventional pupil filtering technology, RBPF features high lateral resolution and can be easily produced; moreover, it also has a simple structure. Together with its low cost, RBPF provides a new way for the improvement of super-resolution of confocal system. It is indicated from theoretical analysis and preliminary experiments that the lateral resolution can be significantly improved and the measurement error is reduced by 76 nm when measuring a standard grating of period 3 μm; the axial resolution up to 3 nm has been achieved using the optimized pupil filter. In addition to its application for measurement of a small irregular surface in a limited space, the whole differential confocal system proposed can be fitted onto a coordinate measuring machine for non-contact measurement of dimensions and surface roughness.     

用于高数值孔径物镜的可调光瞳滤波器

根据矢量衍射理论，提出了一种用于提高高数值孔径显微物镜纵向分辨率的可调二元环形光瞳滤波器，通过改变滤波器的环半径获得不同的纵向分辨率，并利用共焦显微术点扩散函数的乘积性大大地降低了旁瓣相对主瓣的比值。模拟结果表明，这种新型滤波器不仅可以提高高数值孔径物镜的纵向分辨率，同时基本上不影响横向分辨率。     

基于彩色共焦的位移测量系统研究

为实现小型化、非接触式、快速高精度的位移测量,设计并搭建了基于光学彩色共焦原理的位移测量系统。系统中数据拟合采用的方法是,对光谱响应函数极值周围的数据进行高斯叠加拟合,以获得光谱响应曲线的峰值,从而得到峰值所对应的波长。经过实验验证,系统的测量范围为2mm,测量精度可以达到10μm,线性度为3.4%,光谱响应的半高宽(FWHM)为49nm。因此能够满足一定精度的位移测量需求。