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News Release from: Armstrong Optical | Subject: MicroPhase
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2007
3D topography device measures profiles
MicroPhase from PhaseView allows 3D topography images to be obtained in less than five seconds with nanometre resolution.
MicroPhase from PhaseView, distributed in the UK by Armstrong Optical, is a simple, fast, accurate and cost-effective 3D topography device Based on PhaseView's patented digital phase technology, MicroPhase is an ideal tool for surface characterisation and 3D measurements such as profiles, heights, roughness and waviness parameters
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Unlike complex metrology equipment, MicroPhase relies on fully digital algorithms.
With no need for complex setup or calibration procedures, 3D topography images can be obtained in less than five seconds with nanometre resolution.
MicroPhase combines 2D video microscopy with automated 3D micro topography.
Fast data acquisition, topography measurement and analysis are available at the push of a button.
MicroPhase is a fully certified measurement system providing data according to international standards.
MicroPhase turns any existing microscope or stereomicroscope into an affordable 3D measurement tool with no alteration of standard microscopy observation modes.
It can be used with any transmission or reflection microscope equipped with a video port, without the need for additional optical components or accessories.
As well as being an ideal system for the quantification of general and engineering surfaces MicroPhase also offers easy detection and measurement of transparent samples in cellular biology and avoids the necessity of fluorescence staining to visualise low-contrast components.
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