Scanning Scattering Microscope: A Novel Optical Technique for Imaging Surface Microtopography,

Abstract

The Scanning Scattering Microscope (SSM) 1 can produce two-dimensional, high resolution micrographs of very small surface features and surface microtopography; this optical technique is very sensitive to surface roughness, surface and near-surface damage, and individual surface defects. Its present lateral resolution of about 5 um is augmented by an extremely high sensitivity to surface roughness of about 2 nm.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007934

Entities

People

  • Denes Marton
  • Joseph Fine

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • High Resolution
  • Microscopes
  • New Mexico
  • Physical Properties
  • Roughness
  • Scanning
  • Scattering
  • Sensitivity
  • Surface Roughness
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers