Resolving surface details with reflection and fluorescence video-confocal profilometry

Micron

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-108

  Benedetti, P A ^a   Guidarini, D ^a   Cristoforetti, G ^a   Legnaioli, S ^a   Palleschi, V ^a   Salvetti, A ^a   Spiniello, R ^a   Tognoni, E ^a  

^a AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Laser ablation; Metals; Optical sections; Profilometry; Reflection; Surfaces; Topography; Video confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; SURFACES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SECTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY; VIDEO-CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

PROFILOMETRY;

EID: 33845297643     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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