Calibration of step heights and roughness measurements with atomic force microscopes

J Garnaes, N Kofod, A Kühle, C Nielsen, K Dirscherl… - Precision …, 2003 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a method for the vertical calibration of a metrological atomic force
microscope (AFM), which can be applied to most AFM systems with distance sensors. A …

Extension of the range of profile surface roughness measurements using metrological atomic force microscope

I Misumi, K Sugawara, R Kizu, A Hirai, S Gonda - Precision Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The calibration service of profile surface roughness by using a metrological atomic force
microscope is now available at National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), AIST. The …

Traceable calibration of transfer standards for scanning probe microscopy

J Haycocks, K Jackson - Precision Engineering, 2005 - Elsevier
A Metrological Atomic Force Microscope (MAFM) has been constructed for the traceable
calibration of transfer standards for scanning probe microscopy. It uses optical interferometry …

[PDF][PDF] A 3D translation stage for metrological AFM

C Werner - 2010 - research.tue.nl
Abstract/The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is a widely used, high resolution surface
imaging instrument. Making accurate nanometer-scale measurements with an AFM requires …

Calibration of a commercial AFM: traceability for a coordinate system

V Korpelainen, A Lassila - Measurement Science and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Traceability of measurements and calibration of devices are needed also at the nanometre
scale. Calibration of a commercial atomic force microscope (AFM) was studied as part of a …

Traceable pico-meter level step height metrology

NG Orji, RG Dixson, J Fu, TV Vorburger - Wear, 2004 - Elsevier
The atomic force microscope (AFM) increasingly being used as a metrology tool in the
semiconductor industry where the features measured are at the nanometer level and …

Standardized procedure for calibrating height scales in atomic force microscopy on the order of 1 nm

M Suzuki, S Aoyama, T Futatsuki, AJ Kelly… - Journal of Vacuum …, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a standard stepped sample and specify a procedure for determining the step
height for height‐scale calibration of atomic force microscopy (AFM) instruments on the …

Accurate dimensional metrology with atomic force microscopy

RG Dixson, RGJ Koening, J Fu… - … Process Control for …, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) generate three dimensional images with nanometer level
resolution and, consequently, are used in the semiconductor industry as tools for sub …

Silicon single atom steps as AFM height standards

RG Dixson, NG Orji, J Fu, V Tsai… - … Process Control for …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are used in the semiconductor industry for a variety of
metrology purposes. Step height measurements at the nanometer level and roughness …

Traceable calibration of a critical dimension atomic force microscope

R Dixson, NG Orji, CD McGray… - Journal Of Micro …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a multifaceted program in
atomic force microscope (AFM) dimensional metrology. One component of this program, and …