Experimental study on 3-D analysis of contact surfaces with a digital scanning laser microscope

Author

Hasegawa, Makoto ; Makimoto, Jiro ; Sawa, Koichiro

Author_Institution

Chitose Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

87

Abstract

The authors have been interested in a scanning laser microscope (SLM) and applied it to studies of contact phenomena. In particular, a digital SLM is currently in use, and is confirmed to be a successful tool for investigating the contact phenomena. In this paper, the theory and mechanism of a digital SLM are briefly explained, and some actual data obtained with the digital SLM are presented for demonstrating its usefulness for studies of contact phenomena

Keywords

electrical contacts; electrodes; optical microscopes; optical microscopy; surface topography measurement; wear; 3D analysis; SLM; contact phenomena; contact surfaces; digital SLM; digital SLM data; digital SLM mechanism; digital SLM theory; digital scanning laser microscope; scanning laser microscope; Atomic force microscopy; Conducting materials; Contacts; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Laser theory; Optical interferometry; Probes; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 2001. Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh IEEE Holm Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6667-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.2001.953193

Filename

953193