(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. will distribute Lasertec’s Optelics H1200, a real color confocal microscope with unprecedented color separation and high resolution. The two companies have agreed that Nikon will distribute the system in the United States and Canada.

The H1200’s 3-CCD sensor system enables fast, accurate acquisition of 12 million-pixel color images. Its advanced optics provide sharp height measurement over a wide range of magnifications, and allow semi-sphere samples or those with a V-shape trench to be expressed in 3-D without any noise. The H1200’s clear-image mode improves observation and measurement of samples, including areas of totally different reflected-light intensities within one field.

The system’s features work in concert to achieve high resolution, including a variable frame rate setting from 0.1 frames per second to 120 frames per second, making the microscope adaptable to a multitude of purposes, from high-resolution observation to high-speed measurement. Additionally, an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) enables simple operation, including a simple “one click” acquisition of full-color, confocal images.

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