Patent ID: 7551286
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A measurement apparatus comprising: a dielectric block; a thin film layer which is formed on a face of the dielectric block and brought into contact with a sample, and which has a refractive index lower than that of the dielectric block; a light source for generating a light beam; an incident optical system for causing the light beam to enter the dielectric block so that total reflection conditions are satisfied at the interface between the dielectric block and the thin film layer; a two-dimensional light detection means for measuring the intensity of the light beam totally reflected at the interface at each of a plurality of positions on the cross-section of the beam; and a correction means, wherein a predetermined pattern is formed within a region irradiated with the light beam on the face of the dielectric block, and wherein the correction means is a means for correcting an output from the two-dimensional light detection means, based on the pattern, so that the shape of an object on the face of the dielectric block and the shape of the object, detected by the two-dimensional light detection means are similar to each other, wherein the predetermined pattern is a concavity formed on the face of the dielectric block and the concavity is dot-shaped.