Since 2004, ADE has sold MiniFIZ systems that include our Durango Interferometry Software working with ADE Opticode software. Opticode does the data acquisition and Durango provides the analysis.
ADE Phase Shift was acquired in October of 2006 by KLA Tencor. As of late 2008, ADE's Tucson facility appears to have closed. The MiniFIZ web page www.phase-shift.com/products/minifiz.shtml has been redirected to www.kla-tencor.com/current-products.html but the MiniFIZ is not found there. Future support of the MiniFIZ product line by KLA Tencor is, at best, uncertain.
Many of Diffraction International's customers are using MiniFIZ interferometers, with or without our Durango Interferometry Software. The MiniFIZ is a fine piece of hardware. We use a MiniFIZ in our own metrology lab.
If you have a MiniFIZ running Opticode with Durango, Diffraction International will continue to support the Durango portion. Durango will continue to open, edit and save (in Durango format) your Opticode documents. If you have not already done so, please register your Durango license with Diffraction International so that we may keep you informed of version updates.
If you wish to upgrade your Opticode data acquisition, Durango Interferometry Software supports this too. With a full license, Durango can control your MiniFIZ phase shifter and acquire the camera images. Durango supports numerous phase algorithms and also static analysis on single images.
If the ADE phase shift board in the bottom of your MiniFIZ should fail, Diffraction International can provide an external voltage amplifier that will connect directly to your MiniFIZ phase shift head.
If your MiniFIZ phase shift head should fail, we can replace it with our Fizeau Phase Shifter. This is a low voltage device that attaches without tools and needs no voltage amplifier. This is also a nice upgrade if your MiniFIZ has never had phase shifting capability.
