Displacement measuring device and displacement measuring method

Abstract

A displacement measuring device is provided which can directly measure a position and shape of a target object with high precision even if the target object has a minute shape with a high aspect ratio. A displacement measuring device 100 for measuring a change in a distance to a target object S includes a light irradiation section 10 configured to irradiate, with laser light, a light transmissive particle 50 provided at a predetermined distance from a surface of the target object S, a movement section 20 configured to move, relative to the target object S, the particle 50 held in an optical standing wave field generated by interference between light transmitted from the particle 50 and light reflected from the target object S, a sensing section 30 configured to sense a movement signal occurring when the particle 50 relatively moves against confining force caused by the optical standing wave field, and a calculation section 40 configured to derive the change in the distance to the target object S based on the movement signal.

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