The M-971 motorised mechanical stage is used in automated optical microscope systems for materials testing, inspection or biotechnology
PI (Physik Instrumente) designed a new type of actuator that would meet the extreme requirements and win the European South Observatory (ESO) contract
Physik Instrumente’s (PI’s) new piezo-based S-335 tip/tilt platform is suitable for applications with tip/tilt angles up to 35mrad
Physik Instrumente (PI) has added PICMAWalk walking drives to its portfolio for the positioning of large optics
Scott Jordan has been appointed as the head of the newly defined photonics market segment in the globally active PI (Physik Instrumente) Group
The new P-616 NanoCube from PI (Physik Instrumente) is extremely compact and offers identical dynamics, precision and velocity on all three motion axes with loads of up to 50 grams.
Physik Instrumente, known for nanometre precision motion components, systems, and solutions, has introduced its newest digital servo controller with 3-channels, offering greater flexibility for miniaturised precision positioning and handling tasks
Physik Instrumente has introduced the N-565 linear stage series that uses piezoelectric stepping drives. The drives enable repeatability in the range of a few nanometres
Ultrasonic piezomotors are small, fast, and inexpensive. They are suitable for applications with low operating cycles and can also be integrated into mobile measuring and medical devices
Physik Instrumente (PI) has released the S-331 fast tip/tilt platform, the newest piezo steering mirrors in PI's portfolio
Professor Paul Shore led the team that micromachined the complex mirrors within James Webb’s mid-infrared instrument. He chats about the technical lessons learnt
EMF invested a great deal of time and effort in developing a coating system for producing long-lasting diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings on chalcogenides at scale
The properties of chalcogenide glass optics have opened up a number of use cases in infrared optics applications and beyond. This article assesses how some of the associated manufacturing and handling challenges of this material can be overcome
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We detail the commercial offerings from some of the main players in optical mirrors
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Shining a light on the latest products and solutions in the diode laser space
Optical technologies offer researchers a powerful new toolkit to explore the structure and function of the brain. (Image: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com)
Advances in optical fibres and microscale LEDs are furthering neuroscientists’ understanding of the brain
The nulling interferometry devices under development at Caltech’s Exoplanet Technology Laboratory cancel out starlight to help detect and identify foreign worlds. (Credit: Shutterstock/Dotted Yeti)
Nemanja Jovanovic, lead instrument scientist at Caltech’s Optical Observatory and Exoplanet Technology Laboratory, on emerging astrophotonic technologies on his radar
Robert Smith is a professor at the University of Alberta and historian to JWST since 2002
As James Webb Space Telescope beams back images from the edge of space and time, space historian Robert Smith recalls some of the decisions made to bring the $10bn NASA project to fruition. David Stuart reports
