Symetrie will demonstrate its new hexapod, Puna, which is designed to meet precision positioning applications in research or industry with optimised budgets
Symetrie will be displaying its new Puna hexapod at its booth, designed to meet precision positioning requirements in research and industrial applications
Symetrie has launched NanoPos, a nanometre resolution positioning hexapod developed for applications such as positioning in optics or nanotechnologies
French company Symetrie has launched Joran, a positioning hexapod with high stability, designed for demanding optical applications
Symetrie has introduced its Bora miniature hexapod precision positioning system. The Bora hexapod is 157mm tall, and can position a 10kg payload with a 0.1µm resolution
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Tiny nanodiamonds are being used to dramatically optimise the calibration of optical microscopes, Matthew Dale finds
After the test disk is placed inside the chamber, some fine tuning is required to ensure they are horizontal and perfectly centred (credit: Caltech)
LIGO scientists have developed a new mirror coating that could dramatically increase the observatory's detection rate of gravitational waves
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Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
LLNL optical engineers Justin Wolfe (left) and Simon Cohen are seen through the 'r' filter (credit: Garry McLeod)
A telescope, described as one of the world’s newest, has been completed following a project undertaken by researchers to develop some very specialist optical filters
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Advances in optical prisms are being used to help researchers gain a greater understanding of space and astronomy
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
