Newport Corporation has introduced its UMR-TRA XY stages. The new line of integrated XY stages are built from reliable, industry-standard UMR linear stages and TRA actuators
PI's P-563.3CD PIMars stage is a piezo flexure-guided scanning/nanomanipulation system, offering sub-nanometre resolution and 340 x 340 x 340µm travel in X, Y, and Z directions
Aerotech has introduced its AirLift 115 sub-micron resolution vertical translation stage, which it claims maintains an almost perfect straight line performance over a travel range up to 150mm at speeds to 50mm/s
MRC Systems has introduced a new closed-loop Compact system for the precises stablisation of laser beams on a defined position and direction
PI (Physik Instrumente) has introduced the N-216 Nexline high-load piezo linear motors
The MIPOS series, from Piezosystem Jena, is the latest nanopositioning product optimised for technical features, such as tilting, stiffness, resonant frequency, and maximum additional mass load
Physik Instrumente (PI) has extended its line of piezo stages for super-resolution microscopy with the PI Nano series nanopositioning stages
Aerotech has launched its low-cost PRO series range of linear stages, offering a total of 68 standard models featuring travel from 50mm to 1500mm, and a choice of stage widths
Heason Technology has launched its OFXY range of open frame X-Y tables aimed at vision, optical and beamline system applications in metrology, quality inspection, and NDT.
LG Motion has launched a new range of manual and motorised rotary stages for precision positioning within laboratory, optical bench, and industrial automation applications
Carlos Lee speaks to Mike Powell, managing partner of Renevo Capital Limited, an investment bank specialising in photonics and semiconductors
Optical benches at Politecnico di Milano, the general coordinator of the Crimson project. Credit: Politecnico di Milano
It can take a village to bring a medical photonics device to market, Benjamin Skuse discovers
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We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
How automotive companies can choose the right lidar technology for their applications, by Gemma Church
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Here we highlight some of the initiatives working to engage and train young people in optics and photonics
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Raman spectroscopy has huge potential for use in medicine, as David Stuart finds out
Fabless start-up Scintil Photonics has raised €13.5m for its laser-integrated silicon chips. We speak to co-founder Sylvie Menezo
