With the nano box USB, piezosystem jena provides a digital piezo amplifier with an USB 2.0 interface. The nano box USB is designed to operate all piezo actuators, which have the suffix D in their part number
Physik Instrumente (PI) has introduced vacuum-compatible versions of the LPS-24 series. Under vacuum conditions down to 10-6hPa, the miniature stages achieve a sub-nanometre resolution over a travel range of 15mm
To align laser modules as comfortably and exactly as possible and simultaneously save as much time as possible, Laser Components has developed its own laser module mounts
Scanlab will introduce an integrated hybrid polygon laser scan system at Lasys in Stuttgart
Aerotech has introduced a Ball-Screw Stage with Linear Encoder, a compact, high-performance linear positioning stage featuring smooth travel combined with high accuracy, repeatability and positioning resolution capability to 25nm
Piezosystem Jena has launched the D-Drive Pro, the latest generation of digital control electronics for piezo actuators, for micro and nano positioning for accurate movement of optical components
PI (Physik Instrumente) now offers the M-417 stage, which has a repeatability of 0.5um over a 500mm travel range, for precise positioning tasks in precision fabrication and automation
Physik Instrumente (PI) has launched a product line of linear nanopositioning systems, the P-630 stages, for a range of applications including use in sensor heads or precision motion of objects in optical and tactile metrology
Attocube has released the rotator ECR4040AP, which enables endless rotation both clockwise and anticlockwise with torques up to two Ncm
Motionlink now supplies Micronix USA's range of long-travel linear and accurate rotary piezo stages. The PPS linear piezo stage range offers long travel up to 100mm
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
