Lenses Videos
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Air Bearing-Based Miniature Stages For Fiber-Optics Alignment
8/4/2023
Compact air bearing stages provide superior dynamics in multi-axis automated optics and photonics alignment applications.
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Advanced Motion Control Algorithms For The Future Of The Photonics Industry
8/4/2023
Silicon photonics is the most scalable and efficient approach to sustainably keep up with data demand. Motion control algorithms are important in reducing cycle times.
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What Is A Personal Wavelength Correction Certificate?
7/10/2023
In this video, Charles Dumas, International Sales Director at Gentec-EO, introduces you to the Personal Wavelength Correction certificate that each client receives when buying a Gentec-EO laser power/energy detector.
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Why Alluxa? Precision Optical Filters And Thin-Film Coating
4/3/2023
Alluxa has rapidly grown into a world leader in precision thin films and optical filters by refining our advanced SIRRUS Plasma Deposition process, designing and building our coating equipment, and a dedication to research and development.
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Live Talk: The Turbulent History Of Interferometric Methods Of Precision Positioning
3/27/2023
Peter J. de Groot gives a talk on interferometric precision positioning recorded live at the European Precision Engineering Society (euspen) Special Interest Group meeting on Precision Motion Systems & Control.
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Precision Motion, Automation And Positioning, Technologies Explained At PI's IMTS Booth 2022
3/7/2023
A quick overview of precision motion and automation solutions for laser machining, metrology, 3D printing and active alignment at IMTS 2022.
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Flexible, Fast Gantry Platform For Large-Area Photonic Test & Assembly: Photonics Automation
3/7/2023
A precision gantry stage typically provides overhead motion in 2 or 3 linear degrees of freedom (X-Y and X-Y-Z) and is often used for pick and place applications, 3D printing or laser machining, precision handling, and electronics applications.
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Magnetic Levitation Nanopositioning Stage w/6DOF Control Technology Demonstrator
3/7/2023
Magnetic Levitation, or MagLev, technology allows frictionless motion with resolution down to the sub-nanometer range as well as the active control of all 6 degrees of freedom, without any mechanical restrictions or connections.
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The Power Of Piezo Transducers: Enabling Progress In Life Sciences, Semicon & Electronics Markets
3/7/2023
Transducers are electro-mechanical devices that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy or vice versa. A well known and widely used transducer is the so-called "voice coil" transducer that is based on electromagnetic principles and finds applications in speakers and sub-woofers.
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Closed-Loop Fast Focusing Nanopositioning Drives: Voice-Coil or Piezo - Your Choice
3/6/2023
Voice coil drives with mechanical bearings and Piezo flexure mechanisms offer breakthroughs in travel range, reliability, flexibility, precision, and speed.