Featured Videos
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Taking Beamforming To A New Level With Optimized Optical Fibers
9/18/2023
At SPIE Optics & Photonics 2023, Armadillo SIA's Mario Paredes provides a walkthrough of the benefits and advantages of optical fibers for applications where beam shape and homogeneity is critical
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Liquid Focus Lenses: Chance And Challenge
5/17/2023
In this inVISION Tech Talk, our product manager Steffen Mahler discusses the chance and challenge of liquid focus lenses by Schneider Optics.
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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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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.
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Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions For Industrial Automation And Beyond
2/3/2023
As Photonics West 2023 winds down, we visit Mark Donaghy at the Raptor Photonics booth for a look at their line of SWIR and CMOS cameras and a new hyperspectral imaging system.
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Specialty High-Quality Fiber Optic Solutions And Assemblies
2/2/2023
Armadillo’s Mario Paredes joins us once again this year at Photonics West to teach us about the company’s custom, specialized optical fibers, cables, and assemblies and their numerous applications.