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Thu, Dec 4, 2025
Enabling Higher-Performance EO/IR Stabilization for Small Unmanned Aircraft Using Quartz MEMS IMUs Abstract
How can small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) deliver the precision and robustness required for modern reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting missions, even under severe vibration, shock, and temperature conditions? Quartz MEMS IMUs, with their high SNR, low 1/f noise, exceptional linearity,...
EPSON America Inc., EPSON Robots
Tue, Dec 2, 2025
Correlative Imaging of 2D Material Heterostructures: Raman, Photoluminescence (PL) and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)
This application note highlights the capabilities of the witec360 platform for correlative studies of two-dimensional (2D) materials. It explains how combining Raman microscopy with techniques such as photoluminescence and polarization-dependent second-harmonic generation (SHG) can provide detailed...
Oxford Instruments
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
An Inflection Point in Optical Stabilization
Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOG) have long been essential in aerospace and defense for high-precision inertial measurement. However, advances in Quartz MEMS IMUs now offer smaller, more cost-effective alternatives in select applications, including payload stabilization. This paper explores how modern...
EPSON America Inc., EPSON Robots