Motion control tools

PI's new Fast Focus Stages and Multi-Axis Piezo Flexure Scanners for Microscopy are designed to improve the performance of high-resolution microscopy. Choice of piezo and voice coil motors....

LWLF2 Miniature Linear Guides from IKO International Inc. simplify mounting in tight spaces. They feature light weight, 2.5-mm height dimension, and a tapped rail design for bottom mounting and...

The GVCM-095-064-01 Linear Servo Actuator from Moticont is a compact solution that merges high-precision with high-force capabilities. Zero cogging ensures smooth operation, high-speed...

The Nano Scan OP800 piezo objective scanner from Prior Scientific Inc. features a mechanical design and integral capacitive feedback for positioning accuracy. Stiff construction allows the...

To realize the potential of personalized medicine and overcome crisis situations like the recent pandemic, labs need an efficient way to isolate living cells for analysis and testing. The ability to...

An optical plasmonic tweezer-controlled surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform developed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) enables efficient, high-throughput,...

Bruker signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Neurescence, a medical imaging company. Neurescence’s ultralight fiber-bundle multiscopes allow simultaneous multiregion,...

Resolution, accuracy, and repeatability are all metrics for measuring the critical requirements of motion systems. In addition to defining performance, they fundamentally define and affect system...

Progressive assembly operations such as guiding, gluing and bonding often take place around a static package in three-dimensional space. Integrating the different mechanical systems to ensure that...

Abbe Error — Linear off-axis errors introduced by angular deviations coupled to a moment arm at the point of interest on stage mounted devices (θ in Figure 1). The effect of Abbe error...

In general, there are three common approaches to reducing mechanical excitation of photonic systems. The first is identifying the sources of vibration and implementing ways to eliminate or reduce...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

An overview of diSPIM

Overview of PZ-2000 FT.

Researchers at Penn State University are spearheading a multidisciplinary research effort to explore ways to produce bioethanol more efficiently from lignocellulose. Importantly, this is not corn...

The Lumispot Tech LSP-LRS-0310F is a compact and lightweight laser rangefinder module, notable for being the smallest of its kind, weighing only 33 g. It is a highly precise tool for measuring...

Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is an imaging technique based on a combination of reflectance confocal microscopy and time-domain OCT. It can generate cellular-resolution...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

In today’s energy-challenged world, clean energy topics are increasingly important, particularly with solar cell designs reaching new efficiency breakthroughs. This webinar series shares the...

Two- and three-dimensional photonics arrays are commonly used for coupling light in photonic integrated circuits (PICs). With increasing demand for ultralow-loss transmission in applications such as...

In the optical shop, the process of positioning and marking a blank or lens before surfacing, cutting and edging.

In positioning, the friction that prevents immediate motion when force is first applied to a body or surface at rest.

A galvanometric scanner, also known as a galvanometer scanner or galvo scanner, is a type of optical scanning device used to rapidly and precisely direct a laser beam or other light source to...

1. A defect inherent in a multiple-axis positioning system whereby an adjustment of one axis causes an undesired change in another; its severity depends upon the degree to which the positioning axes...

Established in 1990, Applied Scientific Instrumentation is a reknown American company committed to the advancement of science. ASI products have been thoroughly tested and evaluated in numerous labs...

Optolong Optics Co. Ltd., brand owner of Optolong, is a manufacturer of fluorescence filters and astronomy filters. We also offer other interference filters including UV filters, visible filters, and...

At Andor, it matters to us that the products we develop make a real difference to our customers and contribute significantly to their research across Immunology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Cells &...

This hands-on session about FD-FLIM by Gerhard Holst from PCO AG was given as part of the FLIM Symposium "Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Life Sciences".

A coordinate measuring microscope is an instrument used to measure the coordinates of a point on an object such as a photographic plate.

As a provider of precision automation and motion control systems, Aerotech offers a complete range of motion and automation solutions to our clients. Our standard product offerings include: ...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

Mad City Labs, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of piezo nanopositioning systems and instrumentation capable of sub-nanometer positioning resolution. Our product line of nanopositioners,...

The Optical Engineering Experts® Optikos designs and manufactures metrology products for measuring and assuring optical image quality; and provides optical engineering design, development,...