Physicists and chemists at Heidelberg University have realized a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as ...

In multi-axis automated optics and photonics alignment applications, compact air bearing stages deliver exceptional dynamic performance. Guiding precision, responsiveness, multi-axis accuracy and ...

Commercialization has started for network switches based on co-packaged optics (CPO), which are capable of routing signals at terabits per second speeds, but manufacturing challenges remain regarding ...

One approach to creating a quantum computer is to use trapped ions, which rely on lasers delivered by optical fibers for quantum control. Our robust feedback control system uses a six-axis stage to ...

A fast active optical photonics alignment system based on a compact motorized XYZ stage (L-505) and a high-speed XYZ piezo scanner (P-616). A high level controller with internal alignment routines ...

Data centers are undergoing a dramatic transformation to reduce the power consumption of high-speed data transmissions by 70% or more with co-packaged optics. By moving optical transceivers from the ...

(Nanowerk News) PI's new F-141 photonics alignment system provides high throughput with motion in 4 and 6 degrees of freedom for industrial test and assembly of photonic integrated circuits (PIC).

This new sensor demonstrates exceptional acetylene-detection sensitivity with a simple fiber-splicing design, which could ...

MicroAlign, a spin-out from the Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, has closed a round of seed funding yielding €1 million in equity support. Led by local backers DeepTechXL and ...

OZ Optics Limited, a world leading supplier of fiber optic products for telecommunication, industrial and medical applications, now offers fiber collimator and focuser arrays. The arrays are ...