A new compact automated multi-axis alignment stage with controller, powerful algorithms, and software was introduced by PI at the recent Photonics West and OFC (Optical Fiber Communication) conferences in California. This novel, ultra-compact 3-DOF stage is based on friction-free air bearings and linear motors, to provide extremely fast automated alignment of fibers and wave guides.
Key Features
Super clean – unlike conventional CMOS chips, test and packaging of photonic chips is sensitive to contamination, so applications like production probing and package assembly can demand fab-level cleanliness to preserve yield.
Multi-DOF, multi I/O simultaneous alignment – PI’s Fast Multichannel Photonic Alignment technology (FMPA) eliminates time-consuming loops required by legacy alignment algorithms, providing 100X faster overall alignment.
No maintenance, no lubricants, no wear for highest MTBF and uptime.
Multi-Axis Stage, Controller and Software – Ideal for Silicon Photonics Applications
The friction-free, multi-axis nano positioning stage features smooth, continuous motion and its closed-loop controller provides nanometer resolution, and long-term stability, ideal prerequisites for coupling light into waveguides, fibers, and modern silicon photonics devices.
A new compact automated multi-axis alignment stage with controller, powerful algorithms, and software was introduced by PI at the recent Photonics West and OFC (Optical Fiber Communication) conferences in California. This novel, ultra-compact 3-DOF stage is based on friction-free air bearings and linear motors, to provide extremely fast automated alignment of fibers and wave guides.
Key Features
- Super clean – unlike conventional CMOS chips, test and packaging of photonic chips is sensitive to contamination, so applications like production probing and package assembly can demand fab-level cleanliness to preserve yield.
- Multi-DOF, multi I/O simultaneous alignment – PI’s Fast Multichannel Photonic Alignment technology (FMPA) eliminates time-consuming loops required by legacy alignment algorithms, providing 100X faster overall alignment.
- No maintenance, no lubricants, no wear for highest MTBF and uptime.
Multi-Axis Stage, Controller and Software – Ideal for Silicon Photonics Applications
The friction-free, multi-axis nano positioning stage features smooth, continuous motion and its closed-loop controller provides nanometer resolution, and long-term stability, ideal prerequisites for coupling light into waveguides, fibers, and modern silicon photonics devices.
