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Emerging Resources for Photonic Device Manufacturing

Emerging Resources for Photonic Device Manufacturing

The mainstreaming of photonics - the science and application of light waves - keeps accelerating. Pandemic-driven data-consumption has hastened adoption of silicon photonics (SiPh) to enable new capacity, architectural flexibility, and energy-efficiency for data centers.

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The Quantum Era Emerges - How PI Fast Automated Alignment Enables Practical Manufacturing

The Quantum Era Emerges

How PI Fast Automated Alignment Enables Practical Manufacturing

The emerging field of quantum technology (quantum computing, quantum photonics, quantum communication) has snapped into view with surprising speed over the past two years. Once the stuff of science fiction and arcane experimentation, this counterintuitive field of physics is proving highly useful for computing, sensing, and secure communications.

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Fast steering mirrors for deep space optical communication

Why Fast Steering Mirrors are used in Laser Communication / Free Space Optical Communication

High Precision Tip/Tilt Mechanisms Keep Laser Beams Stabilized and Precisely on Target

How PI Fast Steering Mirrors (FSM) support the Future of Laser Based Communication.

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PI Rest-Programable Piezo Shim

What's the difference between a Piezo Actuator and Programable Piezo Shim?

· Stefan Vorndran

New Tools for Design Engineers of Optics and Precision Mechanical Systems Piezo stack actuators have been used in applications such as photonics alignment, positioning, force generation, and fast valve actuation for several decades. They provide high dynamics, but can also be used for quasi-static applications due to their high-stiffness and stability.

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