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Supplier: Qioptiq
Description: spectral characteristics of this source. This interferometer, assembled out of Microbench components, can be used to study the basic principles of two beam interference, perform exact measurements and can be expanded for other applications. Rigid setup Different interferometer types
- Measurement: Displacement / Position, Flatness, Specialty / Other
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Supplier: ABB Measurement & Analytics
Description: The Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer, or AERI™, is a ruggedized automated sounding spectroradiometer system for unattended operations in hostile ambient conditions. It measures absolute down-welling atmospheric emitted infrared radiance with high accuracy. Coupled with
- Laser Wavelength: 3000 to 18000 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: CO2
- Operating Temperature: -94 to 104 F
- Optical Configuration: Michelson
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Supplier: Zygo Corporation
Description: manufactured in Middlefield, CT. The laser exceeds the power and lifetime of the commercially available HeNe lasers typically used in laser interferometer products. With a lifetime rating exceeding 60,000 hours, our laser is backed by an unmatched 3-year warranty,
- Aperture Size: 102 to 152 mm
- Display & Special Features: Continuous Zoom
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
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Supplier: Zygo Corporation
Description: Aspheric optics enable significant benefits in the design and implementation of imaging, sensing and laser systems used in industries from defense & aerospace, semiconductor exposure and inspection systems and medical imaging systems. Production of aspheres that support these
- Measurement: Aspheric Surfaces
- Optical Configuration: Fizeau
- User Interface / Control: Computer Interface
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Supplier: Zygo Corporation
Description: The new ZYGO DynaFiz® dynamic laser interferometer is a highly optimized optical instrument designed specifically for performing accurate metrology of optics in the presence of air turbulence and extreme vibrations. The high light efficiency of the DynaFiz® interferometer
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Measurement: Specialty / Other
- Operating Temperature: 59 to 86 F
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Supplier: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.
Description: interferometer converts motion of their triple-faceted retroreflector into optical interference signals that are transmitted to their optoelectronic signal processing/power supply unit for processing and output as lengths. Their He-Ne laser, which is frequency stabilized on models with
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Operating Temperature: 59 to 86 F
- Resolution: 1 nm
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Supplier: Zygo Corporation
Description: Calibration: Measurement and calibration of high resolution or high frequency mechanical motions Configure the System that's Exacty Right for You ZYGO offers a variety of... Laser Heads Interferometers & Optics Measurement Electronics
- Measurement: Displacement / Position
- Optical Configuration: Other
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Supplier: Polytec, Inc.
Description: Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are precision tools for non-contact vibration measurement. Designed to be quick, easy to operate and free from cross-talk or feedback problems, these instruments determine a structure's velocity and displacement from the Doppler shift of back-scattered
- Aperture Size: 3.2 to 16 mm
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Measurement: Displacement / Position
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Supplier: Polytec, Inc.
Description: Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are precision tools for non-contact vibration measurement. Designed to be quick, easy to operate and free from cross-talk or feedback problems, these instruments determine a structure's velocity and displacement from the Doppler shift of back-scattered
- Aperture Size: 3.2 to 16 mm
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Measurement: Displacement / Position
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Supplier: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.
Description: operation. The beam from their laser light source is transmitted to their sensor head by a fiber optic cable.Their miniature interferometer converts motions of their planar mirror along the beam axis into optical interference signals that are transmitted to their optoelectronic signal
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Operating Temperature: 59 to 86 F
- Resolution: 1 nm
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Supplier: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.
Description: the differences between pairs of length measurements and the respective beam separations involved. The dynamic ranges for pitch and yaw measurements are approximately two minutes of arc. A He-Ne laser emitting an ultra-stable wavelength supplies all three interferometers so that all
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Operating Temperature: 59 to 86 F
- Resolution: 1 nm
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Supplier: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.
Description: allows an increase of ± 30 minutes of arc to the angular measurement range. Their laser light sources are coupled to their sensor heads via fiber optic cables. Their miniature interferometers convert motion of their moving mirrors into pairs of optical interference signals that are
- Laser Wavelength: 633 nm
- Light Source / Laser Type: HeNe
- Operating Temperature: 59 to 86 F
- Resolution: 1 nm
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Supplier: Renishaw
Description: Improve your business performance with XL-80 Fast, accurate and extremely portable, it is no surprise the XL-80 system is the best selling calibration laser. Together with advanced software solutions and superior performance, the XL-80 can significantly improve your business performance
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Supplier: Renishaw
Description: The Renishaw XL-80 laser interferometer offers the ultimate in high performance measurement and calibration for motion systems, including CMMs and machine tools. Fast, accurate and extremely portable, it is no surprise the XL-80 system is the best selling calibration laser.
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Supplier: ASME
Description: This standard establishes requirements and methods for the specification, evaluation, setup and use of laser interferometers. This standard will explicitly discuss only single-pass optics and a single axis of linear displacement measurement. The standard is currently limited to ionized
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Supplier: ASME Standards and Certification
Description: This standard establishes requirements and methods for the specification, evaluation, setup and use of laser interferometers. This standard will explicitly discuss only single-pass optics and a single axis of linear displacement measurement. The standard is currently limited to ionized
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Supplier: Jiangyin Deli Laser Solutions Co., Ltd.
Description: , CO2 lasers, as well as complete and sophisticated test machines, including 3D microscope, laser interferometer, measuring arms, IR Imager, Laser Beam Profiler, etc
- Features: Fiber Pigtailed
- Laser Type: Fiber Lasers
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Supplier: Polytec, Inc.
Description: Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are precision tools for non-contact vibration measurement. Designed to be quick, easy to operate and free from cross-talk or feedback problems, these instruments determine a structure's velocity and displacement from the Doppler shift of back-scattered
- Measurement Range: 2.17 to 3.15 inch
- Operating Temperature: 41 to 104 F
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Supplier: Accuris
Description: Performance Evaluation of Displacement-Measuri ng Laser Interferometers
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Supplier: Jiangyin Deli Laser Solutions Co., Ltd.
Description: , laser micro-machining, laser drilling, laser interferometer, Laser cutting, measuring arms, IR Imager, Laser Beam Profiler, etc. Deli Laser Solutions offers all kinds of precision micro Laser cutting, Laser drilling, etching,
- Materials: Aluminum, Copper, Steel - Stainless, Steel - Structural, Steel - Tool, Exotic Metals, Plastic, Other
- Process Capability: Laser Cladding, Laser Welding
- Regional Preference: East Asia / Pacific Only
- Services: Assembly Services, CAD / CAM Support, Design Assistance, Just-in-Time Delivery, Low to Mid Volume Production, High Volume Production, Prototype Services
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Supplier: Jiangyin Deli Laser Solutions Co., Ltd.
Description: -machining, laser drilling, laser interferometer, Laser cutting, measuring arms, IR Imager, Laser Beam Profiler, etc. Deli Laser Solutions offers all kinds of precision micro Laser cutting, Laser drilling, etching, Laser Micro-machining,
- Marking Capabilities: Bar / Matrix Code, Certification / Regulatory Symbols, Logos / Graphics, Serial Numbers, Other
- Materials: Metals, Plastics, Rubber, Glass, Stone / Marble / Granite, Composites, Foam, Other
- Regional Preference: East Asia / Pacific Only
- Services Offered: CAD / CAM Support, Design Assistance, Prototype, Short Run, Production, Inspection / Quality Control
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Supplier: Jiangyin Deli Laser Solutions Co., Ltd.
Description: and sophisticated test machines, including 3D microscope,laser micro-machining, laser drilling, laser interferometer, Laser cutting, measuring arms, IR Imager, Laser Beam Profiler, etc. Deli Laser Solutions offers all kinds of precision micro
- Capabilities: Tube / Pipe, Wire / Rod, Tapes / Adhesives, Film / Sheet, Textiles
- Materials: Metals, Plastics, Rubber, Glass, Stone / Marble / Granite, Composites, Foam, Other
- Regional Preference: East Asia / Pacific Only
- Services Offered: CAD / CAM Support, Design Assistance, Prototype Services, Low Volume Production, High Volume Production, Inspection / Quality Control
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Description: IEC 62129-2:2011 is applicable to instruments measuring the vacuum wavelength or optical frequency emitted from sources that are typical for the fibre-optic communications industry. These sources include Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser diodes, External Cavity lasers and single
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Supplier: Mahr Inc.
Description: The precision optical measuring instrument MarSurf WM 100 with sub-nanometer resolution and measuring accuracy. A 3D white light interferometer measuring system. Features Maximum precision with sub-nanometer resolution and measuring accuracy Suitable
- Industrial Applications: Electronics, Mechanical Parts (Bearings, Shafting), Medical, Optics / Photonics
- Mounting / Loading: Benchtop
- Surface Metrology: 2D / Line Profile, 3D / Areal Topography
- Technology: Non-contact - Optical / Laser
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Description: developed by Pratt & Whitney for gage calibration laboratories that need to precisely measure length, outside diameter, inside diameter, pitch diameter, lead, major/minor diameter, taper, linear displacement, and thickness. High accuracy is maintained by its laser interferometer, zero
- Configuration: Single Head
- Display Type: Digital Display
- Gaging Technology: Laser Micrometer
- Laser/Visibility Type: Visible Laser Light (680nm)
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Supplier: ABB Measurement & Analytics
Description: A configured analyzer based on the double-pivot interferometer has been packaged for a very specific purpose: process diffuse reflectance without the use of a fibre optic interface. This analyzer is a non-contact system, and is designed to be field mounted in close proximity to the sample.
- Accuracy: 1.67E8 nm
- Detector Type: Other
- Operating Temperature: 50 to 86 F
- Optical System: Michelson Interferometer
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Description: materials. ICC has metal CNC lathes, single-point diamond lathes, 3D imaging instruments, ZYGO interferometers, all-European eccentricity instruments, Shimadzu and Thermo Fisher spectrophotometers to ensure that all products shipped from the factory are supported by data and can guarantee the
- Materials: BK7 Glass, Calcium Fluoride, Sapphire, Zinc Selenide, Specialty / Other
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Supplier: Renishaw
Description: semiconductor industry. Fibre optic laser encoders The RLE system is a unique, advanced homodyne laser interferometer system specifically designed for position feedback applications. Each RLE system consists of an RLU laser unit and one or two RLD10 detector heads, the
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Supplier: Navitar, Inc.
Description: Cells Micro Drilling Laser Marking Lidar Systems Beam Condensing Remote Sensing Propagation Studies Collimation of Laser Harmonics Interferometers Collimation of High Power Lasers Special Optics is an ITAR registered company. Looking for a custom design? Contact us today.
- Type: Beam Expander
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: IEC 62129-2:2011 is applicable to instruments measuring the vacuum wavelength or optical frequency emitted from sources that are typical for the fibre-optic communications industry. These sources include Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser diodes, External Cavity lasers and single
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Supplier: CASTECH, Inc.
Description: imaging, femtosecond laser storage and laser micromachining.Appli cations:-Laser display -Micromachining -Heterodyne interferometer -Laser tweezers
- Options / Components: Laser Optics / Beam Delivery
- Process / Operation: Micromachining / Trimming, Other
- Type: Component / Subsystem
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Supplier: Ushio America, Inc.
Description: Wavelength Stabilized 20-50 mW These stabilized lasers combine high performance fiber optic packaging and compact laser drive circuit design for rapid integration into flow cytometers, interferometers, spectral instruments or laboratory research setups where
- Beam Area: 1.10E6 to 1.20E6 mm²
- Laser Power: 20 to 50 milliwatts
- Operating Current Range: 2000 milliamps
- Operating Voltage: 3.3 volts
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Supplier: Ushio America, Inc.
Description: Wavelength Stabilized 20-50 mW These stabilized lasers combine high performance fiber optic packaging and compact laser drive circuit design for rapid integration into flow cytometers, interferometers, spectral instruments or laboratory research setups where
- Beam Area: 1.20E6 mm²
- Laser Power: 500 to 600 milliwatts
- Operating Current Range: 2000 milliamps
- Operating Voltage: 5 volts
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Supplier: ABB Measurement & Analytics
Description: interferometer module carries an on-board source and metrology laser. IR source, interferometer, and detectors can be swapped out without realignment. Detector module supports TE-cooled detectors without extra hardware. High-performance technologies Patented
- Application Software Included: Yes
- Data Processing Functions: Yes
- Detector Type: MCT, DTGS, Other
- Infrared Range: Near, Mid
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Supplier: PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
Description: will be performed for each axis post-assembly with servo tuning optimization under application specific applied dummy load. Interferometer measurements will be performed to measure repeatability and accuracy with error mapping. Performances will be measured post-assembly on per-axis basis and
- Axis Configuration: X-Y-Z Axes
- Motor Specifications: DC Brushless Servo
- Stroke or X-Axis Travel: 3.94 inch
- Y-Axis Travel: 11.81 to 15.75 inch
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Supplier: KEYENCE
Description: SI-F Series Spectral Interference Displacement Meter The SI-F Series Spectral Interference Displacement Meter specializes in super-high accuracy displacement measurement for thickness or position measurement or surface mapping. With resolution down to 1nm, the SI Series is able to see even the
- Applications: Semiconductor Wafers, Packaged ICs / Ceramic Substrates
- Form Factor: Monitor / Instrument, Sensor / Sensing Element
- Measurement Capability: Shape / Flatness, Thickness - Film / Layer
- Mounting / Loading: Autoloading / In-line, Floor Mounted / Stand-alone
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Supplier: KEYENCE
Description: SI-F Series Spectral Interference Displacement Meter The SI-F Series Spectral Interference Displacement Meter specializes in super-high accuracy displacement measurement for thickness or position measurement or surface mapping. With resolution down to 1nm, the SI Series is able to see even the
- Applications: Semiconductor Wafers, Packaged ICs / Ceramic Substrates
- Form Factor: Monitor / Instrument, Sensor / Sensing Element
- Measurement Capability: Shape / Flatness, Thickness - Film / Layer
- Mounting / Loading: Autoloading / In-line, Floor Mounted / Stand-alone
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Supplier: CASTECH, Inc.
Description: laser damage threshold, high consistency of power and diffraction efficiency across the full scan angle.Applications:- Laser display -Micromachining -Heterodyne interferometer -Laser tweezers -Optical inspection
- Options / Components: Laser Optics / Beam Delivery
- Process / Operation: Micromachining / Trimming, Other
- Type: Component / Subsystem
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Description: With a 40 inch (1016mm) direct reading range, this laser-based Universal Measuring System is designed for high accuracy, ID/OD/SD* gage calibration and part measuring. Swivel, centering, tilt, and elevation knobs are all standard and easy to use. Features include laser
- Display: Digital Display
- Gage Calibrator: Yes
- Mounting / Loading Options: Benchtop / Floor
- NIST Traceability: Yes
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Description: Your solution for vertical measuring is the Laseruler which is laser-interferometer -based for very high accuracy. Measure height and thickness of precision film, parts, and gages with complete confidence. Our exclusive digital interferometer measures the dimension of the specimen
- Configuration: Single Head
- Display Type: Digital Display
- Electrical Output: Serial
- Gaging Technology: Laser Micrometer
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Description: Our most automated ID/OD/SD* gage calibration and part measuring system with a 40 inch (1016 mm) direct reading range and an 80 inch (2032 mm) capacity. Features include laser interferometer, computer control, air bearings, bi-directional probes, constant measuring force, and flexible
- Display: Digital Display
- Gage Calibrator: Yes
- Mounting / Loading Options: Benchtop / Floor
- Range: 0.0200 to 81 inch
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Supplier: OptoSigma Corp.
Description: You can use the 0-45° Wide Incidence Dielectric Mirrors for an optical system for reciprocating the light between two mirrors or Michelson interferometer, if you want to use a mirror at an incident angle of 45 ° or less. When used at 45 degree and 0 degree incidence angle, one
- Diameter/Width: 10 to 40 mm
- Incidence: 0º Incidence, 45º Incidence
- Mirror Coatings: Dielectric
- Mirror Materials: BK7 Glass
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Description: of the complex sensitivity by steady-state sinusoidal vibration and laser interferometry. The methods specified in ISO 16063-15:2006 are applicable to measuring instruments (rotational laser vibrometers in particular) and to angular transducers as defined in ISO 2041 for the quantities
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Supplier: Newport MKS
Description: The 20Q20XAR.18 High-Energy Laser Windows is specially designed to eliminate losses in vacuum cell applications and can be used as a vacuum window, convection barrier, or interferometer compensator plate. This 2 inch (50.8 mm) diameter optic is precision polished, select grade fused
- Coating: Antireflective
- Diameter, Square Side, or Rectangular Length: 50.8 mm
- Materials: UV Grade Fused Silica, Specialty / Other
- Parallelism or Wedge Angle: 15 arcmin
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Supplier: Newport MKS
Description: The 10Q20XAR.18 High-Energy Laser Windows is specially designed to eliminate losses in vacuum cell applications and can be used as a vacuum window, convection barrier, or interferometer compensator plate. This 1 inch (25.4 mm) diameter optic is precision polished, select grade fused
- Coating: Antireflective
- Diameter, Square Side, or Rectangular Length: 25.4 mm
- Materials: UV Grade Fused Silica, Specialty / Other
- Parallelism or Wedge Angle: 15 arcmin
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Supplier: Newport MKS
Description: The 10Q20XAR.14 High-Energy Laser Windows is specially designed to eliminate losses in vacuum cell applications and can be used as a vacuum window, convection barrier, or interferometer compensator plate. This 1 inch (25.4 mm) diameter optic is precision polished, select grade fused
- Coating: Antireflective
- Diameter, Square Side, or Rectangular Length: 25.4 mm
- Materials: UV Grade Fused Silica, Specialty / Other
- Parallelism or Wedge Angle: 15 arcmin
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Supplier: Newport MKS
Description: The 20Q20XAR.14 High-Energy Laser Windows is specially designed to eliminate losses in vacuum cell applications and can be used as a vacuum window, convection barrier, or interferometer compensator plate. This 2 inch (50.8 mm) diameter optic is precision polished, select grade fused
- Coating: Antireflective
- Diameter, Square Side, or Rectangular Length: 50.8 mm
- Materials: UV Grade Fused Silica, Specialty / Other
- Parallelism or Wedge Angle: 15 arcmin
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Supplier: PCB Piezotronics, Inc.
Description: Single point primary calibration via laser interferometer at 100 Hz
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: of the complex sensitivity by steady-state sinusoidal vibration and laser interferometry. The methods specified in ISO 16063-15:2006 are applicable to measuring instruments (rotational laser vibrometers in particular) and to angular transducers as defined in ISO 2041 for the quantities
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Supplier: Polytec, Inc.
Description: Polytec's IVS-200 Industrial Vibration Sensor is a ruggedized laser Doppler vibrometer for non-contact, on-line production vibration testing. An eye-safe visible laser is aimed and focused onto the part being measured. IVS-200 is easily retrofitted into existing lines because the
- Form Factor: Portable / Hand Held / Mobile
- Instrument Type: Flaw Detection
- Technology: Optical / Laser
- Web Inspection: Yes
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Supplier: UNI OPTICS(Fujian) Co., Ltd
Description: mechanical parts, we have a dedicated team of over 10 years experiences in optical assembly, in-house production and testing. We also apply state-of-the-art technology and metrology equipments, such as, Interferometers, Collimater and MTF testers, to ensure good quality of optical assembly
- Capabilities: High Volume Production, Prototyping
- Location: East Asia / Pacific Only
- Optic Type: Aspheres, Beamsplitters, Crystals, Filters, Laser Optics, Lenses, Mirrors, Polarizing Optics, Wedges, Windows
- Substrate: Glass, Metal
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Supplier: Mahr Inc.
Description: Product features The precision, computer-controlled optical measuring instrument MarSurf CWM 100 with sub-nanometer resolution. A combined 3D measuring system comprising a confocal microscope and white light interferometer Features Advantages
- Industrial Applications: Electronics, Mechanical Parts (Bearings, Shafting), Medical, Optics / Photonics
- Mounting / Loading: Benchtop
- Surface Metrology: 3D / Areal Topography
- Technology: Non-contact - Optical / Laser
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The size of the XL-80 laser and XC-80 compensator means that a complete linear system can fit into a 'wheelie-case' and weighs only 12 kg. Add the tripod, in its own fabric case and you have a truly portable solution to machine metrology. Both the laser and compensator connect to your PC via USB (read more)
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accuracy, ID/OD/SD* gage calibration and part measuring. Swivel, centering, tilt, and elevation knobs are all standard and easy to use. Features include laser interferometer, computer control, air bearings, bi-directional probes, constant measuring force, and flexible fixturing. These (read more)
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- Model 175 With instrument uncertainty to 2 millionths of an inch (50 nanometers), the Labmaster Universal - Model 175 is suitable for virtually all Internal (ID), external (OD), and same side dimension (SD*) measuring applications. This laser-based universal length measuring machine (read more)
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mount to easily slide the detector along the edge of a casting.” Renishaw's calibration products, including the XL-80 laser interferometer, (read more)
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Laser Interferometers Engineering staff and experienced quality control technicians Mylar reflective film and heavy cotton gloves used to minimize operator thermal radiation NIST calibrated masters Capabilities: (read more)
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It is made of UV-grade fused silica, offering high UV transmittance, low birefringence, and excellent thermal stability. Applications of fused silica wedge prisms UV laser systems Spectrometers and interferometers Fluorescence detection and (read more)
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reference plano surface. Optical filter surface flatness is measured using an interferometer (typically a laser Fizeau interferometer) that represents this deviation as a pattern of light and dark bands known as interference fringes. Interference fringes are a visual representation of the (read more)
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reproducibility Motorized probe - Improves system stability and eliminates operator influence Digital laser interferometer - Guarantees maximum resolution, traceability, and performance Two (read more)
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push of a button. High accuracy is maintained by its laser interferometer, zero Abbe offset design, and large measuring table with swivel, center, tilt, and elevation control knobs. Click here for more (read more)
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Machine Positioning Uncertainty with Laser Interferometer Feedback
The purpose of this discussion is to explain the major contributors to machine positioning uncertainty in systems with laser interferometer feedback near the work point. We will use an example to quantify these uncertainties in a real implementation of a laser-feedback-driven machine.
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Utilizing Laser Technology in Dimensional Metrology Applications
more accurate than other methods. Labmaster instruments use laser interferometers for the following reasons:
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Keeping Gantries on the Straight and Narrow
When positioning-system manufacturers build a gantry system, they typically use special alignment tools during the assembly process to ensure they meet force, precision, and life specifications. Laser interferometers are frequently used for alignment of machines to precision on the order of microns
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Improving Stage Accuracy with ACS Dynamic Error Compensation
Precision motion systems always exhibit some amount of positioning inaccuracy (or position error) due to various factors. These errors can be measured using external measurement devices, such as a laser interferometer, and can then be corrected by changing the motion profile according to an error
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Linear Position and Displacement Measurement With Capacitive and Eddy-Current Sensors
applications. Capacitive sensors work in clean environments and provide highest precision. Eddy-Current sensors can work in wet, dirty environments. They provide an economical replacement for laser interferometers when the probes can be mounted near the object and total displacements are small.
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Understand Noise at the Sub-nanometer Scale
Astronomers around the world were overjoyed in September 2015 when they got word that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) had picked up a sound from the distant universe. That sound was the noise of two black holes smashing into one another more than a billion light-years
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Air-Coupled Acoustics: Sound PAT for Tablet Characterization
, an air-coupled transducer, a laser interferometer, a vibrometer controller and a digitizing oscilloscope, as well as a vacuum handling apparatus consisting of a vacuum wand and a vacuum pump with a suction power of ~30 kPa. The instrumentation diagram of the acoustic excitation and interferometric detection
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Optical Surface Accuracy
Optical surface accuracy refers to the difference between the actual shape and the desired shape of an optical surface. It is a crucial aspect of optical components and is typically measured in terms of fringes or waves that correspond to the laser wavelength used in the interferometer
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OSA | Diffractively coupled Fabry-Perot resonator with power-recycling
… Woan, R. Wooley, J. Worden, W. Wu, I. Yakushin, H. Yamamoto, Z. Yan, S. Yoshida, M. Zanolin, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, C. Zhao, N. Zotov, M. E. Zucker, H. zur Mühlen, and J. Zweizig, âLIGO: the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory,â …
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OSA | A new method for locking the signal-field phase difference in a type-II optical parametric oscillator above threshold
…  Woan, R. Wooley, J. Worden, W. Wu, I. Yakushin, H. Yamamoto, Z. Yan, S. Yoshida, M. Zanolin, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, C. Zhao, N. Zotov, M. E. Zucker, H. zur Mühlen, and J. Zweizig, "LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory," …
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Optical Shop Testing 3rd Edition Complete Document
Bruning J. and D. R. Herriott, ‘‘A Versatile Laser Interferometer ,’’ Appl. Opt., 9, 2180 (1970).
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Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves
This book is not an overview of all current experimental efforts to detect GW: we cover neither Pulsar Timing Array, a promising technique to detect sub-lHz radiation, nor Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, the so-called LISA concept for a space mission …
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Lasers, Clocks and Drag-Free Control
LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, Requires the Ultimate in Lasers, Clocks, and Drag-Free Control Albrecht R¨udiger, Gerhard Heinzel, and Michael Tr¨obs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Nanoscale Calibration Standards and Methods
… Tip and Environment 178 Ambient Conditions 179 Flatness Measurements and Signal Noise 179 Repeatability and Noise 181 Tip Shape 182 Calibration of the Scanner Axes 183 Lateral Calibration 183 Calibration of the Vertical Axis 186 Using Laser Interferometers 187 Using Transfer Standards …
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An Atomic Gravitational Wave Interferometric Sensor (AGIS)
This arises in part from the vast reduction in systematics available with atom interferometers but impossible with laser interferometers .
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An Atomic Gravitational Wave Interferometric Sensor (AGIS)
This arises in part from the vast reduction in systematics available with atom interferometers but impossible with laser interferometers .
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