Precision Motion Solutions for Photonics and Optics

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Video: First-light capture, orders of magnitude faster than before, enabled by PI’s new first-light detection algorithm, motion hardware and controllers.

The PI Group offers an extensive portfolio of solutions for scaling the manufacturing, test and deployment of photonic devices, from photonic interconnects, to wearable sensors, to LIDAR, quantum and optical computing, and to reliable, launch-proven fast steering mirror mounts. Other cutting-edge applications for PI nanopositioning solutions include laser processing, semiconductor, test and metrology, fast focusing and high-resolution microscopy. ​

Solving the First Light Problem. With PILightning.

One of the critical challenges in scaling and the top cost driver for photonics device manufacturing is the precise alignment of optical components. By performing optimization in parallel across multiple channels, components, and degrees of freedom, Fast Multichannel Photonics Alignment reduces the time and cost of manufacturing and testing of photonic devices and improves yield.

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A Quick Overview of Our Exhibits

World’s Fastest Alignment Engines​

Testing, Assembly, and Packaging in Silicon Photonics

Silicon photonics plays a crucial role in the advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as quantum computing, nanosatellites, light detection and ranging (LIDAR), or optical logic, as well as in improving data processing, storage, and transmission.

Physik Instrumente – Test and Assembly of Photonic Devices

Test, Assembly and Packaging of Photonic Devices

Integrating photonic structures or elements such as waveguides, photodiodes, lasers, and multiplexers presents a variety of demanding challenges to test and assembly processes, starting at wafer level through to final packaging.

Physik Instrumente Exhibit - Alignment of Optical Fibers and Photonic Devices

Alignment of Optical Fibers & Photonic Devices

As the global reliance on photonics grows, the industry demands new solutions for testing and assembly. PI provides high-end alignment systems for applications where throughput is key, as well as affordable alignment engines based on modular precision positioning stages.

Laser Machining

Physik Instrumente – Laser Drilling of High Density Micro Holes

Laser Drilling of High-Density Micro Holes

When laser drilling the smallest high-density holes, many factors such as cone shape control as well as spot size and wavelength of the laser will have an impact on the result. In addition, fast and precise positioning of the workpiece, the laser head and the laser focus height is important.

Lightning-Fast Steering Mirrors​

Physik Instrumente - Fast Platform for Mirror Tilting

Free Space Optical Communication – Enabled by Fast Steering Mirrors

The S-355 tip/tilt platform is versatile in use thanks to its parallel-kinematic, multi-axis design and its flexure guides, which are free of maintenance, friction, and wear. It allows fast, high-dynamics motion with high precision.

Semiconductor Wafer Stages

Physik Instrumente – Wafer Dicing

Wafer Stealth Dicing

In the production of chips and microchips, it is necessary to separate the individual dies from the wafer. In this process, quality and precision are crucial for all further post-fab operations. Laser dicing has therefore become the preferred dicing technology.

Physik Instrumente Wafer and Substrate Inspection

Film Metrology in Wafer Inspection

PI is currently developing motion solutions for wafer positioning to facilitate the measurement of crucial wafer attributes.

Metrology, Microscopy and Life Sciences

Nanopositioning for Microscopy

Precision positioning is the key element in all types of microscopy. High-resolution microscopy must be capable of accurate and reproducible positioning of imaging elements and samples.

Industrial Optical Inspection

Optical inspection is an essential process in industrial quality assurance. Optical inspection systems, which are used in industrial environments, should provide reliable and repeatable measurement results and enable high throughput rates.

Hexapod 6-Axis Micropositioning Stage

H-840 Hexapod 6-Axis Positioning System

Universally applicable; Variant for high dynamics; Variant for heavier loads; Load capacity up to 30 kg

H-811.I2 6-Axis Miniature Hexapod

Range ±17 / ±16 / ±6.5 mm; Rotation range ±10 / ±10 / ±21°; MiM 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.08 µm; Load capacity 5 kg

Actuators for Quantum Computing Optical Paths

N-470 PiezoMike Linear Actuator

N-422 Linear Actuator with Piezo Motor

Q-521 Q‑Motion® Miniature Linear Stage

Photonics Alignment Systems

PI's award-winning architecture addresses test and assembly challenges by combining select motion technologies with unique controller algorithms to align across device channels, components and degrees of freedom in one step, typically 100 times faster than legacy approaches.

Future Technologies Demonstrators

Check out our future technologies such as the 6-DOF Magnetic Levitation Nanopositioning Stage Demonstrator.

Using the properties of magnetic levitation technology in the development of positioning solutions allows high-precision, fast and wear-free motion. This enables, for example, the imaging quality for inspection tasks in demanding semiconductor manufacturing or microscopy to be raised to a new level of precision.

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Physik Instrumente - Magnetic Levitation

Technical Presentations & Speakers

Physik Instrumente Nikta Jalayer

Nikta Jalayer

Director of Business Development - Performance Automation
Physik Instrumente (PI)

Latest Advancements in Photonics Alignment Algorithms and Mechanics

Physik Instrumente - Mathias Winter

Mathias Winter

Head of Piezo Drives & Systems Technology
Physik Instrumente (PI)​

Beyond Precision: Nanopositioning in Cryogenic Applications

Physik Instrumente / ACS - Erlendur Kristjansson

Erlendur Kristjansson

Senior Manager Product Marketing & Management
ACS Motion Control, a PI Company

Laser Machining: The Key to Unlocking Process Optimization

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