PI Technotes & Papers

PI NanoPositioning and MicroPositioning Solutions have helped customers in many industries and research labs to achieve higher precision faster.

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Biotech:

Development of an optical tweezer combined with micromanipulation for DNA and protein nanobioscience (260 kB PDF file). Features P-500 series XYZ PZT nanopositioning stages, and M-126 micropositioning stages
Adapting a Compact Confocal Microscope System to a Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence Imaging Architecture(500 kB PDF file). Features P-721 PIFOC Objective Nano-Focus Devices
Advances in Sensors, Flexure Design and Digital Control significantly increase precision of PZT scanning Stages (500 kB PDF)

Molecular Physics

P-286 Piezo Disk Translator used as valve in pulsed mulecular beam source.

Paper by D. Proch and T. Trickl (Max-Planck-Institute für Quantenoptik, Germany) published
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 60 (4), April 1989, 713
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MEMS, Vibration Elimination, Vibration Measurement

Eliminating Vibration in the Nanoworld (e.g. in MEMS Testing)

From Photonics Spectra 2002 (1 MB PDF)

Photonics

NEW: Integrating Real-Time Optical Metrology with high-throughput piezo motions (PDF). This technote features the PI F-130 / F-131 hybrid alignment engine, the CyberAligner™ software and the ultra-compact Small Planet Photonics power meter.

Microrobotic Packaging Automation of Collimated Photonic Devices

(6 DOF Hexapod Alignment System) (600 kB PDF)

Microrobotics Speeds Waveguide Production, Improves Quality

(600 kB PDF)

CyberAligner™ Modular OEM Alignment Workstation

Ideal for cost-effective photonics production and test(500 kB PDF)

Parallel Kinematics Positioning Systems (Hexapods, etc.)

Low-Inertia Parallel-Kinematics Systems for Submicron

Alignment and Handling (on www.Parallemic.org) (HTML file)

Nano-Metrology, Semiconductors, Datatech

IBM Interferometric Metrology Tool for Data Storage and Semiconductors employs custom PI long-range, multi-axis piezo nanopositioning stage. Paper courtesy Dr. G. Brasen and Dr. M. Löffler,

IBM - E&TS - Mainz, Germany

Repealing Moore’s Law: Trajectory-Control Advancements for NanoPositioning Subsystems (from Semicondutctor Fabtech, Issue 12, 2000)
Advances in Sensors, Flexure Design and Digital Control significantly increase precision of PZT NanoPositioning Stages (500 kB PDF)
New Technology Solves the Resolution/Speed Tradeoff

InputShaping eliminates the settling phase in data storage nanopositioning applications.
Article from Datatech, Isseu 4, p. 155-159

Aerospace Engineering

Control of a Particle-Laden Jet Using a PI High-Displacement

Piezo Actuator and High-Power Linear Amplifier (PDF)

Advances in NanoPositioning Technology

How to Find a State-of-the-Art NanoPositioning System (PDF)

Advances in Multilayer Piezo Technology

Nanoengines Open up New Nanotechnology Applications

(Photonics Tech Brief, Reprint from EuroPhotonics 03/03, PDF)

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