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Piezo Actuators Provide Flexibility to Laser Designers Using Compact Optical Mounts and Motion Stages

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Piezo Actuators Provide Flexibility to Laser Designers Using Compact Optical Mounts and Motion Stages

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Lasers require precise alignment in their design to simultaneously deliver optimal power and provide ultrastability of the beam in position and quality. To meet this requirement, the laser designer must precisely control the optical path inside the laser. Guaranteeing a high level of precision and enabling nanometer level linear displacement and µrad rotation level, Newport™ piezo products are ideal components to ensure the performance and quality of the laser beam over the long term and permit flexibility in the design. The design of lasers requires very high precision in assembling the components and sub-assemblies that constitute them. In particular, the optical path must be precisely aligned to avoid any power loss or risk of damage to the internal components, given the energy carried by the laser beam. The Picomotor™ and Agilis™ series actuators associated with Newport optical mounts can control the positioning/alignment of the laser beam and realize the necessary trajectory corrections to maintain an ideal optical path.

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