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Miniature Piezo Motor / Slide for High Volume Applications
High-Dynamics Fast Steering Mirror Platforms Provide Larger Deflection-Angles
New High-Performance Piezo Actuators and High-Voltage Amplifiers
DuraAct™ Piezocomposite Patch Transducers for Adaptronics and Smart Structures
NEXACT®: Novel Compact OEM Piezo Stepping Motor / Actuator with Long Travel Range
Open-Frame XY Piezo-Motor Stage with Linear Encoders
Miniature Linear Translation Stage
Active Optics / Fast Steering Mirrors

Single-Axis
Platforms / Shifters		 Multi-Axis Steering Mirrors/Tip/Tilt Platform Z/Tip/Tilt Platforms(with Aperture) Large Angle
Tip/Tilt Mirrors		 Nanofocusing Scanning Drives

Microsec Response
Picometer Resolution
Travel to 3 µm
Closed-Loop
Resolution: Sub-µrad
Mirrors: 50-100 mm θ
Tripod Design
For Optics, Mirrors
Piston Movement: to 30 µ
Deflection to 6 deg.
Fixed Pivot Point
Millisec Repsonse
Very Precise
Travel: 100 to 450 µm
Capacitance Sensors

Piezo Ceramic
Tubes		 Z-/Tip/Tilt Stages(with Aperture) PICMA® High Performance Actuators Large Steering Mirrors for Astronomy Piezo
Controllers

Standard & Custom
    Sizes
Travel: 4 to 300 µm
Sensor: Optional
Clear Aperture
PICMA® Piezo Drives
Travel: to 500 µm/4 mrad
Extreme Lifetime
Sub-msec Response
Sub-nm Resolution
Active Secondary Mirrors
Diameter to >300 mm
Hexapod 6-Axis
    Alignment
Network to 12 Channels
Digital/Analog Interfaces
OEM Designs
 

PI's ultra fast steering mirror platforms are based on frictionless flexure guides and high-speed solid-state piezoelectric drives. They are faster than galvo-scanners and voice-coil drives and can be used in both static and highly dynamic operation (e.g. scanning, tracking, drift and vibration cancellation).

Advantages of the PI steering mirrors are: parallel kinematics design (coplanar multiaxis motion), fast response (sub-millisecond), high resolution (up to nanoradian range), long travel ranges (up to 6 degrees deflection).

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Fast Steering Mirror for European Space Organization
 

Single-Axis Platforms / Shifters

Product Image - High-Speed Piezo Phase Shifters with Direct Metrology Option

S-303 High Speed Piezo Phase Shifters with Direct Metrology Option


  • 25 kHz Resonant Frequency for Sub-Millisecond Dynamics
  • <0.1 Nanometer Resolution
  • Capacitive Sensor Option for Highest Linearity and Stability
  • Invar Option for Highest Thermal Stability
  • Aperture with Open-Loop Versions
  • 3 Micron Travel Range
  • Compact Size : 30 mm Diameter x 10 mm
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Product Image - High-Speed Miniature Piezo Tilt Mirror

S-224 Fast Steering Mirror / Miniature Piezo Tilt Mirror


  • Sub-microradian Resolution
  • Very Fast: 10 kHz Resonant Frequency for Sub-Millisecond Response
  • Up to 4.4 milliradian Optical Beam Deflection
  • Closed-Loop Versions for Better Linearity
  • Includes BK7 Mirror
  • Zero Friction Flexure Guiding System
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Multi-Axis Fast Steering Mirrors /Tip/Tilt Platforms

Product Image - High-Speed Piezo Tip/Tilt Platforms

S-330 Fast Steering Mirror / High Speed Piezo Tip/Tilt Platforms


  • Fixed Orthogonal Axes with a Common Pivot Point
  • Up to 20 milliradian Optical Beam Deflection
  • Up to 20 nanoradian Resolution
  • For Mirrors up to 50 mm θ
  • Closed-Loop Versions for Better Linearity
  • Differential Design for Excellent Temperature Stability
  • Zero Friction Flexure Guides
  • Single-Moving-Platform, Parallel-Kinematics Design: Equal Dynamics for all Axes, Better Linearity & Temperature Stability
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Product Image - Ultra-Long-Range Piezo Tip/Tilt Mirror

S-334 Fast Steering Mirror w/ Ultra-Long-Range Piezo Drive (100 milliradian Deflection)


  • Optical Deflection to 100 milliradian (∼6°)
  • 1.0 kHz Resonant Frequency with Mirror
  • Closed-Loop Version for Higher Linearity
  • For Mirrors up to 12.5 mm (0.5") Diameter
  • 2 Fixed Orthogonal Axes with a Common Pivot Point
  • Sensor Configuration for Excellent Temperature Stability
  • Zero Friction Flexure Guides
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Product Image - High-Speed Piezo Tip/Tilt Platforms

S-340 Fast Steering Mirror / High-Speed Piezo Tip/Tilt Platforms


  • Fixed Orthogonal Axes with a Common Pivot Point
  • 4 milliradian Optical Beam Deflection
  • For Mirrors to 100 mm θ
  • Sub-microradian Resolution
  • Closed-Loop Versions for Better Linearity
  • Differential Design for Excellent Temperature Stability
  • Zero Friction Flexure Guides
  • Single-Moving-Platform, Parallel-Kinematics Design: Equal Dynamics for all Axes, Better Linearity & Temperature Stability
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Z/Tip/Tilt Platforms (with Aperture)
Product Image - High-Speed Multi-Axis Tip/Tilt Platforms and Z Positioners

S-310 and S-316 Fast Steering Mirror Platform / Piezo Tip/Tilt Platforms and Z Positioners w/Aperture


  • 10 mm Clear Aperture
  • Piezo Tripod Design Allows Z Motion and Tilt
  • Up to 2.4 milliradian Optical Beam Deflection
  • Piston Movement up to 12 Micron
  • Closed-Loop Versions for Better Linearity
  • For Optics, Mirrors or Other Components
  • Zero Friction Guiding Mechanism
  • Single-Moving-Platform, Parallel-Kinematics Design : Equal Dynamics for all Axes, Better Linearity & Temperature Stability
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Product Image - High-Speed Piezo Tip/Tilt Platform and Z Positioner

S-325 Fast Steering Mirror, Piezo Tip/Tilt Platform & Z Positioner


  • Piezo Tripod Design Allows Z Motion and Tilt
  • 10 milliradian Optical Beam Deflection
  • Piston Movement up to 30 Micron
  • Closed-Loop Versions for Better Linearity
  • For Mirrors up to 25 mm (1 inches) Diameter
  • Zero Friction Flexure Guides Single-Moving-Platform, Parallel-Kinematics Design: Equal Dynamics for all Axes, Better Linearity & Temperature Stability
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Large Z/Tip/Tilt Stages (with aperture)

Large Tip/Tilt Mirror for Astronomy Applications


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