Newport has introduced the Conex-AG-M100D, a compact, remote-controllable, piezo-motor-driven mirror mount with an integrated two-axis absolute position sensor.
It combines the high angular position sensitivity of the Agilis piezo-motor direct-drive technology with exact position information from a patent-pending, two-axis, absolute position sensor.
Newport claims that, while other piezo-motor mounts lack exact position information and can only be used for adjustments, the Conex-AG-M100D is capable of repeatable or absolute positioning tasks.
This capability is important in scanning applications or when steering a laser beam to different positions repeatedly is required.
With the absolute position sensor, the user can also save a position into memory and recall that position upon start-up without having to rely on a home or reference location.
This is beneficial when a previously optimised beam path must be re-established.
According to Newport, the Conex-AG-M100D is affordable and, when combined with the Nstruct Instrument Management software platform, makes setting up experiments easier and faster.
