F-712.MAx Compact, High-Speed XYZ Photonics Alignment Systems

Single-Sided and Double-Sided, Fully Automated

  • Integrated scan/align routines for fibers and photonic devices
  • Fast, simultaneous optical performance optimization across multiple device I/Os and degrees of freedom
  • Broad and deep software support for rapid process development, including support for popular languages such as C#, Python, LabVIEW, and MATLAB on Windows and Linux
  • Automatic alignment in typically < 0.5 s
  • Responsive application and product support from PI worldwide
F-712.MAx Compact, High-Speed XYZ Photonics Alignment Systems
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Problem solved

PI's Fast Multichannel Photonics Alignment (FMPA) solutions combine application-optimized, fab-ready, highly dynamic alignment stages with sophisticated controllers that integrate the world's most advanced and effective first-light search, profile, and power optimization alignment algorithms.

Reduction of alignment time by 99 %

This award-winning technology addresses the number one cost driver for photonics test and assembly: the precise alignment required for each element and channel. Legacy alignment technologies date back to the 1980s and can take minutes to complete. PI's fast optical alignment solutions reduce the time required by typically 99 %, routinely completing the task in less than one second. With studies indicating that on the order of 80 % of the cost of a photonic device is consumed in the alignment prior to FMPA, it is easy to see how profound the production economics benefit from reducing that 80 % by 99 %. And with projections of three orders of magnitude escalation in demand for photonic devices in the near future, as new applications and devices emerge, FMPA is a true enabler.

Compact solution for XYZ alignment challenges

This compact solution integrates a high-precision XYZ stage (based on model M-122) for generous travel with an XYZ piezo nanopositioner of extraordinary speed and resolution (based on model P-616). A single controller manages all axes in single-sided and double-sided configurations: F-712.MA1 and F-712.MA2, respectively. Four high-resolution analog inputs provide connectivity to power meters, such as PI’s F-712.PM1 high-bandwidth optical power meter, for optimization and profiling, enabling efficient and fast automated fiber alignment. Soft limits are supported to ensure process safety. Starting with these sophisticated platforms, it is easy to configure automated alignment solutions of unprecedented speed that support functionalities such as submicron-sensitive wafer proximity automation.

Application fields

PIC production, photonics alignment, alignment of optical components, lenses, silicon photonics wafer probing, testing, assembly, and packaging of photonics and fiber optics

Specifications

Datasheet

Datasheet F-712.MAx

Version / Date
2024-08-22
pdf - 2 MB
Version / Date
2024-08-22
pdf - 2 MB

Downloads

Product Note

Product Note

Product Change Notification Piezo Actuator Driven Products

Version / Date
2021-04-19
pdf - 377 KB
Anglais
Product Note

Product Change Notification Motor Driven Products

Version / Date
2021-04-19
pdf - 917 KB
Anglais

Datasheet

Datasheet

Datasheet F-712.MAx

Version / Date
2024-08-22
pdf - 2 MB
Version / Date
2024-08-22
pdf - 2 MB

Documentation

Documentation

User Manual F603T0003

F-603.41 / F-603.42 / F-603.43 Fiber holders for P-616-type (NanoCube®) piezo positioners

Version / Date
2018-12-03
pdf - 793 KB
Anglais
Documentation

User Manual F712T0002

F-712.MA1 and F-712.MA2 Stacked Multi-Axis Systems for Fast Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment. Hardware description.

Version / Date
2024-07-04
pdf - 4 MB
Anglais
Documentation

User Manual E712T0016

Fast Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment. Hardware and Firmware for Fast Optical Alignment in Silicon Photonics Production.

Version / Date
2023-03-14
pdf - 10 MB
Anglais
Documentation

User Manual F712T0019

Calculation of Optical Power - Using the F-712.PM1 Power Meter with F-712 High-Precision Fiber Alignment Systems

Version / Date
2020-02-24
pdf - 475 KB
Anglais

3D Models

3D Models

F-712.MA1 3-D model

Version / Date
2019-11-27
zip - 3 MB
Anglais
3D Models

F-712.MA2 3-D model

Version / Date
2019-11-27
zip - 3 MB

Livre Blanc

Livre Blanc

Case Study: Photonic Array Device Assembly

Version / Date
F712T0056 2020
pdf - 300 KB
Livre Blanc

Practical Examples of Parallel Alignment Automation

Version / Date
WP4010E 2018-04
pdf - 1 MB
Version / Date
WP4010CN 2018-12
pdf - 786 KB

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F-712.MA1
Single-sided photonics alignment system with stacked XYZ linear stages and NanoCube® Nanopositioner, E-712 digital controller with 4 analog inputs, firmware routines for extremely fast alignment functions, software package
F-712.MA2
Double-sided photonics alignment system with stacked XYZ linear stages and two NanoCube® Nanopositioners, E-712 digital controller with 4 analog inputs, firmware routines for extremely fast alignment functions, software package

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