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FPS Sensors

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Introduction
Attocube systems AG provides advanced optical displacement sensors known for their precision, speed, and compactness. These sensors use a patented fiber-based interferometric measurement principle, ensuring high accuracy and stability, and are suitable for extreme environments like ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic temperatures.
Product Lines
  • FPS Sensors: Designed for contactless, ultra-high precision displacement measurements with integrated analysis capabilities, ideal for quality assurance and R&D.
  • IDS Sensors: Tailored for machine integration and connection to industrial networks.
Key Features
  • Fabry-Pérot Interferometer: Features a low-finesse fiber-based design for compact sensor heads compatible with extreme environments.
  • Environmental Compensation Unit (ECU): Automatically adjusts for changes in refractive index due to air pressure, temperature, and humidity variations.
  • Focusing and Collimating Sensor Heads: Available in various designs to suit different target materials and surface qualities.
Performance and Accuracy
The sensors have been validated by the National Metrology Institute of Germany, confirming their high accuracy and reliability. The IDS sensor maintains a systematic error of 0.0 ppm over a working distance of 0 to 3 meters, with a total expanded measurement uncertainty under 0.4 ppm.
Software and Interfaces
The FPS system includes advanced software for data visualization, analysis, and storage, supporting multi-axis operation and offering real-time interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, AquadB, and HSSL.
Applications
Attocube sensors are utilized in fields such as semiconductor research, machine and tool vibration analysis, space applications, synchrotron, microscopy, and metrology.
Customer Feedback
Users have praised the FPS system for its precision, ease of installation, and superior performance compared to other systems on the market.
Overview
The document provides a comprehensive overview of the attocube FPS sensor system, highlighting its capabilities in precise displacement measurement, data storage, and analysis. It includes technical specifications, application scenarios, and accessory options.
Key Features
  • Synchronous Data Storage: Position data for all three axes can be stored in a single file with a 64-bit word length per axis.
  • Software Integration: Includes DLLs and LabVIEW VIs for integration with C/C++/C# and LabVIEW, allowing access to all PC software features.
  • Improved Initialization: Allows reinitialization of system parameters during measurements, enhancing sensor head alignment tolerances.
  • Real-Time Connectivity: Offers real-time data visualization and analysis through the Daisy FPS Measurement Software.
Applications
  • Water Surface Displacement Measurement: Uses focused sensor heads to measure displacements of a water surface and a table, demonstrating high-frequency response.
  • Radiation Harsh Environments: The FPS3010 sensor operates under extreme radiation, maintaining stability and accuracy.
  • Brownian Motion Measurement: Demonstrates the system's resolution by measuring micro-cantilever vibrations due to thermal energy.
  • High-Resolution X-Ray Microscopy: Provides superior stability and sub-nm displacement measurement, crucial for nm-resolution X-ray microscopy.
Technical Specifications
  • Sensor Heads: Various models with different optics types, dimensions, and focal lengths are available for different applications and environments.
  • Measurement Accuracy: Offers high accuracy with environmental compensation, achieving better than ±1 ppm in air.
  • Vibrometry: Can detect vibration amplitudes as low as a few picometers, even at low frequencies.
Accessories
  • Retroreflectors and Mirrors: Available for extended working ranges and specific applications.
  • Angular Measurement Software: Allows non-invasive angular position measurement with high resolution.
  • Optics Kits: Various kits available for different sensor head types and applications.
  • Cables and Wiring Options: Includes HDMI to SubD adapter cables and BNC connections for signal output.
Conclusion
The attocube FPS sensor system is a versatile and precise tool for displacement measurement, suitable for a wide range of applications, including harsh environments and high-resolution microscopy. Its integration capabilities and accessory options enhance its adaptability and functionality.
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WITTENSTEIN Group FPS Sensors Real-Time Interferometric Displacement Analysis (c) 2018, attocube systems AG - Germany. attocube systems and the logo are trademarks of attocube systems AG. Registered and/or otherwise protected in various countries where attocube systems products are sold or distributed. Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. attocube systems AG | Königinstrasse 11a | D - 80539 München | Germany Tel.: +49 89 2877 809 - 0 | Fax: +49 89 2877 809 - 19 | [email protected] www.attocube.com Brochure version: 2018 - 01 WITTENSTEIN Group

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product overview attocube's innovative optical displacement sensors surpass the performance of other presently available devices in terms of precision, speed, and compactness. The patented fiber-based, interferometric measurement principle offers unrivalled accuracy and stability, while the compact design enables strikingly simple adjustment even in spatially confined setups. Fiber-based sensor heads enable the operation in extreme environments, such as ultra high vacuum, cryogenictemperatures, or even hard radiation. Two product lines have been established and adapted to perfectly meet existing...

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attoSENSORICS technical terms highest accuracy over long distances Attocube’s interferometers have been tested by the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB). The accuracy of the interferometers has been confirmed at various pressure, humidity and temperature conditions over several days, thus also confirming the high performance and reliability of attocube’s ECU (environmental compensation unit). Fabry-Pérot Interferometer The fiber-based design allows flexible alignment, thus making multiaxis measurements and large distances of fiber length (even covering kilometer long distances) an...

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FPS Sensor Systems – Key Features FPS Sensors plug&play sensing for R&D-setups The global trend towards miniaturization causes major challenges for advanced metrology: quality standards are increasing, requirements on accuracy and reliability are constantly rising, and failure tolerances in production processes are steadily reduced. Especially in applications such as quality assurance and research & development, instruments need to provide highest precision, while offering versatile implementation options and the immediate availability of data post-processing, analysis, and storage. With its...

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Sensor Head Overview IDS & FPS The IDS and FPS can be operated with different sensor heads: ultra compact heads for the most confined spaces or alternative designs where priority is given to easy alignment or to the compatibility with various target materials (glass, aluminum, ceramic, etc.). M12/C7.6* Ø 14 mm, length 43.9 mm Large working distances Calibration of machine axes and tools Easy alignment and installation/assembly Plug&Play for various applications High angular tolerance Standard for various appplications Small sensor head mounting For space-limited applications High reflective target...

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FPS3010 & FPS1010 table-top displacement sensing attocube’s FPS3010/1010 is a fully automated interferometric displacement measurement system, compatible with up to three fiber-based sensor heads. TheFPS3010/1010 combines state of the art hardware with innovative software concepts, offering real-time data processing and storage, Fast-Fourier signal analysis for vibrometry applications, environmental index of refraction compensation (optional), and many other measurement options such as angular measurement software or customized trigger functionality. The flexible, FPGA-based architecture allows...

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FPS sensors are designed for ease of use and simple connectivity. Measured displacement information can be transferred to a personal computer using USB or Ethernet (optional), where the measurement software Daisy allows synchronous data visualization, analysis, and storage. In addition to these standard interfaces, the FPS includes the high-speed real-time digital interfaces AquadB and HSSL. The completely new PC-based software of the attocube FPS sensor system not only enables simple data recording. Instead, it offers a ton of features making complex measurements simple - ranging from easy-to-use...

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Selected Applications Selected Applications Measuring Brownian Motion of Commercial Micro-Cantilevers Measuring Water Surface Displacements The resolution capability of the IDS was demonstrated by measuring the Brownian motion of micro cantilevers. Measuring the tiny vibrations of objects excited only by its thermal energy is typically challenging the resolution capabilities of a measurement system. The cantilever was placed on attocube positioners and measured with the focusing sensor head (D12/F2.8). This sensor head has a shot diameter of smaller 2 μm. The figure clearly shows an individual...

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Selected Measurements unsurpassed signal stability Selected Measurementsreal-time vibrometry measurements -■-■-1-1-■-■-*-1-1-1-’-P-1- Measured Long-Term Signal Stability ” \ Long-term FPS signal stability as demonstrated on a 20 mm long Titanium vacuum reference cavity. The cavity is cooled to liquid helium temperature (-269 °C) in order to minimize thermal expansion/contraction. 68% of all position measurement data points lie within 286pm, as measured at a 100 Hz bandwidth over 12 hrs. Short-term data are recorded at 10 Hz over 10 seconds. V. Vibrometry measurements as performed on a piezoelectric...

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Sensor Head Specifications IDS & FPS Sensor Heads product name Modes of Operation optics type focal length fiber glued connector working environment short distance and wide angle exemplary applications lower surface quality broad variety of applications easy to mount and easy to align long distances and working ranges vibrometrie and profilometrie of various geometrical shapes deformation monitoring of work pieces during manufacturing concentricity tests, detection of imbalances monitoring and diagnostics of machine tools components calibration and synchronization of large-scale machine tools...

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