NEWS 27 February 2025

Mikroniek February 2025: High-Tech Systems

The February issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of High-Tech Systems. The main theme article describes the integration, alignment and testing of the complex and sensitive optomechanical Laser Projection System for the VLT and ELT telescopes.


Other features include the auto-alignment of suspended optical cavities for a gravitational-wave interferometer, the development of a photonic integrated circuit test prober for wafer-level testing, and an extensive article on Lorentz and reluctance actuators and their performance (improvement). Also in this issue, a report of the ASPE Annual Meeting 2024 in Houston, TX, USA, with a strong Dutch representation. Click here for a first impression. (Cover image courtesy of Fred Kamphues / TNO)


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DSPE Opto-Mechatronics Symposium 2026

The seventh edition of the DSPE Opto-Mechatronics Symposium will take place on 8 October 2026. This year’s theme is ‘The opto-mechatronics of telescopes: from tiny to extremely large’.

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DSPE and LiS join forces

SDPE supports the nationwide expansion of the Leidse instrumentmakers School (LiS) to strengthen the pipeline of precision manufacturing professionals in the Netherlands.

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Structure-preserving model reduction

High-precision machines are often modelled as assemblies of flexible substructures, which preserves physical insight but leads to models that are too large for efficient dynamic analysis and control design.

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