ZYGO TERAAUTOMATION

FIBER-OPTIC ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF AN INTEGRATED COMMAND CONSOLE, MACHINE VISION, STANDARD MONITOR, AND STAGING FOR USE IN FIBER-OPTIC ALIGNMENT, EPOXY-BONDING, AND SOLDER OF INDIVIDUAL OR MULTIPLE OPTICAL FIBERS TO OPTICAL OR OPTO-ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC DEVICE DIE-BONDER SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SELECTING, ALIGNING, POSITIONING, AND BONDING PHOTONIC DEVICES IN A COMPONENT DEVICE BOX OR ONTO AN OPTICAL BENCH ASSEMBLY; MANUAL FIXTURES USED FOR PLACING AND HOLDING COMPONENTS AND SUB-ASSEMBLIES IN PHOTONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY; MANUAL FIXTURES USED TO DISPENSE EPOXIES; LASER ABLATION PATTERNING STATION UTILIZING LASER ENERGY TO ABLATE A MATERIAL IN ORDER TO REMOVE THAT MATERIAL IN HIGHLY TOLERANCED AND PRECISE LOCATION FROM A BASE MATERIAL SUBSTRATE FOR USE IN MINIMAL APPLICATION OF A PRECIOUS METAL ONTO THE SUBSTRATE