Synchrotrons, Particle Accelerators, Free Electron Lasers, and High Energy Research Facilities all over the world rely on SmarAct nano-positioning solutions because of their reliability, robustness, and accuracy. They can be found at various end stations at beamlines where they are used for complex and high precision sample positioning tasks as well as for tuning monochromator and mirror positions upstream in the beamline.

Our interlinked team of developers, engineers, and designers are specialized and determined to ensure that each positioning solution is tailored to the specific customer project due to the highly demanding and differing application requirements of our customers. This includes solutions for high-, ultra-high vacuum as well as cryogenic environments and applications that  require fully non-magnetic or hard x-ray radiation capable stages.

SmarAct supplies the necessary tools for the entire energy spectrum, from 6 axis goniometers for high energy XRD (SMARGON) down to non-magnetic sample stages for low energy experiments like nARPES or LEEM/PEEM.

SmarAct stages and controllers can be easily integrated into existing control environments like TANGO, EPICS or end-station control software via a sophisticated advanced programming interface (API). EtherCat support is also provided.

Featured Products

SMARGON - Microrobot

A Versatile High Precision Robotic Positioning System with 6 DoF

Environment-Specific Stages and Systems

High precision stages and systems for the use in specific environments such as cryogenic temperatures, ultra high vacuum, high radiation and high magnetic fields.

Typical Positioning Systems

Within the scope of the SmarAct modular system, fully pre-built and pre-configured positioning systems are available.

SMARPOD - Hexapod-like

A Hexapod-like Positioning System with 6 DoF and Definable Pivot Point

Interferometer

PICOSCALE Interferometer for contactless high precision displacement measurements.

Vibrometer

PICOSCALE Vibrometer for the modal analysis of small samples.

Application Examples

© Katharina Witte, PSI, PolLux Beamline

Customized Rotation Stage for Sophisticated Soft X-Ray Laminography

For Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut

Automated Sample Delivery in Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SFX)

For Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), University of Hamburg, Germany

Motion System for Compact von Hamos X-Ray Spectrometer

For National Metrology Institute (PTB), BESSY II Photon Source, Berlin, Germany

7D System for X-Ray Imaging

At the NANOSCOPIUM Beamline, Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
© Huang-Yeh Chen, NSRRC

Precise Control of Rotating Objects in Beamlines

For National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Hsinchu, Taiwan

Improved Condenser Alignment in Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Microscopy

At the MIRAS Beamline, ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain

Plasma Acceleration Experiments with SMARPODs

At the REGAE Beamline, DESY, Hamburg, Germany

High Precision Lens Alignment for Macromolecular Crystallography

At the X10SA Beamline, Swiss Light Source (SLS) at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Switzerland

High Energy Research Facilities Brochure

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