About Luminos
Luminos is a Canadian company specializing in engineering, design and manufacture of precision flexure based Photonics class positioning stages and accessories, direct coupled moving fiber optic switches and unique fiber preparation tools.
Since its founding in 1996, Luminos has been driven to innovate, resulting in superior patented product designs and highly specialized manufacturing systems used exclusively in-house.
The Luminos team brings extensive experience in the fields of fiber optics, electronics and precision mechanical design, enabling ongoing and active research, development and manufacturing of world class products. Our team's commitment to excellence has consistently delivered high precision, high quality, high value products to customers around the world.
Luminos technology is trusted in a multitude of industries including transportation, biomedical systems research and product development, spectroscopy, aerospace, military and defense communications, nuclear power, oil and gas production, land and space telecom, university and private sector research facilities, and countless manufacturing applications. 

Ratio Drive™ Technology Overview
Luminos patented Ratio Drive™ system is a means of dividing down the motion of the actuator to give higher resolution at the output of a positioner stage. It means the output of the positioner stage is only a fraction of the movement of the actuator - increasing resolution and decreasing backlash (since no gears are used in the Ratio Drive™). This technique allows the use of a standard micrometer or stepper motor for enhanced, high precision alignment.

Note: Ratio Drives™ are used on the the X and Y axes (transverse to optical Z).

                                                           Luminos Ratio Drive™

25x Ratio Drive™
With the 25x Ratio Drive™, one half inch of micrometer travel is divided down 25.4 times, to give 0.5mm of travel at the output plate. Coarse adjustments using a set screw or knob add an additional 2mm for a total of 2.5mm of travel. When controlled by a B series stepper motor actuator, the X & Y stages achieve a resolution of 4 nanometers.

Products using the 25x Ratio Drive™ :

•   I3000 3-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z)
•   I5000 5-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z, Yaw, Pitch)
•   I6000 6-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z, Roll, Yaw, Pitch)

5x Ratio Drive™
5x Ratio Drive™ divides the motion down by approximately 5 times so that one half inch of actuator travel becomes 2.5 millimeters at the output. With this option, there are no coarse adjustments and the full 2.5 mm of travel is available from the micrometer or stepper motor actuator. When controlled with a Luminos U series actuator, the X & Y stages achieve 10 nm of resolution, and can reach 5 nm when driven at 128 u-steps/full step. B series actuators deliver 20 nanometers of resolution on both the X & Y stages

Products using the 5x Ratio Drive™ :

•   I3005 3-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z)
•   I5005 5-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z, Yaw, Pitch)
•   I6005 6-Axis Positioner (X, Y, Z, Roll, Yaw, Pitch)
•   U3 and U6 Ultra Series Positioners

Other positioners from Luminos:

•   I1000 - Z Axis Linear Positioner
•   YS001 - Y Axis Manual Linear Positioner
•   FRM2 - Fiber Rotator
•   YP2000 - 2-Axis Yaw Pitch Rotational Positioner
•   RYP3000 - Roll Yaw Pitch Rotational Positioner
•   I4000 -4-Axis Z/RYP Positioner (Z/50-100nm)

Tools & Accessories：

•  Adapter
•  Base Plates
•  Contact Sensing System
•  Fiber Holder
•  Array Holder
•  LINOS Rails
•  Vacuum Holders
•  Soft Contact Acrylate Stripper
•  Ruggedized Cable Slitter
•  Positioner Side Damper