Reid Whitney

Vice President, Herzan

Reid Whitney is vice president at Herzan (Laguna Hills, CA).

FIGURE 1. As indicated by this site information form, successfully performing a site survey requires essential information that includes room details, local noise sources, microscope details and positioning, and how the site survey is performed.

Vibration Control: How to control vibration noise for superresolution microscopes

Oct. 1, 2018

From site surveys to active vibration control, steps can be taken to keep your superresolution microscope stable and ready to collect data.

FIGURE 1. Using a portable site-survey tool such as the WaveCatcher enables end users to do their own environmental site surveys (left). A screenshot of an environmental frequency spectrum analysis done by the WaveCatcher site-survey tool shows the results of a simultaneous three-axis measurement (right). A noise peak at about 59 Hz has been identified.

Optics

Nanometrology: Get the most out of your microscope by understanding your site environment

Reid Whitney

Sept. 16, 2015

Measuring and analyzing environmental noise before the installation of a precision microscope enables the end user to save time, money, and resources by preparing the installation...

FIGURE 1. Active vibration isolation performance, represented in a graph, depicts the inverse, out-of-phase force applied by an active vibration isolation platform to provide a vibration-neutral surface (a). Transmissibility graphs are used as performance benchmarks for vibration isolation systems, demonstrating a platform's ability to amplify or reduce vibrations across a broad frequency spectrum (b). Transmissibility as a function of frequency is one of the most important attributes to evaluate when reviewing a system's vibration isolation performance.

Positioning, Support & Accessories

VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS: Active vibration isolation: Know the options

Reid Whitney

Oct. 14, 2013

Choosing the right type of control system and form factor are only two of the many decisions to make when defining the right active isolation platform for the job; understanding...