Dataset for "The OpenFlexure Block Stage: Sub-100 nm fibre alignment with a monolithic plastic flexure stage"
Data archive for "The OpenFlexure Block Stage: Sub-100 nm fibre alignment with a monolithic plastic flexure stage" by Qingxin Meng, Kerrianne Harrington, Julian Stirling, and Richard Bowman. This zip archive contains the following resources:
- The data collection scripts used to characterise the mechanical performance of the OpenFlexure Block Stage.
- The raw data generated by these scripts in hdf5 format.
- The analysis scripts (iPython notebooks) used to analyse this data.
- PDFs of all figures used in the paper as generated by the analysis script and a number of supplementary figures generated by the script. See comments in the scripts for more details on the figures.
- Design files for the modified OpenFlexure Block Stages that were needed for mechanical testing. The custom attaching hardware, and a custom laser autocollimator used to measure the tilt of the stage. The only design files not included are those for the OpenFlexure Block Stage itself as this is an active project and the design and all history can be found in the project's source code repository: https://gitlab.com/openflexure/openflexure-block-stage
Cite this dataset as:
Meng, Q.,
Harrington, K.,
Stirling, J.,
Bowman, R.,
2020.
Dataset for "The OpenFlexure Block Stage: Sub-100 nm fibre alignment with a monolithic plastic flexure stage".
Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00737.
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Data
block-stage-characterisation.zip
application/zip (73MB)
This zip archive contains the data collection scripts, analysis scripts, raw data, supplementary figures, and a number of design files. All software is licensed GNU-GPL v3 except for the Adafruit Libraries provided in the Python Packages repository (MIT licensed). All hardware design files are licensed CERN OHL 1.2. All README.md files are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0. All other files should be considered to be Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Creators
Qingxin Meng
University of Bath
Kerrianne Harrington
University of Bath
Julian Stirling
University of Bath
Richard Bowman
University of Bath
Contributors
University of Bath
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Documentation
Data collection method:
Full details of the methodology used may be found in the README files accompanying the data within the zip file.
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
GCRF - Open Lab Instrumentation
EP/P029426/1
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000700
Royal Society
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000288
UR Fellowship - Robotic microscopy for globally accessible science & healthcare
URF\R1\180153
Royal Society
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000288
Robotic microscopy for globally accessible science and healthcare
RGF\EA\181034
Publication details
Publication date: 9 January 2020
by: University of Bath
Version: 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00737
URL for this record: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/737
Related papers and books
Meng, Q., Harrington, K., Stirling, J., and Bowman, R., 2020. The OpenFlexure Block Stage: sub-100 nm fibre alignment with a monolithic plastic flexure stage. Optics Express, 28(4), 4763. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.384207.
Contact information
Please contact the Research Data Service in the first instance for all matters concerning this item.
Contact person: Richard Bowman
Faculty of Science
Physics
Research Centres & Institutes
Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials