Newport 561-Tilt ULTRAlign Precision Fiber Optic Tilt Rotation Stage Right-Hand

Newport 561-Tilt ULTRAlign Precision Fiber Optic Tilt Rotation Stage Right-Hand

The Newport 561-Tilt is a compact, high-precision tilt and rotation stage from Newport's ULTRAlign series, designed specifically for fiber optic alignment applications. It provides smooth, repeatable angular adjustment in tilt and rotation axes, allowing precise positioning of optical fibers, collimators, and related components within a photonics or fiber coupling setup. This is the right-hand configuration.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Newport Corporation
• Model: 561-Tilt (ULTRAlign Series)
• Type: Precision Fiber Optic Tilt and Rotation Stage
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Motion Axes: Tilt and rotation
• Adjustment: Knurled thumbscrews with spring-return tilt clamp mechanism
• Preload: Spring-loaded brass ball-bearing row visible on stage face
• Mounting: Multiple threaded holes on face and base for optical rail or breadboard integration
• Body material: Anodized aluminum
• Known deficiency: Three small screws missing from one end
• Included: Stage only — no manual, cables, or peripherals

Applications

The Newport ULTRAlign 561-Tilt is part of Newport's well-established ULTRAlign fiber alignment platform, which is widely used in photonics research, fiber coupling experiments, and optical communications lab work. Tilt and rotation stages like the 561-Tilt are used to fine-tune the angular orientation of a fiber tip or collimating lens relative to a laser or detector, maximizing coupling efficiency. They are commonly mounted in combination with linear XYZ stages on optical breadboards or rail systems. The ULTRAlign series has been a standard in university optics labs, industrial photonics R&D facilities, and telecom component manufacturing since the 1990s. These stages remain actively used today in any lab working with fiber optic coupling, beam delivery, or precision photonic component alignment.