Search
Menu
Deposition Sciences Inc. - Difficult Coatings - LB - 8/23

Optical Thin-Film Coating Methods

Facebook X LinkedIn Email
Determining the Right Method for the Job

Robert J. Crase, Deposition Sciences Inc., and Dr. Margareta Hamel, Auer Lighting GmbH

Chances are that this magazine comes off a press that uses components with thin-film coatings. What’s more, your supermarket checkout scanners, cell phones, cars and TVs all utilize thin-film coatings. Despite the wide range of applications, there are just five basic deposition methods for manufacturing thin films, and the designer needs to know them well. They are: Electron beam evaporation (ebeam); low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD); plasma impulse chemical vapor deposition (PICVD); magnetron sputtering; and ion beam sputtering (IBS). Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of...Read full article

Related content from Photonics Media



    Articles


    Products


    Photonics Handbook Articles


    White Papers


    Webinars


    Photonics Dictionary Terms


    Media


    Photonics Buyers' Guide Categories


    Companies
    Published: October 2008
    cell phonesCoatingscomponentsConsumerFeaturesindustrialthin-film coatings

    We use cookies to improve user experience and analyze our website traffic as stated in our Privacy Policy. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies unless you have disabled them.