A fiber optic preform is a cylindrical glass rod or tube used as the starting material for manufacturing optical fibers. It serves as the precursor from which optical fibers are drawn. The process of making optical fibers involves heating the...

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a manufacturing process that involves creating three-dimensional...

A sputtering target is a solid material used in the process of physical vapor deposition (PVD), specifically sputtering....

A halogen lamp, also known as a tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen, or quartz iodine lamp, is an incandescent lamp that uses a...

A technique for depositing a material coating on metal, ceramic, semiconductor or polymer substrates. The interaction of...

Thin-film coatings are layers of material applied to the surface of an object or substrate, typically to modify its optical,...

A dichroic coating, also known as a dichroic filter or dichroic mirror, is an optical coating designed to selectively...

Ellipsometry is an optical technique used to characterize the properties of thin films and surfaces. It is based on the...

Chemical vapor deposition is a process of applying dopants to a glass bait by flame reactions of gaseous compounds. See also...

Photolithography is a key process in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, and...

Reactive evaporation refers to a process in thin-film deposition where a material is deposited onto a substrate through...

A nanotube, also known as a nanotubule or simply a tube-like structure, is a nanoscale cylindrical structure composed of...

A method of growing single crystals in which atoms and molecules from gaseous organic compounds interact and form a layer on...

A process by which high-quality fiber optics are made. See axial vapor-phase deposition.

A vacuum deposition method in which the coating material (target) is removed from the surface of the coating source...

Optical manufacturing tools and machinery encompass a wide range of equipment, instruments, and systems used in the...

The deposition of a metallic coating, usually nickel, on a component by chemical means rather than by electroplating; the...

A device used in thin-film deposition; the material to be evaporated is placed in a crucible that is heated inductively by...

A variation from standard physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating techniques, magnetron sputtering is a plasma coating...

Plasma-enriched deposition or planar magnetic sputtering that offers increased deposition rates in optical thin-film...

In vacuum deposition, a device that removes contaminants from the vacuum chamber.

Modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) is a technique used in the fabrication of optical fibers. It is a specialized form...

The use of a plasma to induce the formation of oxides in the production of graded-index optical fibers.

A solar cell that is lightweight and flexible because of its construction by vacuum deposition of a semiconductor material...

Thin-film deposition equipment refers to machinery and tools used in the process of depositing thin layers of material onto...

Epitaxial refers to the growth of a crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate in such a way that the orientation of the...

A well controlled thin films technique for growing films with good crystal structure in ultra high vacuum environments at...

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique used for depositing thin films onto substrates. It...

Epitaxial deposition is a process used in semiconductor manufacturing and materials science to grow a thin crystalline...

Photoresist is a light-sensitive material used in photolithography processes, particularly in the fabrication of...

Optical elements, often created by micromachining, lithography or vacuum deposition, that rely on diffraction of the...

Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components, such as lenses, mirrors, filters, and prisms,...

Micro-optics refers to the design, fabrication, and application of optical components and systems at a microscale level....

Successive layering of resistive, dielectric and conductive inks on a substrate by a type of screening process.

Photonic crystals are artificial structures or materials designed to manipulate and control the flow of light in a manner...

A vapor-phase oxidation process for fabricating graded-index optical fibers. It differs from outside vapor phase deposition...

A self-healing, index-matching, nonporous coating for optical components that can eliminate production difficulties and...

A technique for improving the structure density of thin-film coatings by bombarding the growing film with accelerated ions...

Sapphire refers to a crystalline form of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) that is used in various optical and photonic applications...

Lithography is a key process used in microfabrication and semiconductor manufacturing to create intricate patterns on the...

Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is a nanolithography technique used for fabricating nanoscale patterns on a substrate. It is a...

Plasmon ion-assisted deposition (PIAD) is a technique used in thin-film deposition processes, particularly in the production...

In the context of thin film deposition processes such as evaporation or sputtering, masks are used to selectively deposit...

In photonics, a lattice refers to a periodic arrangement of optical elements or structures, often on a microscopic or...

A method of thin-film deposition in which electrons boiled off a heated cathode are used to melt the coating material. If a...

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) equipment refers to a class of specialized apparatus used in the process of chemical vapor...

In the context of electronics and semiconductor manufacturing, a wafer refers to a thin, flat disk or substrate made of a...

A vacuum chamber is a sealed enclosure from which air and other gases are removed to create a low-pressure environment,...

A GRIN (gradient index) lens is a type of optical lens that utilizes a gradient in refractive index across its volume rather...

Epitaxial equipment refers to a set of specialized tools and systems used in the process of epitaxy, which is the growth of...

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), is a manufacturing process that builds three-dimensional objects...

Sputtering equipment is machinery used in the process of physical vapor deposition (PVD), specifically sputtering....