The color process that is used to form positive color cine films by dye transfer or imbibition, based on the use of separate matrices that superimpose yellow, magenta and cyan dye images on the final support.

Imaging materials that generally consist of a polyester base, a transparent electrically conductive layer and an organic...

Graphene is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal...

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

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

The number of separate images exposed by a cine camera in a second or the number illuminated by a cine projector in a...

Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy is a technique used in analytical chemistry to obtain IR spectra of samples....

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

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

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

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

The organic inclusion in quartz crystal that forms delicate films and microspheres and that shows a maximum absorption at...

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

A beamsplitter is an optical device for dividing a beam into two or more separate beams. A simple beamsplitter may be a very...

An instrument that measures the angle at which a prism can couple laser light into an optical waveguide; used to determine...

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

Chalcogenide refers to a class of compounds containing elements from group 16 of the periodic table, which includes sulfur...

A desklike apparatus with an opal glass surface illuminated from beneath by fluorescent tubes. It is equipped with roll...

A plastic disc coated with ferric oxide or other films on which data can be stored by selectively magnetizing areas of the...

Laser annealing is a process that involves using a laser beam to heat and modify the microstructure of a material, typically...

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

The arc formed when the rare gas xenon is excited electrically and emits a brilliant white light. Xenon is used to fill...

An optical testing instrument is a device or system used to evaluate and measure the performance, quality, and...

A set of samples used in the analysis of multielement thin films.

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

The intermolecular attraction between two surfaces, as between a substrate and a coating; it is an important factor in the...

Transparent glassy and or crystalline structured materials engineered from inorganic, non-metallic materials via various...

A metal box with an opal glass front enclosing a lamp, used for viewing color transparencies or x-ray films.

A device used in the sputtering of thin films, in which a magnet system on the back of the cathode deflects the electrons,...

An instrument for determining the sensitivity of a photographic film to light. The film is given either a stepped exposure...

An interferometer spectrometer designed to measure thicknesses of thin films or layers by recording the interferogram and by...

Dewetting is a phenomenon in materials science and physics where a thin film or coating spontaneously undergoes a process of...

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

A thin layer of a substance deposited on an insulating base in a vacuum by a microelectronic process. Thin films are most...

An optical diffuser is an optical component or material designed to scatter or diffuse light that passes through it. It is...

A filter that transmits light in a series of sharp, widely spaced wavelength bands by its sandwich construction of...

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

A method of depositing crystalline films one molecular layer at a time, by dipping the substrate into water containing a...

A model that predicts laser-induced damage to thin films caused by irradiation of identical, randomly distributed film...

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

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

A spectrometer equipped with polarizing prisms and retardation plates that is used in the analysis of elliptically polarized...

A substrate refers to a material or surface upon which another material or process is applied or deposited. In various...