Ron Willey

Willey Optical Consultants

Ron Willey graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in optical instrumentation, has a Master of Science degree from Florida Institute of Technology, and 67 years of experience in optical system and coating development and production.

He is very experienced in practical thin films design, process development, and the application of industrial Design of Experiments methodology. He is the inventor of a robust plas-ma/ion source for optical coating applications. He worked in optical instrument development and production at Perkin-Elmer, Block Associates, United Aircraft, Martin Marietta, Opto Mechanik, Hughes, and formed Willey Corporation which serves a wide variety of clients with consulting, development, prototypes, and production.

He has published many papers on optical coating design and production. His recent books are “Practical Design of Optical Thin Films”, 6th Ed. (2022) and “Practical Production of Optical Thin Films,” 5th Ed. (2019). His three-day Zoom courses in Design and in Production are offered every six weeks. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE and a past Director of the Society of Vacuum Coaters and organizer of the Optical Coating Technical Advisory Committee of SVC in 1984.