A technique for depositing a material coating on metal, ceramic, semiconductor or polymer substrates. The interaction of laser energy with the target creates a plume of ablated material that is directed at the substrate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fiber optic preform is a cylindrical glass rod or tube used as the starting material for manufacturing optical fibers. It...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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