A dichroic coating, also known as a dichroic filter or dichroic mirror, is an optical coating designed to selectively transmit or reflect certain wavelengths of light while simultaneously absorbing or transmitting others. The term "dichroic" comes...

Broadband dielectric mirrors, also known as broadband mirrors, are optical coatings designed to efficiently reflect or...

Optical surface damage due to abrasive rubbing. Abrasion damage affects are less than the thickness of the optical coating...

Also called coating jig allowance. That margin on an optical component that is outside the clear aperture for use in holding...

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

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the...

One or more thin-film layers of optical material deposited on a mirror blank/substrate in order to enhance the way that...

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

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

The laser damage threshold refers to the maximum level of laser intensity that a material can withstand without experiencing...

Fresnel reflection refers to the reflection of light at the interface between two different media with different refractive...

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

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