Intlvac Names CTO of Thin Films

II-VI announced its corporate name change. The company, which finalized its acquisition of Coherent Inc. this summer, is now called Coherent Corp. The company also debuted a brand identity, which...

Monroe Community College received a $5.1 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP) to fund its optics and photonics associate degree...

Matt Eichenfield, a specialist in quantum photonics and distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, has joined the University of Arizona’s Wyant College of...

LaCroix Precision Optics has added optical assembly and design departments in a move that the company said solidifies its status as a vertically integrated optics firm. According to LaCroix president...

The Midas Metalization System from Intlvac is designed to produce a single or multilayer symmetrical metal coating on ends, mid spans, or windows of optical fibers for use in a hermetically sealed...

Two Hydrogen Alpha (H-alpha) Emission Line Filters for astronomy applications have been announced by Alluxa Inc. The Five-cavity H-alpha Filter has a 50% B+W of 0.35 nm, a 1% B+W of <0.6 nm,...

The NPFLEX-1000 optical profilometer from Bruker Corp. features large form-factor gantry and robust bridge architecture for fast, automated areal measurements of surface texture and roughness. ...

The LightSyn Lighthouse from Asynt Ltd. is a photochemical reactor system developed for high reaction yields, ease of use, operational safety, and competitive pricing. The benchtop system...

What are thin-film coatings? The purpose of any optical thin-film coating is to modify the transmittance and reflectance properties of the substrate material to which they are applied. Most coatings...

An optical coating engineer is frequently confronted with a difficult specification for a coating. Often the difficulty in the specification results from the particular form of the optical system. If...

Photonics Rules of Thumb Scientists and engineers tend to want to answer simple relational questions with a blackboard covered with equations, even when questioners just want a rough estimate to...

The use of precision polymer optics is becoming an increasing necessity today as products demand sophisticated light handling components to achieve desired results. Polymer optics can be thought of...

Admesy develops spectroradiometers, colorimeters, and light meters. They are used in large volume 24/7 production testing as well as in smaller volume niche system manufacturing. One application...

Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. This paper outlines the results of...

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Please download the above “associated file” for a pdf copy of this webinar. From military airborne applications to harsh industrial uses, optics can be subjected to considerable...

There are tens of different types of lasers in the market manufactured by hundreds of companies worldwide for thousands of different applications. As the system design requirements come from the...

The advantages of reactive magnetron sputtering are its excellent layering properties, the comparatively short deposition times, and its scalability to large substrate sizes. In this webinar, you...

Questions, Answers & Comments from the Webinar Current Status of Solar Photovoltaic Technology Platforms, Manufacturing Issues and Research Thursday, Sept. 27, 1 p.m. EDT ...

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...

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique used for depositing thin films onto substrates. It involves bombarding a target material with a beam of energetic ions,...

Optical manufacturing tools and machinery encompass a wide range of equipment, instruments, and systems used in the fabrication, shaping, finishing, and testing of optical components and systems....

In the context of thin film deposition processes such as evaporation or sputtering, masks are used to selectively deposit material onto substrates, creating patterns or structures with precise...

Our optical design team employs DFM principles to ensure optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and timely production of our solutions. Our state-of-the-art metrology ensures thorough testing of each...

Avantier delivers professional optical design consulting with innovative solutions by experienced engineers in custom design, analysis, modeling, and lens design. With over 50 years experience, our...

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Intlvac Thin Film provides PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) and IBE (Ion Beam Etch) systems for magnetic materials, metals and oxides. Our in-house development lab designs, engineers and manufactures...

Experts In Thin-film Coating Design We practice a design-before-quote approach to help customers refine specifications and minimize technical risk. We understand how coated optical elements...

Kaufman & Robinson (KRI®) is a privately-held corporation located in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. We are a full-scale manufacturer of commercial ion, plasma sources and power supply...

Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures custom laser optics, precision optical assemblies, and high LDT thin film coatings for R&D, prototype, and OEM applications. PPD's optical...