Coating Guide extended
The menu section Coating guide on top
became an extension. Our Coating specials
give you a brief overview of the specialities
LASEROPTIK is able to serve:
optimized coating designs and techniques,
substrate handling and coating fixtures.
Optimized thin film coatingswith IBS
This article (in german) by Dr. Wolfgang Ebert and Tobias Groß (published in "Laser+Photonik", Iss. 1, March 2010, p. 30-34) discusses and compares the different coating methods found at LASEROPTIK with focus on IBS process and its special possibilities.
| Photonics West 2010 booth 4601-24 January 26.-28. San Francisco, USA |  |
LASEROPTIK started an "open door" day on September 3.,2009. A lot of visitors came in to congratulate, celebrate and inform themselves about the capabilities of our production. A photo gallery of LO OPEN can be seen here or at menu item "About us > 25th anniversary".A short article (in german) describes the day and the celebrations at the "Laserhof" in Garbsen.
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| 1984 - 2009 LASEROPTIK GmbH celebrates the 25 anniversary! |
Ion Beam Sputtering
LASEROPTIK uses ion beam sputtering (IBS) as the most advanced deposition technology for even most critical demands on laser optics, such as high power supermirrors with superior reflectivities (99.99%) and lowest losses (<100 ppm).
IBS works with RF-guns, normally used in sattelite technology. Argon-ions are accelerated by approx. 1.5kV onto a metal target. Atoms are sputtered off the target and deposit on a rotating calotte. A homogeneous coating distribution is limited to about 30 cm in diameter, unless multiplied by a planetary substrate fixture.
LASEROPTIK's IBS coating plants have been designed with a secondary RF plasma source. It emits oxygen ions directly onto the substrate surfaces in order to receive well-oxidized, non absorbing oxide layers with low internal stress.
As with magnetron sputtering, IBS is a "cold" process, in which the endogeneous process temperature does not exceed 100°C. With the accuracy of LASEROPTIKĚs broadband monitoring systems, fractional parts of a monolayer can be detected. As a result of highest precision in film growth and an amorphous, almost defect free microstructure, IBS is considered the most advanced coating method in the thin-film industry.
Please feel free to contact our sputtering specialist directly:
Martin Ebert mebert@laseroptik.de , Tel.: ++49 5131 4597-30
