Typical applications are color and heat management, separation of visible and NIR spectra, laser beamsteering and bandpass filtering. Materion Balzers Optics' proprietary sputter technology produces dense and shift-free coatings which are extremely stable in the presence of operating temperature variations and under harsh environmental conditions.
Dielectric coatings offer specific optical and functional properties:
- Wavelength range 200-3000 nm
- Wide variety of materials: oxides, fluorides, sulphides
- Wide variety of substrates: high-index / low-index glasses, sapphire, plastic, semiconductor (active) wafers, metallic
- Based on long experience and sophisticated monitoring during production: several hundreds of layers possible
- Wide variety of deposition tools and methods adjusted to technical needs and commercial / high-volume production requirements
- Environmental stability tested in accordance with the requirements of automotive and consumer electronics industry
- Excellent Laser Induced Damage Threshold LIDT