Ion Beam Sputtering Services
Expertise · Quality · EfficiencyIon Beam Sputtering (IBS) Services
Multi-Layer Thin Film IBS Coatings
Plasma Optik designs and manufactures custom thin film optical interference coatings utilizing an ion beam sputtering (IBS) process.
Deposition Coating Technology
Our IBS chambers were built and designed by Plasma Process Group and have proprietary technological advantages over other commercially available IBS tools. The three target materials have an extremely stable deposition plume. Our chambers use a broadband optical monitoring capability (350nm to 1000nm) which provides +/-0.1nm precision. Consequently, our systems have superior run-to-run repeatability.
Why Use IBS?
Ion beam sputtered films have been used by industry since the 1980s. The ion beam sputtering process produces thin film coatings with superior adhesion and densification compared with other technologies. IBS films are environmentally stable over temperature ranges -50C to 350C (and in some cases 900C) and exhibit low wavelength shifting. The low temperature process (less than 90C) produces thin films that exhibit low absorption and very low scatter loss. The ion beam is electronically controlled so the thin film layer growth can be adjusted at the Angstrom level. The most demanding thin film applications, such as telecom filters, rely on IBS.
Design Expertise
Our team has many years of experience designing and developing thin film optical coatings. We use Essential Macleod thin film software with the statistical modeling design module to ensure predictable fabrication. Our specialties include group delay dispersion (GDD) and high laser damage threshold (LDT) optical designs with an emphasis in the challenging UV environment. Have a look at our technical papers for more details.
Coating Capabilities
Our portfolio of coating work includes Bandpass, Blocking, and Notch Filters. We can do coatings with OD6 blocking capability and 99.999% reflectivity. We have fabricated Broadband AR coatings, Gain Flattening, and Beam Splitters just to name a few! We can coat small fiber tips all the way up to 350mm diameters.
From UV to MWIR – You dream it – we coat it!
Facility Highlights
All of our coating process work is performed in a clean room with particle monitoring performed to ensure the highest care for your optical components. We have spin cleaning capabilities and a custom part inspection platform. Our metrology department utilizes a Cary5000 spectrophotometer and we have numerous Avantes spectrometers for accurate part measurements.
Research and Development
We can also offer research and development services which can then be transferred back to your facility.
Low-Cost Demos
At little or no cost to you, we offer first articles and demonstration coatings. We want to earn your business and help support your existing production needs.
Total Confidentiality
We treat all of our customers and their individual needs with total confidentiality.
More About Us
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T| 1-970-786-6218
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If your current backlog for IBS coatings is growing or you just need a few optics or several batches, please contact us. We can help you meet your IBS coating deadlines.
Depositing IBS coatings is our area of expertise that we are more than happy to share and help you solve the coating challenges that you face.
Plasma Optik Expertise
Tap into our decades of knowledge — our combined resources have years of experience designing and running ion beam sputtering systems.
Our coating engineers have worked on challenging projects such as telecom dispersion compensation filters. We have solutions for uniformity control and stable Ion Beam Sputtering plume for long, multilayer coatings.