About Plasma Optik
We Help Increase Your Coating Production
Plasma Optik offers optical thin film Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) services. We provide additional IBS capacity for your optical thin film production needs and can assist with your overflow and backlog when you need it most.
Facilities
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
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.
Why Choose Us
Honest, Expert Engineers and Technicians
We like working with our customers to solve challenging problems. We treat all customer interactions as confidential. Producing thin film coatings is our specialty and we can help you achieve your goals and assist depositing the coatings you need. We have been using IBS coating systems for over 20 years.
Material Choices
We offer design engineering services, however, if you want to use your own design, we will provide you our latest indices spectrum. Our library of current materials includes:
- Tantalum Pentoxide
- Silicon Dioxide
- Niobium Pentoxide
- Titanium Dioxide
- Hafnium Dioxide
- Alumina
- Silicon
- Alloys/Dopants : Silicon, Titanium, Erbium
Our Team
Established in 2020 as a sister company to Plasma Process Group (est. 2003). Plasma Optik started with the desire to help other optical component manufactures with IBS coatings. Owner and founder, Brett Buchholtz, turned his attention from designing ion beam hardware and coating systems to improving IBS thin film coating processes and films. The vertical integration of system construction and optical thin film production allows for rapid process improvement with the goal of superior coating performance. Our team includes Mark Jablonski, with his 30+ years of optical thin film experience. Mark joined the team in January of 2024 as the Technical Director. Our Senior Coating and Applications Engineer is Ann Fitzgerald who specializes in LDT. The excellence of our team ensures that Plasma Optik coatings meet your challenging requirements.
Industries Served
We strive to deposit the highest quality optical coatings that have the lowest losses. We like to engage with customers who want the best coatings for their products. Our customers are in a variety of major industries.
Telecom
IBS coatings offer solutions for high speed fiber optic network. The high-end coatings are typically used in DWDM passive multiplexers that require very narrow bandpass filters with tight wavelength tolerances.
Biosciences
Optical filters designed for specific sensing instrumentation can be done as proof of concept or small batch using IBS deposition. We can help your R&D team deposit conceptual coatings so they can be tested as proof of concept before going into manufacturing.
Aerospace
The demanding environment of this industry requires the most robust and advanced thin film coatings achievable using IBS. The attributes of low loss, ability to withstand harsh environments, and superior adhesion are just a few key reasons customers look to IBS for optical component enhancements.
Let's Work Together
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.
