An optical thin film coating is one or more thin layers of material deposited on a substrate material suitable for a particular application, which alters the way in which light reflects and transmits.  

Andover has a variety of optical coating thin film deposition technologies at its disposal, providing customers with solutions tailored to their specific applications. 

Technologies include:

• Magnetron Sputtering
• Ion-Assisted E-Beam deposition
• Resistance Evaporation
• Proprietary Solutions

We can design and manufacture coatings to meet your most demanding requirements. Range of Wavelengths from 193nm to 14 microns, on a wide variety of substrate materials including BK-7, filter glass, borosilicate glass, Silicon, Germanium, Sapphire, Fused Silica, Calcium Fluoride, Zinc Selenide, Zinc Sulfide, and more.

All Andover chambers are internally custom-built or modified turnkey systems that are computer-controlled, and use the latest deposition techniques.

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