Our Products Help Our Customers Our equipment is employed in vacuum environments where high purity material processing is the objective. Used in the deposition of thin films and etching of surfaces, our products are process tools applied in the fabrication of structures with critical dimensions, ranging from the micrometer to sub nanometer scale.
Because of the high precision capability, our products are engaged in creating material systems and surface features with atomic level control. Those who have benefited from this precision include:
Precision Thin Film Control Vacuum coating engineers have been able to grow and control thin films with thicknesses of several monolayers.
Etch Uniformities And Critical Dimensions
Process scientists have been able to etch wafers with tight uniformities and critical geometrical dimensions.
Our technology has proven to be valuable process tools in a variety of fields, technologies, and sciences. Some of the typical areas where our technology has been applied include the following fields:
Precision optics
Ophthalmic
Photonic/Optoelectronics
Data storage
Semiconductor
High frequency electronics
RF / microwave
Material Analysis
Wear & corrosion protection
MEMS
Aerospace
Sensors
Flat panel displays
Organic flexible displays
Solar conversion
Superconductors
Medical
Tribology
Relatively new as a material process technology, ion source applications have steadily grown. As the virtues of ion beam process capabilities become discovered, process engineers and researchers have achieved desirable film and surface properties which were previously not attainable without the use of our technology. Today, our products are applied in commonly accepted processes.
Precision Optics In precision optics; dense and stable films with optimized refractive indices and low absorption.
Consumer Eyewear In consumer eyewear; high throughput manufacturing of durable AR coatings which adhere to plastic lenses.
Photonics and Lasers In photonics and lasers; smooth, low scatter and optically pure films with high laser induced damage thresholds.
Semiconductor In semiconductors; reproducible adhesion of metal coatings for high yield lift-off processes.
MEMS, Sensors and Displays In MEMS, sensors and displays; surface modification and texturing to amplify surface work functions.
Magnetic Data Storage In magnetic data storage; anisotropic and uniform etching of nanometer features in metal and dielectric multilayer stacks.
Medical Devices In the medical field; hard and corrosion resistant organic coatings which exhibit designable biological activity.
