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Optical Coating Materials

Optical Coating Materials

Materion is a premier producer of consistent, high-purity optical coating materials.  In a field where many specialty optical thin film materials are notoriously difficult to manufacture reliably, Materion continues to produce the highest quality, most dependable products available.  We combine our unwavering quality with superior technical support and competitive pricing to provide our customers with the best value in the industry.

Enabling Technology

Drawing upon our 50+ years of experience in producing specialty inorganics, refined metals and critical alloys for sputtering and evaporation, Materion is a solid partner - at any scale - for the diverse and challenging optical coatings market.  We combine broad sales support with a strong technical base and strive to produce the best materials at the right price for a variety of optical coating processes:

• Sputtering targets are available with special features like optimized microstructures and ultra-high purity levels to improve process performance

• Pre-melted oxide evaporation materials reduce process start up time, improve equipment utilization and limit operator dependence

• High purity pellets, along with advanced reclamation and recycling processes, “close the loop” on your high-value metals needs

• Careful control and isolation of standard coating materials or custom mixtures improves our ability to scale up and supply increasingly complex compounds at high volumes

Our experts are ready to help identify new solutions that can help you optimize your optical coating process.

Materials

Materion is the new name for CERAC, a trusted, industry-leading supplier of specialty chemicals for over 50 years.  We continue to provide the highest quality products and services that make us our customers’ First Choice in optical coating materials.  

Optical coating materials and their applications include:

Material      Application 
Flourides     Critical for DUV applications and AR coatings
Metallics     High reflectors and adhesion promoters
Oxides     Multilayer stacks for UV and UV/VIS filters
Sulfides     For Security, IR coatings and Photovoltaics
Selenides     For challenging IR coatings and Photovoltaics

One Partnership for Materials and Services

• New optical coating materials development provides solutions to performance or processing challenges. If existing material compositions cannot provide the necessary characteristics, we can develop new ones that do.

• World-wide technical support is available where you need it, when you need it.  Materion’s optical coating experts are always available to provide prompt, professional advice on material selection, usage, handling and storage.

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