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Buying Anti-reflection Coatings

Top-level product category: optical components and devices

More general product categories: dielectric coatings

More specific product categories: anti-reflection microstructures

Related product categories: thin-film production equipment, black coatings

Anti-reflection coatings (AR coatings) are dielectric thin-film layers applied to optical surfaces to minimize reflectivity and enhance light transmission. These coatings are essential for improving the efficiency of optical systems by reducing unwanted reflections and glare, thereby increasing the overall performance of lenses, displays, and other optical components.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

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1. Understand the technical background

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2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying anti-reflection coatings. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

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Suppliers for Anti-reflection Coatings

142 suppliers for anti-reflection coatings (AR coatings) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 12 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Your sidekick for laser optics development

OPTOMAN
Ukmerges g. 427
14185 Vilnius
Lithuania
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anti-reflection coatings

OPTOMAN offers high-performance Ion Beam Sputtered anti-reflective coatings with reflectance per surface down to R < 0.01%. IBS coatings are optimized for temperature and humidity-independent performance, high damage threshold (> 168 J/cm2 @ 1064 nm, 9.8 ns, 100 Hz, 223 μm). Single wavelength, multiwavelength, or broadband coatings can be designed for the spectral range from 200 nm to 5000 nm.

With absorption being at low level (<1 ppm per coated surface at 1064 nm), AR coated windows and lenses feature enhanced lifetimes.

In-stock windows and lenses with various ROC's and coatings are available on OPTOSHOP.

Custom Precision optical components

Ecoptik (Changchun) Ltd.
No. 399, Bocai Road
Changchun City, Jilin, 130000
China
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anti-reflection coatings

Ecoptik can produce single-layer or multilayer anti-reflection coatings on various kinds of optical elements, using different materials. We achieve reflectivities <0.2% or even better at many wavelengths from 355 nm to 1550 nm, and <0.5% at 284 nm or 193 nm, for example.

We also offer dual wavelength AR coatings, e.g. for 532 nm and 1064 nm.

Avantier
1100 US-22
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
United States
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Anti-Reflection (AR) coatings are one of widely used optical thin-film coatings that can be applied to the surfaces of optical elements to reduce reflection and to improve transmittance within some spectral region. We provide AR coatings with appropriate materials and optimized configuration on a substrate material specified by the customer, with specified transmittance and a specified wavelength region.

Your Custom Optics Expert

Shanghai Optics Inc.
425 Main St Suite 2E
Metuchen, NJ 08840
United States
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Shanghai Optics provides custom anti-reflection coatings with appropriate materials and optimized configuration on a substrate material specified by the customer, with specified transmittance and a specified wavelength region.

Your reliable partner for photonics innovations!

EKSMA Optics, UAB
Dvarcioniu St. 2B
LT-10233 Vilnius
Lithuania
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anti-reflection coatings

The advanced ion-beam sputtering (IBS) thin-film coating facility of EKSMA Optics is ready to meet the most critical demands on laser optics. EKSMA Optics optical engineers can design and produce complex low loss and high LIDT anti-reflection coatings to suit your application. By employing IBS technology we can deposit highly reproducible dielectric thin film coatings with precisely controlled spectral parameters.

Home of high power optics and coatings

LASEROPTIK
Horster Str. 20
30826 Garbsen
Germany
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anti-reflection coatings

LASEROPTIK offers a wide range of anti-reflection coatings for various types of optical elements in different wavelength regions from the mid IR to the UV. We can also supply coatings on special substrates and coatings for special applications.

Bringing quality into focus

Knight Optical (USA) LLC
1130 Ten Rod Road
Suite D102
North Kingstown
Rhode Island 02852
United States
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For maximum transmission, Knight Optical offers a range of AR coatings to reduce surface reflections. Available as single layer MgF2 coatings, or multi-layer coatings, we can offer AR coatings centred to a specific wavelength or over a broadband wavelength range. With AR coatings from UV to IR, Knight Optical can help with your custom order.

Precision Optics & Coatings for High Energy Laser Applications

Perkins Precision Developments
4110 North Valley Drive
Longmont, CO 80504
United States
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anti-reflection coatings

Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures custom IBS coatings, including anti-reflection coatings. PPD utilizes Ion Beam Sputtering coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power Nd:YAG and fiber lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and/or scatter. IBS thin films have densely packed micro-structures resulting in stable, easy to clean optics that are insensitive to environmental changes such as heat, humidity and pressure. Our AR coatings exceed damage thresholds of 25 J/cm2 or sometimes even >60 J/cm2 at 1064 nm.

Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
A635, Boke Mansion
No. 9 Xiyuan Road
Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030
China
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anti-reflection coatings

Hangzhou Shalom EO offers custom AR coatings, including optical coating design and manufacturing of anti-reflection coatings. Various AR coatings of multiple-layer or single-layer structures are available, like broadband AR (BBAR) coatings, laser line V coatings, dual/multiple wavelength AR coatings, etc. We can tailor the AR coatings that suit different wavelengths and optical substrates.

Hangzhou Shalom EO utilizes the efficient and cost-effective ion-assisted deposition electron beam (IAD e-beam) technique, which enables the creation of denser films with reduced scatter compared to evaporative deposition alone. In our class 1000 clean room coating workshop, we employ leading-edge facilities like SHINCRON MIC-1350TBN coating machines and ultrasonic cleaning machines to clean and fabricate the optical coatings, and we conduct strict inspection for the critical parameters of each batch of optical coatings using up-to-date metrological instruments like PerkinElmer Lambda 1050+ spectrometer, Ultrafast Innovations GOBI white light interferometer.

Besides, Shalom EO also supplies a series of custom optical coatings, comprising high-reflective coatings (both dielectric and metallic), optical filter coatings, beamsplitter coatings, and optical coatings optimized for high-power/ultrafast systems.

YOUR KEY to innovation and success

UltraFast Innovations GmbH
Dieselstr. 5
85748 Garching (München)
Germany
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UltraFast Innovations (UFI) offers broadband anti-reflection coatings suitable for ultrafast laser devices, with numerous options for different wavelength ranges and angles of incidence.

Optical Coatings with knowledge, quality & speed

Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd.
10 Jacknell Road
Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate
Hinckley
Leicestershire LE10 3BS
United Kingdom
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anti-reflection coatings

We produce a wide range of AR coatings with different designs like V coatings and broadband coatings, covering the spectral range from 300–6000 nm. Custom AR coatings are not a problem – we design and manufacture on site, all part of our rapid turnaround service, we like to think we offer the best service out there, typical one week!

Never stop exploring!

Focuslight Technologies Inc.
56 Zhangba 6th Road
High-Tech Zone, Xi'an
Shaanxi 710077
China
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anti-reflection coatings

Focuslight Technologies offers AR coatings from DUV (248 nm) to the infrared and a great selection of coating tests and analysis, including spectrometer and LIDT test. Focuslight can coat substrates up to 140 mm × 140 mm at the moment. Capacity available! Customization acceptable!

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