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Applied Multilayers supplies world leading technology for depositing high quality thin film optical coatings. We offer a range of coating system platforms together with turn-key processes. Our process technology is simple, scaleable and significantly less expensive; it is even applicable to sensitive polymer substrates. Please navigate our site and discover just what our process technology offers you.

The patented "Closed Field" reactive sputtering process used by Applied Multilayers is the most advanced yet devised. It takes optical coating into a new era of capability.

Our process uses simple metal targets. It achieves high deposition rates by operating near to "metal-mode", but unlike other reactive sputtering processes, the reaction occurs all the way around the rotating vertical drum without the need for a separate ion or plasma source. This makes the process simple and much more reliable. The process is versatile and works equally well for oxides, nitrides, carbides or pure metals.

We have divided our process capability into three categories: thin film photovoltaics, precision optics and ophthalmic optics. Browse your area of interest and please contact us when you need more information.