Metallic Coatings – Materion Balzers Optics is capable of enhancing and protecting the metal coatings for outstanding optical performance and environmental durability

Metallic Coatings offer specific optical and functional properties:

Excellent reflectivity over wide wavelength ranges for front surface mirrors
High optical density for light blocking and aperture applications
Insensitivity to angle of incidence and polarization for beam steering components
High resolution apertures with low reflecting patterned chrome
Solderable Gelot™ coating
Tailoring of spectral performance with dielectric coatings
Metal mirrors based on Al (Alflex™), Ag (Silflex™), and Au (Goldflex™)
Silflex™ with reflectivity down to 350 nm, Alflex™ with UV reflectivity down to 200 nm
Silver-based non-polarizing beam splitter coating
Chrome / black chrome: pin hole >10 µm free deposition
Excellent environmental stability tested in accordance with different market requirements

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TiBlack™ is an optical black coating, based on Titanium. Characterized by a high-level absorption an... more