Our Facilities
At our state-of-the-art optical thin film coatings facility, we utilise cutting-edge deposition technologies
This sophisticated equipment enables us to create exceptionally precise and high-quality optical coatings, tailored to meet the most demanding requirements across a wide range of applications, including telecommunications, aerospace, and defence industries.
Facility:
2,000 square metre (21,500 square feet) custom-built premises
1,500 square metre (16,100 square feet) environmentally controlled production laboratory
Six main coating chambers
Opto-mechanical assembly line
State-of-the-art metrology laboratory
Assembly cleanroom facility
Bespoke head-up display combiner measurement system
Coating Equipment:
3 Leybold APS1104
2 Leybold Syrus LC3
All plants equipped with Quartz Crystal Monitoring.
x E-Beam guns.
All plants have an Advanced Plasma Source (APS)
IR plants have additional Thermal sources.
Optical monitoring available on two plants.
Bespoke grading mechanism for Colour Selective combiner plates.
New Chamber with IR capability planned for 2024.
1 bespoke DLC (diamond-like-carbon)
Spectrophotometers:
2 x Cary 5000 UMA – UV VIS NIR 175nm – 3300nm. Variable angle (S+P) reflection measurement capability.
1 x Cary 6000i UV VIS NIR 175nm – 1800nm. High resolution OD measurement capability. OD 8.
2 x Cary 60 with colour IVPT capability 190nm – 1100nm.
1 x Perkin Elmer Frontier Optica FTIR 1.2µ - 30µ
1 x Fully Automated OD Laser Test Facility @ 694nm 0° - 80° with built in Cary 60 for Colour/IVPT measurement.
1x Combiner Test Station – Automated angular measurements with X Y Z staging and integrated Cary 60.
Optical Test:
Fisba µPhase Interferometer 633nm. (max Diameter 100mm). Capable of measuring Form Error, Transmitted Wavefront Error and Parallelism of flat substrates.
Environmental Testing:
ETS Humidity test chamber – configured for standard humidity test (49°C, 95% Relative Humidity)
DSE Climatic test chamber - +10°C to +95°C, 10 - 98%RH
DSE Temperature test chamber - -70°C - +180°C
Ascott Salt Fog Chamber
Abrasion Testing
Eraser abrader conforming to MIL-E-12397
Wiper abrader conforming to TS1888 para 5.4.3 (5 mins @ 1000 rpm)
Inspection
Calibrated scratch/dig reference samples
ASH OMNI 3 Digital microscope and measurement system
Dynascope 5-axis Measurement system
Resistance
Jandel 4-point probe Ω/sq
Thin Film Design
Design Software
Film Star
Optilayer
Artemis proprietary software for design and simulation of dual HUD combiner systems
3 x Optical Thin Film Designers
2 x Process Engineers
2 x Manufacturing Engineers
1 x Test Engineer
