Optical Coatings
Reflective and AR Coatings, Available On-Site
Streamline your project's budget and timeline with our in-house optical coating services. LaCroix's modern 4,300 sq. ft. coating facility handles coating projects with skillful expertise, the latest coating chambers, and stringent quality controls.
From anti-reflective coatings and HRs to beam splitters and cut-off filters, high-performance coatings deliver exceptional value.
Coating Facility Highlights
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4,300 sq. ft.
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8 coating chambers
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Environmental testing
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Laser damage threshold testing
Optical coatings can be deposited in a wide working range of 250 to 2500nm.
Deposition Coating Methods
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Resistive heat
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Electron-beam
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Ion-assisted
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Plasma-assisted
Stock and Custom Optical Coatings
Choose a stock coating from our collection of 400 proven designs, often reduce your coating cost by increasing the efficient use of the coating chamber.
For custom coatings, you'll work with our Coatings team who uses specialized software to design a coating to meet your spectral and environmental performance requirements.
| Coating Specifications | High Reflectors | Anti-Reflection |
| Wavelength Range | 250 – 2500 nm | 250 – 2500nm |
| Damage Threshold | ||
| Pulsed 20 ns, 20 Hz @ 1064nm | 40 J/cm2 | 40 J/cm2 |
| CW | 1 MW/cm2 | 1 MW/cm2 |
Our Coating Capabilities
- Protected Aluminum
- Enhanced Aluminum
- Gold
- Dielectric
- Long wave pass, Cold Mirror
- Short wave pass, Hot Mirror
- Bandpass Filters
- Notch Filters
- Dichroic (Color)
- Beamsplitters, Polarizing and Non-Polarizing
- Polarizers
- ‘V’ Coats
- Broadband
- Dual Band
- Multiband
- Ultra-Broadband
- Hydrophobic
- MgF2
Environmental Testing
We conduct in-house environmental testing to ISO 9211-3:2008E, MIL-F-48616, MIL-O-13830A, MILC-675C, MIL-C-48497A, and MIL-M-13508C specifications for:
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Adhesion
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Abrasion
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Humidity
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Temperature
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Solubility
Laser damage testing is also available upon customer request.
Test Equipment
Spectrophotometers
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Perkin Elmer Lambda 950
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Perkin Elmer Lambda 900
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Perkin Elmer Lambda 35
Environmental
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Thermatron Temperature Chamber
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Salt Spray Chamber
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Humidity Chamber