Custom
Optical Coatings
Every application is unique and deserves an optical coating just as unique. Penn Optical Coatings offers extensive coating capabilities. Give us your specifications below and we’ll get back to you with solutions.
Custom Optical Coatings
Optical performance is determined by your application’s requirements. This sometimes results in the need for custom thin film optical coatings. Penn Optical Coatings has the experience and process knowledge to engineer and manufacture a broad range of specialty coatings. In addition to requiring some customization, specialty coatings may also require novel concepts in the design, engineering, or process control stages to achieve a desired performance. This may include coating special materials, unique substrate dimensions, and optical properties. Tell us what you need—we’ll make it.
Polarizing
Cubes
Laser line
Broadband
UV-NRI
Brewster
Non-Polarizing
Cubes
Laser line
Broadband
UV-NRI
Plates
High fluence
Filter
Notch
Bandpass
Color match
OD 0.3-OD 0.8
LWP-SWP
Dichroic
AR
Crystals
X–band AR
Super-T
UV-LWIR
Weighted response
Reflecting
Beam-combining
X–band HR
Neutral
Laser line
Angle-tuned
High fluence
Our greatest resource is our experience. The Penn Optical Coatings team works closely with you to ensure the optimal result for your application.
Formulas for Success
Optical design software packages like OptiLayer and TF Calc are quite sophisticated, offering multiple optimization routines and production troubleshooting features. Using them requires a depth of experience in the physics behind the formula and hands-on knowledge of design for manufacturability. Determining the right process to achieve consistent quality and throughput is a significant factor in product cost and performance.
Spectral Capabilities
Penn Optical Coatings specially crafts filters and optical coatings from the UV to the IR for optics from 1 millimeter to 1 meter. Our expertise in silver coatings includes a new formulation proven to improve durability.
Below is an overview of our standard and custom coating product specifications.
Spectral Capability:
UV
Visible
NIR & SWIR
Mid IR
Long IR
Wavelength Range:
180-400 nm
400-700 nm
700-2000 nm
2-5 microns
5-14 microns
Standard Established Coating Products
Broadband Anti-Reflection:
Single Wavelength V-Coat Anti-Reflection
Polarization Control Coatings: Polarizing
Polarization Control Coatings: Non-Polarizing
Laser Coatings
(high & low power)
Metal Mirror Coatings
(gold, silver & aluminum base)
Conductive Coatings-ITO
Neutral Density Coatings
Bandpass Coatings
Notch Filters
Edge Filters
(SWP and LWP)
Color Match Coatings
Subtractive & Additive Color Filters
380-780 nm
Dichroic Coatings
Specialty Coating Products
Enhanced Durability IR Mirrors
Multi-Spectral IR Beamsplitters & Mirrors
Long-Life Silver Mirrors
Optical Coating Expertise
Our team is ready to help you develop the optical coating solution that best fits your application.
Will Hacker
Lead Coating Technician
44 years in Optical Coatings