Optical Coatings

With over 40 years of experience, Ophir is recognized as a world leader in the development, production and application of advanced optical coatings. Our highly abrasion-resistant, anti-reflective (AR) coatings include several types of HC coatings which provide maximum durability, energy transmission & minimal reflection.

NEW! AquashieldIR™ hydrophobic coating

The Most Advanced Optical Coatings, Developed by World-leading Experts

  • Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) – Thermal heating and electron gun
  • Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD) – Ion gun
  • Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) for DLC coatings
  • Cleanroom class 1,000

Meeting Coating Requirements for Every Component

  • Anti-reflective(AR), Mirrors and Filters
  • UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR
  • Multispectral coatings
  • High efficacy, high durability, hydrophobic coatings
  • DLC (HC) coatings and Low Reflectance HC (LRHC)
  • Laser coatings for YAG and CO2
  • EUV coatings
  • Wide coatings catalog

Unbeatable Coating Performance, Guaranteed

  • Broadband AR: Ref<0.5% to 0.2% / Tra >98% to 99%
  • Broadband mirror: Ref>98% to 99%
  • Windscreen Wiper Test TS1888 / P 5.4.3 – DLC coatings

Coatings Manufacturing Capabilities

Substrate Description λ (um) Avg. R Avg. T Coating Code
Ge Hard Carbon AR for MWIR 3-5  -  93% 1010
Ge High Durability for MWIR 3.4-5  0.5%  98% 1187
Ge High Efficiancy AR for MWIR 3.4-5  0.5%  98% 1232
Ge Low Reflection Hard Carbon AR for MWIR 3.4-5  0.8%  96% 1314
Ge Low Reflection Hard Carbon AR for LWIR 8-12  1.2%  92% 1290
Ge High Efficiancy AR for LWIR 8-12  <0.3%  >98% 1001
Ge High Durability AR for LWIR 8-12 <0.5% >96% 1006
Ge Hard Carbon AR for LWIR 8-12 - >88% 1007
Si Hard Carbon AR for SWIR 1.54 - 90% 1037
Si Hard Carbon AR for SWIR 3-5 - 93%

1039
Si High Durability AR for MWIR

3.4-5

 0.5% 98% 1178
Si Low Reflection Hard Carbon AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.9% 95%

1221
Si High Efficiancy AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.5% 98.5% 1233
Si High Efficiancy AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.3% 98%

1509
ZnS Cleartran & ZnSe High Efficinacy AR for SWIR 0.7-1.7 1% 97.5% 1501
ZnS Cleartran High Definition AR for MWIR 3.4-5 1% 97% 1171
ZnSe AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.5% 98% 1193
ZnS Cleartran Hight Efficancy AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.3% 98% 1020
ZnS Cleartran High Efficiancy AR for LWIR 8-12 0.5% 95.5%

1029
ZnSe AR for LWIR 7.7-11.2 0.5% 97% 1017
ZnSe High Durability for LWIR 7.7-11.2 0.3% 98% 1019
ZnSe Low Refelction Hard Carbon for LWIR 8-11.5 - 88% 1190
CaF2 High Efficiancy AR for SWIR 0.7-1.7 1% 95.5% 1502
CaF2 High Efficiancy AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.5% 98% 1080
IG5 High Efficiancy AR for LWIR 8-12 - - 1496
IG6 High Durability AR for MWIR 3.4-5 0.6% 98% 1455
IG6 Low Reflection Hard Carbon for MWIR 3-5 - - 1456
IG4 & IG6 High Efficiancy AR for MWIR 3-5 - - 1467
IG6 High Efficiancy AR for MWIr 3-5 - - 1499
IG4 & IG6 High Efficiancy AR for LWIR 8-12 0.5% 96% 1366
IG6 Low Reflection Hard Carbon for LWIR 8-12 0.8% 91% 1370
IG6 High Durability for LWIR 8-12 0.6% 94% 1405

Multiband AR Coatings Manufacturing Capabilities

Substrate Description λ (um) Avg. R Avg. T Coating Code
ZnSe HE on ZnSe for MWIR and YAG 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm 0.5%* 98% | 97.5% 1021
ZnS MS HE on ZnS MS for MWIR and VIS 3.5µm | 570-750nm 0.5%* 96%* 1033
ZnS MS HE on ZnS MS for MWIR and YAG 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm 0.5%* 98% | 97.5% 1034
CaF2 HE on CaF2 for MWIR and YAG 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm 0.5%* 98%* 1084
ZnS MS or ZnSe HE on ZnS MS and ZnSe for SWIR and YAG 1.54-1.6µm | 1064nm 0.3%* 99* 1440
CaF2 HE on CaF2 and ZnSe for MWIR, YAG and NIR 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm | 790-830nm 0.5%* 98% |97% |97% 1183
ZnS MS or ZnSe HE on ZnS MS and ZnSe for MWIR, YAG and NIR 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm | 790-830nm 0.8%* 98%* 1186
ZnS MS HE on ZnS MS for MWIR, YAG and VIS 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm | 600-750nm 1.5% | 0.5% | 2.5% 96% | 98% | 94% 1244
ZnS MS HE on ZnS MS MWIR, YAG and SWIR 3.6-4.2µm | 1.57µm |1064nm 0.8%* 97%* 1319
CaF2 HE on CaF2 MWIR, YAG and SWIR 3.6-4.2µm |1.57µm | 1064nm 0.8%* 97%* 1320
IG6 HE on IG6 for MWIR and YAG 3.6-4.9µm | 1064nm 1% | 3% 97% | 90% 1378
IG6 HE on IG6 for MWIR, SWIR and YAG 3.6-4.2µm | 1.5-2.5µm | 1064nm 1% | 3% | 2% 93% | 94% | 91% 1481
IG4 AR on IG4 for MWIR and LWIR 3.6-4.2µm | 8.5-10.5µm 0.5%* 97%* 1482

* for all listed wavelengths

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