Durable, Front Surface Hard Optical Coatings For Replacing Laminated Soft Coatings

Soft coatings, also known as laminated coatings are well known to possess poor environmental durability, poor temperature stability, low transmission, high optical scatter and low blocking levels, yet they are still widely used due to their low cost, ready availability and legacy status. Alluxa’s proprietary high speed plasma deposition technology for the first time delivers the optical performance and durability of hard coated thin film optical filters at laminated soft coating pricing.