The Centre has staff members covering technical services and administration.
Individual staff members have a wide range of expertise including:
- optical filter design and production
- laser and x-ray mirrors
- DWDM filters
- anisotropic films
- magnetic films
- active and passive thin film devices
- protective coatings
- software design and programming
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Deposition techniques available include:
- RF and DC magnetron sputtering
- reactive sputtering of oxides and nitrides
- electron-beam deposition
- microwave-assisted and plasma assisted techniques
- PECVD
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Characterisation techniques available include:
- scanning electron microscopy
- atomic force microscopy
- Nomarski optical microscopy
- energy-dispersive x-ray analysis
- Auger spectroscopy
- UV-Vis-IR spectrophotometers
- spectroscopic ellipsometry
- nano-indenter hardness tester and scratch tester
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Providing solutions
- The Thin Film Centre provides a
unique service for industry and academia in the research and development
of thin film properties and applications.
- The Centre is also interested
in prototyping and smaller-scale production runs of existing and new
thin film designs.
- Processes can be developed and transferred to even
larger deposition chambers for large-scale production.
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