Ontario, NY--Optimax has completed the third and final phase of a $10 million optical coating facility project that has created more than 50 jobs. The new 4,000-sq-ft coating expansion houses eight optical coating chambers and three environmental testing chambers, and can manufacture optical coatings for wavelengths from 193 to 6000 nm and diameters up to 500 mm.
Rick Plympton, CEO of Optimax, says the company now has the capability to precision clean, coat, and test optics and to offer deep UV through mid-IR coatings, high-laser-damage threshold coatings for pulsed and CW applications, uniform coatings for fast surfaces and large diameters, shift-free coatings, and low coating stress for improved wavefront control.
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For more information about Optimax, visit www.optimaxsi.com.
Conard Holton | Editor at Large
Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.