We bring our 40 years’ experience to support you from initial design through daily operation. You can be confident in the long-term performance of your Dynavac optical PVD coating system, and in the backing of an established company that can meet your needs now—and years down the road.
Optical Coating System
Proven platforms for precision optical and large telescope mirror thin film PVD coating
Astronomical Mirror Coating
Coating large astronomical mirrors requires advanced equipment design and engineering coupled with precision vacuum technology. With its unique blend of skills, Dynavac is recognized in the astronomical community as a trusted supplier of systems for depositing high-reflectivity metals onto large astronomical telescope mirrors.
Precision Optical Coating
No matter how complex your coating challenge, we strive to understand your process needs and create a system that offers dependable performance, precision, and consistency, run after run. Our systems cover your needs from R&D/small-batch through to high-volume production. The Dynavac Application Lab can work with you to optimize coating processes and equipment before committing to capital expense.
Resources
AstronomyHigh reflectivity large scale telescope mirror coatings via long throw sputtering
Here we present reflectivity measurements of long-throw sputtered aluminum coatings at normal and oblique incidence angles on glass test chips. Experimental results indicate that water vapor partial pressure, not incident angle, is the dominant factor for front surface reflectivity of sputtered aluminum.
AstronomyEos Astronomical Mirror Deposition System Successfully Installed in Spain
Dynavac, the trusted leader in Astronomical Mirror Deposition Systems, is pleased to announce that it has successfully commissioned its flagship Eos System at the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambra (OAJ) in Teruel, Spain.
AstronomyDynavac Develops Multi-Layer Silver Coating for Astronomical Telescope Mirror at KAFB Facility
Dynavac has successfully developed and deposited a multi-layer silver coating onto a 3.5-meter astronomical mirror at the Air Force Research Lab’s Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This significant milestone is expected to establish a new industry standard in producing silver coatings for large-area mirror applications.
OpticsDynavac Delivers Large Optical Coating System to U of Rochester/LLE
Dynavac recently delivered a 74” Hyperion Optical Coating System to the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), a national resource for high energy physics.
AstronomyDynavac's Optical Coating System Helps Capture "First Light" From Discovery Channel Telescope
Dynavac, a market leader in precision optical coating systems, engineered and manufactured the optical coating system for the Lowell Observatory’s newly commissioned flagship telescope: the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT), the fifth largest optical telescope in the continental United States.