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Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and their Applications

GaAs VCSEL diagram

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Lasers are used in a wide variety of everyday applications, in everything from fiber optic telecommunications, to computer mice, to cell phones, and even cars. This is made possible by semiconductor lasers, particularly by vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). A VCSEL is created from a complex multilayer structure that is formed by depositing thin film layers… Read More

Utilizing Plasma in Chemical Vapor Deposition: Plasma Enhanced CVD vs PIB-CVD

Plasma Ion Beam Chemical Vapor Deposition

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In thin films obtained by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), chemical reactions are driven by applying heat to the substrate to be coated or to the area immediately around the substrate. Reactive precursor gasses are then introduced into the deposition chamber and react immediately with the heated substrate surface or combine to form new compounds that… Read More

Making a Carbon-Free Future a Reality: Electrolyzers, Platinum, and Thin Film Deposition

PEM electrolysis diagram

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One device helping make the carbon-free future more of a reality is the electrolyzer. Hydrogen is emerging as an increasingly important fuel source, and electrolyzers use electricity to perform electrolysis – the process of dividing water molecules into their separate components of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The oxygen and hydrogen can then be compressed… Read More

How Can You Improve Factory Throughput in Thin Film Deposition?

Close up image of a silicon wafer

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Factory throughput in thin film deposition is one of the most critical factors affecting overall production performance. Whether you are manufacturing for high or low volume applications, you need to be able to meet production needs in the most cost-effective way possible, and scale into higher production when needed. Finding ways to raise your factory… Read More

4 Industry Applications for PIB-CVD

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In the world of thin film deposition, there are few techniques that have the versatility of PIB-CVD. Short for plasma ion beam assisted chemical vapor deposition, PIB-CVD is a cutting-edge thin film deposition process that can be used to deposit large area multifunctional thin films with greater efficiency as well as engineer new materials.  What… Read More

The Customer Application Development Center at Denton Vacuum

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Welcome to the Denton Vacuum Applications Laboratory Denton Vacuum has hit a milestone with the Customer Application Development Center, the Apps Lab, as we pass the 10-year mark. The CADC empowers innovation by producing state-of-the-art sputtered, etch, and evaporated thin films and evaluating machine performances with our cutting-edge tools. In the CADC, Denton has three… Read More

Plasma Matters

plasma ball rays in the dark

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What is plasma and why is it important in enabling thin film innovation? Plasma is the 4th state of matter after solid, liquid, and gas. Plasma contains a significant portion of charged particles, both ions and electrons. The presence of these charged particles makes plasma distinct from the other fundamental states of matter. Plasma is… Read More

The Denton Difference: 4wave Acquisition Bolsters Denton Vacuum as Global Nanotechnology Leader

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Forward Thinking There is a need for innovative nano-engineering solutions in the rapidly growing markets of cloud computing, data storage, telecommunications optics, high-power electronics, and sensors for the IoT. Denton’s breadth of technologies and market focus enable advancements ranging from applications in semiconductor failure analysis to production solutions for IR detectors, semiconductor lasers and precision… Read More

Considerations for Deposition of Multi-Layer IR Bandpass Filters

Graph depicting the relationship between transmission and wavelength in IR bandpass filters

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What are Infrared (IR) Bandpass Filters An optical bandpass filter (BPF) is a device that passes wavelengths within a certain range and blocks wavelengths outside that range. One prominent type is infrared (IR) bandpass filters which are used in a wide range of applications including thermal imaging (night vision), emission monitoring for power plants and… Read More

3 Techniques for Ion Beam Etching

Ion Beam Etch (IBE), Reactive Ion Beam Etch (RIBE), and Chemically Assisted Ion Beam Etch (CAIBE)

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In ion beam etching, a type of dry etching, an ion source is used to remove material from a substrate. This process can be used to create device components and nanostructures, such as in integrated circuits and other semiconductor applications. To enable high yield and meet performance requirements, your application may require different etch technologies…. Read More