German coating specialist Laser Optik recently announced that it has doubled its Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) machinery in order to meet the growing demand for high precision sputtered coatings. The additional IBS capacities now allow improved customizing of machines for special types of requirements, e.g. low loss super mirrors, complex filter designs or coatings on crystals. Furthermore, according to the company, IBS coatings have recently become an integral part of the LaserOptik Express service, which offers coatings and optics within 24 hours. In 2007, LaserOptik introduced IBS as its fourth and most advanced coating technique besides e-beam evaporation, ion assisted deposition, and magnetron sputtering. For more information please see: www.laseroptik.de
