We discuss the development and applications of a new approach to Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating that provides the durability of traditional DLC coatings, with the addition of significantly more transmission at visible wavelengths and greater transmission in the IR. We developed a deposition system design that incorporates multiple coating technologies, allowing for multiple material design approaches. This has enabled the manufacture of DLC coatings with improved extended spectral properties, suitable for applications in which the coating must withstand airborne particulate impacts, corrosive fluids, environmental extremes, and abrasive physical handling, while offering better than typical transmission in the visible or infrared wavelength regions, or both.

Date Published: 22 May 2015
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 9453, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XIV, 94530K (22 May 2015);

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9453:
Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XIV
Brian J. Zelinski; Randal W. Tustison, Editor(s)