Umicore Thin Film Products is a developer and manufacturer of PVD materials like evaporation materials, sputtering targets as well as accessories for microelectronic, optoelectronic and optical thin film applications. Umicore Electro-Optic Materials comprises Infrared and Germanium Solutions that are used in a variety of industrial, scientific and commercial applications.
With more than seventy years of experience, Umicore TFP is a global partner for classical optics applications of ophthalmic, precision optics and security. Leveraging expertise & experience in microelectronics and optics, Umicore is focused on the latest trend in the optoelectronics and integrated optics markets such as smart glasses, optical communications, LIDAR for autonomous driving as well as biosensing applications. Umicore IR Solutions are comprised of lenses and lens assemblies, precision filters and optical coatings. Utilising its proprietary GASIR® chalcogenide glass, Umicore has pioneered the manufacture of wafer-level molded optics known as TessellaTM helping to lower the cost of implementing IR optics in consumer applications. Umicore IR Filters are used for gas detection and analysis where high precision and transmission are critical. Umicore Germanium Solutions provides products and services used in the telecom industry. Germanium wafers are the basis of space solar cells and opto-electronic devices. Germanium tetrachloride is the dopant of the core of optical fibers. |