On a recent trail running trip down the wild and scenic portion of the Rogue River, I met a group of retired hikers staying at at the same lodge. At…
“Is that mirror a Flash or a Dielectric?” “All bright mirrors are metal mirrors.” Have you heard these or maybe said them yourself? Last week I was asked to explain…
The first topic in the headline is self-explanatory but the second? If we take a look at sputter coating, its history, and its advantages and disadvantages, we would be hard…
When a person has been doing a function for some time, they forget the basics. This can happen in a lot of different ways. For me, this has become evident…
When I am on a plane, in an airport or at a dinner and people ask me what I do, I respond by saying, “I bend light and count molecules…
While at a teaching seminar recently, I was discussing AR coatings and their properties relative to different types of lenses. I spoke about refractive index and the effects of index…
With anti-reflective coatings and mirror coatings, the relationship (marriage) between the lens, the hardcoat and the coatings are often misunderstood. In this discussion, I would like to delve a little…
I have had many conversations through the years regarding Cracking and Crazing of AR coating, and what causes each. In this article, I want to discuss several of the things…
We talk a lot about culture. We’ve distilled our Core Purposes down to our “5 Be’s.” We aspire to have every interaction we have with each other, a vendor, or…
If we missed you at VEW, check out this short recap video the team put together. It highlights the work Quantum is doing to automate AR labs. We’re interested in…
