
ITFSI has recently submitted seven (7) abstracts to the Optical Interference Coatings (OIC) conference that will be organised in June in British Columbia Canada. The Titles/Authors of the abstracts are as follows:
High throughput low cost closed field magnetron sputter deposition of durable reflectors based on dielectric overcoated metal for application in non-dispersive infrared gas sensors
Greig Oliver1,2, Jonathan Pomfret1,3, Des Gibson1,4*, Lewis Fleming1,4, Sam Ahmadzadeh1,
Greg Mcgann1,4, Shigeng Song1,4, Parnia Navabpour2, Hailin Sun2, Peter Mackay3
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences,University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE,Scotland, UK
2Teer Coatings Ltd, West Stone House, West Stone, Berry Hill Industrial Estate, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 9AS, UK
3 Gooch & Housego plc, Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, TA19 0PF, UK
4Albasense Ltd, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
Broadband infrared absorber based on a sputter deposited hydrogenated carbon multilayer enhancing MEMS based CMOS thermopile performance
Sam Ahmadzadeh1, Des Gibson1,3*, Lewis Fleming1,3, David Hutson1,3, Shigeng Song1,3, Ameen Belke1, Allan James2, Stephen Wells2, Alan Forsyth2, Suzanne Bruckshaw2
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA12BE,Scotland, UK
2Semefab Ltd, Newark Road South, Eastfield Industrial Estate, Glenrothes KY7 4NS, Scotland, UK
3Albasense Ltd, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
High throughput microwave plasma assisted sputter deposition of linear variable filters and deployment into visible and near infrared spectrometers
Lewis Fleming1,2, Des Gibson1,2, Shigeng Song1,2, David Hutson1,2, Sam Ahmadzadeh1, Sijia Cai1, Daxing Han1, Ewan Waddell2, , John Saffell3
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance,
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences,University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE,Scotland UK.
2Albasense Ltd. Paisley, PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
3NosmoTech Ltd, Cambridge, CB3 0AZ, UK
Study of amorphous dielectric optical coatings
deposited by plasma ion assisted electron beam evaporation for gravitational wave detectors
Carlos Garcia Nuñez,1,* Gavin Wallace,2 Lewis Fleming,1 Kieran Craig,2 Shigeng Song, 1,5 Sam Ahmadzadeh,1 Caspar Clark,3 Simon Tait,4 Iain Martin,4 Stuart Reid,2 Sheila Rowan,4 Des Gibson1,5
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance,
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences,University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE,Scotland UK
2University of Strathclyde, SUPA Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland, UK
3Helia Photonics Ltd, Rosebank Park, Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EJ, Scotland, UK
4University of Glasgow, SUPA Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
5Albasense Ltd, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
Tantalum Oxide and Silica Mixture Coatings Deposited Using Microwave Plasma Assisted Co-sputtering for Optical Mirror Coatings in Gravitational Wave Detectors
Shigeng Song1,4, Sijia Cai1, Daxing Han1, Carlos García Nuñez1, Gong Zhan1, Gavin Wallace2,
Lewis Fleming1, Kieran Craig2, Stuart Reid2, Iain Martin3, Sheila Rowan3, Des Gibson1,4,*
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance,
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences,University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE,Scotland UK
2University of Strathclyde, SUPA Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland, UK
3University of Glasgow, SUPA Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
4Albasense, Scotland, UK
Microwave Plasma Assisted Magnetron Sputtering of Infrared Multilayer Thin Film Bandpass Filters for application in non-dispersive infrared gas sensors
Jonathan Pomfret1, 2,*, Des Gibson1,3, Lewis Fleming1,3, Shigeng Song1,3 ,
Greg McGann1,3, Sam Ahmadzadeh1, Peter Mackay2
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Science. University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE Scotland, UK
2Gooch & Housego PLC, Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, TA19 OPF, UK
3Albasense Ltd, Paisley, PA1 2BE, Scotland,, UK
Design and Fabrication of a patterned dual colour filter using Microwave plasma assisted Sputtering and Photolithography
Jonathan Pomfret1, 2*, Sijia Cai1, Daxing Han1, Des Gibson1,3, Shigeng Song1,3,
David Hutson1,3, Peter Mackay2
1Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Science. University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE,Scotland, UK
2Gooch &Housego PLC, Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, TA19 OPF, UK
Albasense Ltd, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK
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