Thin film facility

Thin Film Facility Contents

FMOS

FMOS mirror, measuring 260mm by 140mm, coated with Chromium and then Gold before being etched.

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Cassini CIRS

A section of the Cassini CIRS (Composite Infra Red Spectrograph) which has been coated in the facility.

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CryoEDM

Neutron detectors for the CryoEDM (Cryogenic Neutron Electric Dipole Moment) experiment. The detectors are coated with:

  • 20nm Aluminium (Al)
  • 2272nm Lithium Fluoride (Li6F)
  • 10nm Chromium (Cr)
  • 150nm Iron (Fe)
  • 10nm Chromium (Cr)
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KMOS Mirrors

332 diamond-cut aluminium mirrors were cleaned and coated with gold in the facility.

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ATLAS retro-reflectors

Over 3000 retro-reflectors for the ATLAS FSI (Frequency Scanning Interferometer) system were gold-coated in the facility.

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