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The FilmStar DESIGN Free Version is a powerful implementation with fixed
indices. It may be all that is
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FilmStar
Optical Thin Film Software is a
suite of Windows programs for designing, manufacturing, and
measuring optical coatings. Coatings are applied to
glass and other surfaces by high vacuum deposition. FilmStar is
distinguished by its ease-of-use and connectivity to deposition monitors and spectrophotometers. FilmStar stands alone in the ability
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Scantraq is
a standalone version of FilmStar MEASURE,
marketed to chemists and spectroscopists and supporting UV/Vis/IR data
acquisition and analysis from current and legacy PerkinElmer and other models. With its built-in development tools, Scantraq provides a
powerful alternative to the software supplied by instrument
manufacturers. Agilent (HP) 8453 users may be surprised to know that serial (USB) is
supported.
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Too high: lose
order.
Too low:
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Take the
QC Highway to Higher Yields
Saving %R and %T
spectra? Insufficient! You must also save info about each curve in order to sort,
select, analyze and improve. After all, you can't plot Y vs. X if you only know
Y. We make it easy with
FilmStar Database code and
online support far beyond that provided by instrument manufacturers. And if
you're too busy to adapt our sample source code we'll do it for you!
Do you have tens of thousands of files in a Spectra directory? In the FilmStar Database,
that's one file to back-up, sort, search and analyze,
thereby meeting ISO-9000
goals and security requirements.
Set the
Right Price
BBAR EXAMPLE 1: You've been
delivering AR coatings averaging <1.0%
and your customer now requires <0.5%. What's the correct new price?
Try for yourself!
(Write access to C:\Windows\Temp required.)
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BBAR_Demo.fmp12 BBAR
database file
QA_Demo.xlsm Excel BBAR % yield calculator
Want a preview before downloading?
Watch our
YouTube (1 minute, no audio) or
contact us for a
ZOOM demo.
BBAR EXAMPLE 2: Assume maximum <0.5% and average <0.25%.
Which technician deserves a pay raise? |
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Society of Vacuum Coaters TechCon 2021
Specifying n&k in
Optical
Thin Film Calculations
PowerPoint
YouTube
Click here for help extracting n&k from %T and %R
spectra.
Wondering about #11? Thou shalt have more targets
than wiggles. |
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Webb
Space Telescope Mirror
We started using these
(USA domestic) stamps after learning that FilmStar was
utilized in characterizing the mirror's gold coating.
As it's rare to
find
stamps related to optical coatings and fearing
they will eventually be discontinued, we recently
bought 100 more.
Maybe not rare? Our international letters get a round
flower stamp, currently the
African Daisy which has an
iridescent purple center. |
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Filter Buyers Demand Excel QA Reports
In the
'good old days', an acceptable quality assurance report was
a
strip-chart trace stamped
PASSED
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Filter buyers now require Excel reports as in this
FREE EXAMPLE derived
from FTG automation solutions. Of course, you're not
limited to bandpass designs;
e-mail or call +1 609-924-6222 to discuss your
requirements. |
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StellarNet Support
Lots of
parts? Why scan with a
slow double-beam spectrophotometer if an inexpensive near-instant diode-array
instrument meets requirements? And what about optics too large for
sample compartments?
Our StellarNet Server simplifies
operation and supports MEASURE
as well as 32/64-bit Excel. EVERYONE has Excel; there's
no better way to distribute QA results.
And when you do need that slow high resolution
double-beam instrument like PE Lambda or Agilent
Cary, you are able to use the same MEASURE
software: one software, many instruments.
Click here
to learn more and
contact us to discuss QA procedures and automation
solutions. |
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Chocolate Chip Cookie
Quality Assurance Procedure
Taste one and you can assume they're all
good. But that doesn't apply to optical coatings when protocols demand 100% inspection! As manual QA is slow and
error-prone, you need to automate procedures and reports as in our
Bandpass and
Edge Filter Excel workbooks.
PerkinElmer and Agilent can't help you, but
we can with
FilmStar MEASURE.
E-mail
or call +1 609-924-6222 today to discuss requirements and arrange your
personal webinar. MEASURE supports PE Lambda/FTIR, Cary
UMA,
Pike autosamplers,
Nicolet FTIR,
OOI,
temperature
controllers, etc.
Do it yourself (it's not string theory) or request a turnkey FTG
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Coating Both Sides
Extinguishing the flame, cooling, reheating and grilling the
second side is clearly NOT an option for burgers.
But when coating optics on both sides, you do have two options:
A. Two pump-downs, B. Single pump-down with
a flip fixture. The economics are simple: PHDCPHDC vs. PHDDC (Pump Heat Deposit Cool).
The Option B strategy requires
coating software that predicts %R or %T as a function
of layer thickness while flipping the optic.
Click here
to see how it's done. It's a bit tricky, so read
carefully and/or contact us for an interactive online
explanation.
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