| CILAS recently launched PACA2M, its new optical coatings machine, now operational in its Aubagne site near Marseille in the south of France, the largest in Europe using magnetron sputtering technology.
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Characteristics 
PACA2M, can produce thin film coatings on optical components up to 2 meters by 2 meters, up to 40 centimeters thick and weighing up to 1.5 tonnes.
The machine is equipped with:
 5 materials, metals and dielectrics.
Live in-situ optical monitoring.
5 position load-lock.
The PACA2M plateform also includes:
A fully automated cleaning machine using ultrasonic and detergents.
Equipments for coating removal and thin film coatings metrology.
Class 100 (ISO5) to class 10000 (ISO7) clean room.
Products offered
• Dielectric mirrors.
• Aluminium and Silver mirrors, with enhanced reflectivity.
• Metal-dielectric light absorbers. |
• Anti-UV filters.
• Dichroics.
• Anti-reflexion coatings. |
Applications
With PACA2M, CILAS has made a major investment in a large coating machine, that will allow to address new markets with large-sized optics.
The first contracts are related to the optical coating of reflectors for the Laser Mega Joule program, mirrors for solar furnaces, mirrors for space and ground telescopes.
The PACA2M platform also has the advantage of addressing mass production markets, since the capacity of the coating machine enables a very large number of components to be processed simultaneously at very competitive prices.
Partners
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Manufacturing of PACA2M deposition machine. |
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Manufacturing of the optical monitoring system and development of deposition processes. |
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Support for the specification of the PACA2M deposition machine for the optical coating of space telescopes mirrors. |
Co-financiers
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OPTICAL COATINGS 
PACA2M 
