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   Large Aperture Coating Facility


Interior of Large aperture coating facility
Mirror mandrel after gold coating in large aperture coating facility
Large Aperture Coating Facility
Large Aperture Coating Chamber
  • Large vacuum coating system
    • 4.8M interior diameter with 3.0M vertical depth
    • Cryo-pumped chamber to 10-7 Torr capability
  • Clean room access
  • Resistive, electron-beam evaporation capability
  • Cryogenic-cooling and bakeout capability

  Point of Contact:
  Dr. Alan P. Shapiro (256)544-3488
  Tommy L. Thompson (256)544-3489