While spaceships, space suits and their related topics pique our interest, we here at Intlvac really perk up when the concept of vacuum comes up. A Latin term to describe 'The Void', the word 'Vacuum'...

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From 1923 where the prospect of an earth orbiting telescope was theorized, to the HST's specific design concepts introduced in 1962, to its launch in 1990, and its final service mission in 2009, the H...

Like many topics in the optics field, much of the current technology is merely a seed of a much higher potential whose breadth of applications hasn’t yet been fully realized. Infrared Optics is one o...

Intlvac has taken action consistent with guidance of federal, provincial and local authorities to ensure the safety and well being of our employees, customers and vendors.

Over 22,000 people attend the photonics and laser industry's flagship event each year. Photonics West includes the entire spectrum of light-driven technologies and attracts researchers, companies and ...

In the process of thin film deposition, we produce layers nanometers to microns thick on a surface in order to impart specific properties not necessarily inherent in the bulk material.

Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is a nanofabrication technique that is an extension of oblique angle deposition in which the substrate incline is manipulated during film deposition.

Intlvac Thin Film is pleased to be part of the Canadian pavilion at this exciting event. We welcome the opportunity to meet with our Japanese customers and colleagues during the few days that we are t...

Intlvac Thin Film is pleased to introduce their newest precision optical coating platform, the Nanochrome IV UV/Vis Optical Filter Production System. The Nanochrome IV system is designed to produce co...