SVC Bulletin Magazine, Spring 2009 (A Publication for the Vacuum Coating Industry)

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Letter from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editorial: Consensus vs. Fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2009 TechCon – Preview from the Program Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2009 TechCon – Preview from the TAC Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Around the World – A Photovoltaic Conference Report from India . . . . . . 18
by Carl M. Lampert, Star Science
Contributed Original Articles
Newton’s Ring
by Angus Macleod, Thin Film Center, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Challenging the Limits of Thin Film Process Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
by Steve Nadel, Applied Materials
Rainbow Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by David Cushing, Thin Film Consultant
Advanced Pulsed DC Technology for Material Processing Applications . 46
Part 1. Methods of Generation of High Power Pulsed Magnetron
Discharge
by Roman Chistyakov and Bassam Abraham, Zond Inc/Zpulser LLC
From the 2008 51st SVC Technical Conference
The Historical Development of HIPIMS Power Supplies: From
Laboratory to Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by Dirk Ochs, Hüttinger Elektronik GmbH, Freiburg, Germany; Pawel
Ozimek, Huettinger Electronic Sp. z.O.O., Zielonka, Poland; Arutiun
Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom;
and Rick Spencer, Alacritas Consultancy Ltd., Markfield, United
Kingdom
Materials Related Aspects of Nanostructured Tribological Coatings . . . 40
by Allan Matthews and Adrian Leyland, Department of Engineering .
Materials, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2009 SVC Topical Conference Call for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Education Guide to Vacuum Coating Process: Pinholes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
by Donald M. Mattox, Management Plus, Inc.
2009 SVC Education Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SVC Exhibit: Looking Back and Looking Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A Message from the SVC Foundation Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Society and Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Corporate Sponsor News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Advertiser’s Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
About This Publication
Deadlines for advertisement space reservations:
Spring: January 5 Summer: June 1 Fall: September 1
SVC welcomes original contributed articles.
On the Cover:
A laser cuts wafers out of the surface of a hollow EFG tube at a SCHOTT
production facility. Photo courtesy of SCHOTT AG
SCHOTT Solar in New Mexico
A new production site in Albuquerque, NM will manufacture receivers for
concentrated solar thermal power plants and 64 Megawatts of photovoltaic
modules. The facility is expected to begin production in 2009 and immediately
create 350 jobs. Anticipating the need to increase production as the
market for renewable energy in the US grows, the new site is designed
to support expansion of both its PV and its solar receiver lines. Long term
plans call for 1,500 employees representing a total investment of $500
million. Read more on page 59.

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