General Optics provides Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coatings offering superior durability and environmental resistance. DLC coatings are applied to protective windows, especially in high-power and harsh-environment laser systems such as CO₂ lasers. All DLC coatings are custom-engineered to order, ensuring robust performance in demanding industrial, medical, and defense applications.
Key Features:
- Extremely hard and abrasion-resistant
- Excellent environmental durability (humidity, abrasion, salt fog)
- High transmission in the VIS to IR range
- Specially effective at 10.6 μm (CO₂ lasers)
- Compatible with large-aperture optics
Applications
- Protective windows for CO₂ lasers
- Harsh-environment laser systems
- Defense and aerospace optical systems
- Industrial laser machining and medical optics
