Minsk Research Institute of Radiomaterials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus offers consumers services for the applying metal coatings to the surface of optical elements under a outsourcing agreement or subcontract.

OJSC "Minsk Research Institute of Radiomaterials" of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has its own manufacture line equipped with vacuum deposition installations designed for applying metal coatings to the surface of optical elements.

Operating principle of vacuum deposition installations consists of 3 stages:
* creating a vacuum in the chamber, obtaining steam fr om particles of the substance that forms the spray;
* transportation of parts or products to the working chamber, wh ere they are placed in a strictly defined position;
* spraying the material from which the film will be created.

Vacuum deposition installations have the ability to work using two methods:
* electron beam;
* magnetron.

Vacuum deposition installations used are characterized by:
* obtaining thin films of metals;
* evaporation at high speed of even the most refractory materials;
* automated control;
* high purity and uniformity of the deposited film;
* high adhesion of the deposited film;
* high deposition rate.

Technical specifications:

Parameter	Meaning
Sprayed metals and alloys	Cr, Ni, Au and others
Substrate material	glass, leucosapphire
Thickness of substrates, mm	≤ 5
Diameter of substrates, ″(inches)	≤ 4
Thickness of optically dense chromium coating, microns	≤ 0,5
Optical density coefficient	> 3,5
Topology resolution, microns	≥ 1

Areas of application:
* aviation and mechanical engineering;
* chemical industry;
* microelectronics;
* solar panels;
* medicine;
* optics.

OJSC "Minsk Research Institute of Radiomaterials" offers partners services for the applying metal coatings to the surface of optical elements under a outsourcing agreement or subcontract.

Link on the Minsk Research Institute of Radiomaterials site.(in Russian)

The vacuum deposition installations used at the Institute for applying metal coatings to the surface of optical elements are similar to those manufacture by the following companies:
«BelRosVak, LLC» (Republic of Belarus);
«ERSTEVAK» (Russian Federation);
«Kenosistec Srl» (Italy).

The specialization of the institute includes the following main areas:
* development and production of the element base and functional units of microwave technology (solid-state microwave monolithic integrated circuits - low-noise amplifiers and power amplifiers, protective devices, switches, attenuators, frequency converters; microwave modules, etc.);
* development and production of optoelectronic components and modules based on them (photodetectors, light emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers, receiving and transmitting optical modules);
* production of materials for semiconductor production - gallium arsenide substrates of the "epi-ready" standard;
* development of sensor technology, modules and systems (sensors for inclination, pressure, acceleration, electronic compass, etc.);
* development and production of medical equipment.

The research and production base of the institute includes dedicated equipment which allows to develop and perform a full cycle of technological operations for the manufacture of microwaves, optoelectronic components, sensors of physical quantities based on microelectromechanical systems, equipment for the manufacture of medical products - Glucosen sensors etc. In particular, the equipment allows cutting semiconductor ingots of A3B5 compounds (GaAs, InP, GaN, etc.), grinding and polishing wafers, epitaxial growth, thermal diffusion and implantation of dopants, microcircuit packaging, control of their parameters, etc.

The Institute has a licensed software for electrodynamic calculations, its own library of standard elements, methods for monitoring and testing microwave components in the C, S, L, X, K wavelength ranges, electronic lithography equipment with a resolution of 100 nm, which provides a modern level of design standards.

As part of the specialization, the development of technologies, components and devices for various radio-electronic systems is carried out: radar systems, fiber-optic communication lines, laser rangefinders, systems for leveling and orientation of objects, control systems, guidance and navigation, etc.

Consumers interested in purshasing services for the applying metal coatings to the surface of optical elements under a outsourcing agreement or subcontract.