Over 40 Years in the Industry
Beginning business in 1982

Guernsey Coating Laboratories, Inc., is an optical coating company specializing in quality thin-films covering the wavelength range from ultraviolet to the near infrared.

With a complete line of standard coatings as well as custom coating designs, GCL reaches such areas as:

  • Medical
  • Aerospace
  • Defense
  • Optical Instrumentation
  • Inspection Equipment
  • Telecommunications
  • Imaging, Displays
  • Lighting & Scanning
  • Universities
  • Laser and Semiconductor fields.

GCL meets and many times exceeds Mil-Spec requirements committing to both a higher standard of performance while working with our customers to bring about a successful product.

News

AS OF 2016 GCL HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE:
  • Coatings on fiber optics
  • Coatings on plastic substrates, adding to GCL's line of thin films on glass and metal
  • A new high capacity vacuum chamber bringing the number of systems to eight

Certifications

March 2020: Guernsey’s Silver Tested by SPICA.

Guernsey Coating Laboratories’ M14 (Protected Silver Coating) on BK7, fused silica and silicon substrates were tested by SPICA in March of 2020. The M14 passed in accordance with MIL-C-48497A.

Results from testing are shown in the following documents: (click for full size pdfs)
Adhesion Moderate Abrasion Humidity Temperature Post Temperature Test Adhesion
Click to see P 3.4.1.1 Click to see P 3.1.4.3 Click to see P 3.4.1.2 Click to see P 3.4.2.1 Click to see P 3.4.1.1

Deposition Techniques and Coatings

From research and development to high volume runs, GCL's expertise covers custom design, custom tooling, evaluation and testing to final production.

Using the following techniques:

  • Resistance Source Thermal Deposition
  • Electron Beam
  • Ion Assisted Electron Beam
  • Ion Beam Sputtering

(Note: Ion Beam Sputtering provides the advantage of the highest packing densities, giving the thin-film coating exceptional adhesion, abrasion, resistance and ruggedness).

Applications include coatings such as:

  • Broadband Anti-reflection
  • V-Coats
  • Super V-Coats
  • MgF2
  • Dielectric High Reflectors
  • Protected Aluminum
  • Enhanced Aluminum
  • Protected Silver
  • Protected Gold
  • Beam Splitters
  • Neutral Density
  • Dichroic

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Events

January 30-February 1
2024

Exhibit at
Booth #3474