44th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings Copyright @ 2001 by Society of Vacuum Coaters 71 Pinon Hill Place NE. Albuquerque, NM 87122-1914 USA Telephone 505/856-7188 .Fax 505/856-6716 E-mail [email protected] Web Site www.svc.org Executive Director: Vivienne Harwood Mattox Technical Director: Donald M. 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Society of Vacuum Coaters 44th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings Published by: Society of Vacuum Coaters 71 Pinon Hill Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87122-1914 USA Telephone 505/856- 7188 Fax 505/856-6716 E-mail [email protected] Web Site www.svc.org ISSN 0737-5921 Printed in the United States of America ii 2001 Conference Program Committee Conference Program Chairs Peter Martin, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory Gary Phillips, Innovative Specialty Films, LLC Director of T ACs Clark Bright, Presstek, Inc Optical Coatin~ Committee Chair Ludvik Martinu, Ecole Poly technique Vacuum Web Coating Committee Chair Paolo Raugei, Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc Decorative & Functional Coating Committee Chairs John Carlotto, Carlotto & Associates, Inc. Ton Hurkmans, Hauzer Techno Coating USA Large Area Coating Committee Chair Donoho Hall, ADG Associates, LLC Emerging Technologies Committee Chairs Hana Barclnkovcl, Uppsala University, Sweden Ladislav Bclrdos, Uppsala University, Sweden Process Control & Instrumentation Committee Chairs J. Grant Armstrong, Helix Technology Corporation David Chamberlain, MKS Instruments, Inc. Plasma Processing Committee Chair Ric Shimshock, Southwall Technologies, Inc Tribological & Wear Coating Committee Chairs Allan Mat thews, Hull University William Sproul, Reactive Sputtering, Inc. Vendor Session Committee Chair Richard Mitchell, Celplast Metalized Products, Ltd Education Committee Chair H. Angus Macleod, Thin Film Center, Inc Equipment Exhibit Committee Chair Johnny Hagen, Technotrade International, Inc "Meet the Experts" Corner Donald M. Mattox, SVG Technical Director 1 44 3 9 13 20 23 29 39 46 51 57 63 67 78 iii 2001 continued ... 15 Reflector Coatings in Automobile Lighting- Their Performance Requirements, Substrates, Materials and Processing L. Xu, R.E. Goltz, J.L. Holbrook, and S.H. Passwater, Guide Corporation, Pendleton, IN 85 93 99 105 116 120 125 130 136 147 155 172 iv 2001 continued ... Table of Contents 31 Permeation Through Defects in Transparent Barrier-Coated Plastic Films G. Czeremuszkin and M. Latreche, Polyplasma Inc., Montreal, Canada; and MBa.Rrr.i eWr eCrtohaetimingesr, Eonc olPel aPstoicly teWcehbn ique, Montreal, Cana-da 178 32 N. Schiller, S. Straach, M. Fahland, and C. Charton, Fraunhofer-lnstitute Elektronenstrahl-und PEluarsompeaatenc hnNike,t woDrkre sdoenn ,S uGrfearcmea nTy echnologies 184 33 R. Fellenberg, V Dl Technology Center Physical Technologies, Duesseldorf, Germany 189 193 204 210 214 218 225 228 234 240 246 255 262 267 272 v 2001 continued ... 48 277 49 ,282 50 288 51 295 52 ,301 53 306 54 314 55 324 56 328 57 334 341 347 353 357 361 371 375 vi 2001 continued ... 65 Characterization of Arc Discharge Plasmas in the Combined Steered Arc/Unbalanced Magnetron Deposition Process A.P. Ehiasarian, K.A. Macak, C. Schonjahn, R. New, and W.-D. Munz, Materials Research Institute, SHhigehff ieCldu rrHenatl lamD enUsnitivye rsAitnyo, deS heLfafiyeeldr, IoUnn itSedo urKciensgdom 382 66 J.E. Keem, Applied Ion Beam Group, Bloomfield Hills, MI 388 411 415 418 425 431 438 444 448 455 458 vii 2001 continued ... 81 469 82 476 83 482 84 487 85 492 501 503 505 508 509 515 516 517 518 521 ,525 ,529 .530 .531 .532 .533 .534 viii