Table Of Content44th Annual
Technical Conference
Proceedings
Copyright @ 2001 by Society of Vacuum Coaters
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Annual Technical
Conference Proceedings
Prior Proceedings available in print:
19th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1976) ISBN 1-878068-00-8
20th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1977) ISBN 1-878068-01-6
21 st Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1978) ISBN 1-878068-02-4
22nd Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1979) ISBN 1-878068-03-2
24th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1981) ISBN 1-878068-04-0
28th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1985) ISBN 1-878068-05-9
30th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1987) ISBN 1-878068-06-7
31st Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1988) ISBN 1-878068-07-5
32nd Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1989) ISBN 1-878068-08-3
33rd Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1990) ISBN 1-878068-09-1
34th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1991) ISBN 1-878068-10-5
35th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1992) ISBN 1-878068-11-3
36th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1993) ISBN 1-878068-12-1
37th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1994) ISBN 1-878068-13-X
38th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1995) ISSN 0737-5921
39th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1996) ISSN 0737-5921
40th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1997) ISSN 0737-5921
41 st Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1998) ISSN 0737-5921
42nd Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (1999) ISSN 0737-5921
43rd Annual Technical Conference Proceedings (2000) ISSN 0737-5921
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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
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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
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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
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31 Permeation Through Defects in Transparent Barrier-Coated Plastic Films
G. Czeremuszkin and M. Latreche, Polyplasma Inc., Montreal, Canada; and
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N. Schiller, S. Straach, M. Fahland, and C. Charton, Fraunhofer-lnstitute Elektronenstrahl-und
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65 Characterization of Arc Discharge Plasmas in the Combined Steered Arc/Unbalanced
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A.P. Ehiasarian, K.A. Macak, C. Schonjahn, R. New, and W.-D. Munz, Materials Research Institute,
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