MKS Introduces Newport ODiate™ High Performance Optical Filter Coatings

Novel Thin-film Deposition Processes Expands Capabilities to Deliver Demanding Optical Filter Coatings

Andover, MA – December 5, 2022 – MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI) introduces ODiate™ optical coatings to its broad portfolio of industry-leading optical filters for a variety of applications, such as life & health sciences, medical instrumentation, and chemical or material analyses. ODiate is the next generation thin film coating platform for exceptional precision, productivity, and repeatable spectral performance of Newport manufactured bandpass, longpass, shortpass, notch, and dichroic beamsplitters.

The new ODiate coating platform delivers exceptional spectral performance, providing better signal quality, optimized wavelength separation, and consistent filter performance for your instrumentation. ODiate customized coatings for ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared enable demanding applications such as high-throughput screening, fluorescence and Raman imaging, molecular diagnostics, flow cytometry, and blood analysis. MKS uses proprietary dynamic optical monitoring and custom metrology to measure OD8 blocking and the most demanding spectral transitions.

“MKS also offers a value-added product development service to our OEM customers alongside our expansive Newport component portfolio,” says Dan Lawrence, General Manager of Newport’s Optical Component Business. “From initial design through metrology and testing, we collaborate closely with our partners to develop and deliver innovative and effective optical sub-system solutions. The new ODiate coating platform is the next step to ensure our long-running success and continual emphasis on innovation.”

To find out more about the Newport ODiate optical filter technology, please visit www.newport.com/ODiate.


About MKS Instruments
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, advanced electronics, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions, and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity, and enable unique innovations for world leading technologies and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, and feature enhancement for optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com.

About the Newport Brand
Newport is a brand within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions division. The Newport product portfolio consists of a full range of solutions including precision motion control, optical tables and vibration isolation systems, photonic instruments, optics, and opto-mechanical components. Our innovative Newport solutions leverage core expertise in vibration isolation and sub-micron positioning systems and opto-mechanical and photonics subsystems, to enhance our customers’ capabilities and productivity in the semiconductor, advanced electronics, and specialty industrial markets. For more information, visit www.newport.com.


Company Contacts

Craig Hanson
Sr. Manager Product Marketing
Tel: +1 505 250-6033
Email: craig.hanson@mksinst.com

Michele Oberman
Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: +1 505 250-6033
Email: michele.oberman@mksinst.com