1. Introduction

This page is aimed at those who form thin films using vacuum thin film forming systems, and describes the basic matters that should be known before forming vacuum thin films, such as “What is vacuum like?”, “What kind of thin film forming technologies using vacuum are available?”, “What are thin films like?”, “What kind of systems are used to form thin films?”, precautions for the use of vacuum systems, daily maintenance, and so on.
We hope that you read this page to take full advantage of the performance of our vacuum thin film forming systems. In addition, reading the reference literatures described at the end of each chapter allows you to learn about the technologies in detail.

2. History of thin film formation using vacuum

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