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The Optical Coating Laboratory depends on the Department of Optics and is purpose is the production of thin films deposits onto optical surfaces with multiple uses: mirrors, anti-reflective films, interference filters, etc. The equipment consists mainly of a Balzers BAK 600 evaporator machine with a built-in electron gun that allows working with materials of high melting temperature. It is also equipped with a setup of multiple quartz crystals for monitoring the deposition thickness. The room occupied by the evaporator machine inside the laboratory is a class 7 clean room. In addition, the laboratory has a fume hood for gas extraction to avoid its inhalation during the cleaning processes.