Making Waves for the First Time

WaveFront Technology – a California-based supplier of nano and micro-structured tools, coatings and films for the security, lighting, aerospace, and display markets – used the Banknote & Currency Conference in February as an opportunity to debut its new new portfolio of security features for currency and other security applications.

Perhaps best known amongst those in the optical features sector in the past for its development of hologram and replication technology, and for its Fresnel lenses, Wavefront has built on its grayscale lithography, e-beam origination, diamond turning and wide web roll to roll UV casting lines capable to engineer the new features.

They comprise optical micro-structures that display a range of different effects according to the viewing angle, including sharp and distinctive image switches and 3D depth, making them suited for high security applications. Judging by the crowds around their booth in Washington DC, the market certainly seemed to think so.