1. ISO 10110 Optical Drawing Standards
Introduction to Opto-Mechanical Engineering
OPTI 521
University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences
Jason Lane
13 December 2009

2. ISO 10110 What is it? Who uses it? Why do we care?
ISO standard describing preparation of drawings for optical elements and systems
Describes features unique to optical components – builds on GD&T standards (compatible with ASME Y14.5M)
ISO version of ASME Y14.18M (which will likely be superseded by ISO or some equivalent).
Who uses it?
Almost all of the optical design / manufacturing industry. Both internationally and in the U.S. All of the major optical design packages output ISO compliant element drawings.
Why do we care?
GD&T alone will not help you interpret an optical element or system drawing. ISO is essential, and ISO compliant drawings will be encountered 99.99% of the time. For example ….

3. What do we do with this?
This is a typical single element ISO compliant drawing
We will be able to interpret this drawing at the end of the presentation.

4. ISO 10110 consists of 13 Optical Drawing Parts
General – Differences between optical and mechanical drawings
Material imperfections – Stress birefringence – 0/
Material imperfections – Bubbles and inclusions – 1/
Material imperfections – Inhomogeneity and striae – 2/
Surface form tolerances – 3/
Centring tolerances – 4/ (note British English spelling .. Standard for ISO)
Surface imperfection tolerances – 5/
Surface texture
Surface treatment and coating
Table representing data of a lens element
Non-toleranced data
Aspheric surfaces
Laser irradiation damage threshold

5. Material Imperfections 10110-2 thru 10110-4
2. Stress birefringence – 0/X, where X is maximum birefringence in nm/cm
3. Bubbles and Inclusions – 1/NxA, where N is number of permissible inclusions, and A is length of the side of a square in mm. A2 is area that the bubble / inclusion obscures.
4. Inhomogeneity and striae – 2/A;B
A is class number for inhomogeneity (variation in index of refraction from nominal for (usually) the melt where the element came from)
B is class for striae (variations in index of refraction inside the element)

6. Surface form Tolerances ISO 10110-5
5. Surface form tolerances - 3/A(B/C)
A is maximum spherical sag error from test plate
B is the p-v maximum irregularity
C is maximum rotationally symmetric p-v figure error (best fit aspheric surface)
Units are fringes (one half wavelength, standardized at nm).
RMS specification for fringes can be used.
Example: 3/4(1): sag tolerance of 4 fringes, p-v irregularity no greater than 1 fringe.

7. Centring and surface imperfection tolerances ISO 10110-6 & 10110-7
4/α, where α is the angle between the datum and the surface (wedge angle)
7. Surface imperfection tolerances - 5/NxA. Treated similar to that of Part 3. Coating imperfections preceded by a C, long scratches preceded by an L, and edge chips by an E.
Examples: 5/NxA; CN’xA’;LN”xA”,EA’”. A’” is the chip protrusion from the edge.

8. Surface Texture (Polish and Grind) ISO 10110-8

9. Surface Treatment and Coatings ISO 10110-9
Can be indicated one of two ways as shown in the figure below.
Fill in the box according to ISO 9211 –
Very important 4-part standard describing coatings specifications
Nothing comparable in ASME/ANSI world
Example would be T = 0.9 for 450 < λ < 750.
Could also refer to a graph indicated elsewhere in the drawing
Could also refer to manufacturer’s coating trade name
Also indicate a surface to be cemented.

10. Compiling data in tabular form ISO 10110-10
Can become cluttered for simple element drawings. Tabular form provides simpler method of presenting information to avoid ambiguity and errors in reading
Major optical design programs have adopted presenting ISO data in tabular form
ZEMAX - used by Navy
Code V - used by Raytheon (among others)
This will be most common drawing form encountered

11. Tabular Form example
ISO compliant drawing as generated by Zemax prior to filling out information

12. Non-toleranced Data ISO 10110-11
ISO standardizes tolerances when not called out.
“Default” tolerances
Entirely different than “shop tolerances” of ASME Y14’s.
WARNING: Tolerances are very loose and may lead to undesirable consequences if not carefully considered.
Note that tolerances scale with size of parts – a European practice rarely seen in U.S.

13. Specifying Aspheres ISO 10110-12
Similar to procedure as for ordinary surfaces
Exceptions:
Surface type is called out clearly “asphere” or by type of asphere for standard types
Equation which describes the surface is given in a note.
Slope tolerance (rate of change in surface sag) and sampling length should be specified)
Datums defined differently than in ISO 5459 (the GD&T ISO) due to fact that aspheric surfaces are located mechanically during fabrication and when mounting. If alternate datum is desired, a note on the drawing should be included

14. Laser Damage Thresholds ISO 10110-13
Indication is given by
6/Hth; λ; pdg; fp; nTS x np for pulsed lasers
6/Eth; λ; nTS for continuous lasers.
“6/” is the indication for laser damage specification.
λ is the wavelength of the laser.
“pdg” is the pulse duration group number from ISO 11254
“fp” is the pulse repetition rate in Hz
“nTS” is the number of test sites on the sample surface
“np” is the number of laser pulses applied to each site.
Hth is expressed in terms of maximum energy density (J/cm2)
Eth is the maximum power density (W/cm2) for continuous tests.

15. Returning to our ISO 10110 drawing…

16. Explanation for the callouts on the preceding drawing
Specifications
Value
Notes
R1, R2
58.6 / 277
Tolerances are +/ for R1, +/- 0.8 for R2
Center Thickness 5
Default tolerance (+/- 0.2)
Material
N-SK15 or equivalent
Lens diameter
/-0
Clear (Effective) Aperture
/ - 0
Stress birefringence
0/5
Maximum OPD is 5nm/cm
Bubbles and inclusion
1/1x0.1
Allow up to 1 inclusion, no larger than 100 um in size, over clear aperture
Inhomogeneity and Striae
2/2:3
Homogeneity class 2 is +/-5e-06
Striae class 3 is < 2%
Surface form error for both surfaces
3/0.25(0.2/0.125)
0.25 fringe of sag (power) error
0.2 fringe of irregularity error
0.125 fringe of symmetric irregularity error
Centering error
4/0.3’
Element wedge is 0.3 arc minute
Surface form error
5/5x0.05;L1x0.001;E0.5
Allow up to 5 digs, each no larger than 50 um in size, over the clear aperture
Allow 1 additional long scratch, no wider than 1um and longer than 4mm over the optical clear aperture
(this is a 10-5 scratch/dig spec)
Allow 1 edge chip no larger than 0.5 mm. Polish out all edge chips
Laser damage threshold
0.5 J/cm2
λ=1053 nm
3 ns FWHM Gaussian pulse
AR coating
T > 90% for spectral band from 450 to 750 nm

17. References for further information
Tutorial on ISO Optical Drawing Standards, Jason Lane. Tutorial white paper which accompanies this presentation (lists all the ISO standards relating to optics and optical systems). See me for copy.
ISO Optics and Optical Instruments – Preparation of drawings for optical elements and systems: A User’s Guide by Ronald K. Kimmel and Robert E. Parks
The ISO standards themselves (and ISO 9211)
SPIE regularly hosts ISO short courses taught by David M. Aikens. Available on spie.org website