TS ISO 10110-16

TS ISO 10110-16 is the part of the ISO 10110 series for preparing drawings of optical elements and systems that deals with diffractive surfaces. It provides a common technical language for showing, describing, and dimensioning surfaces that add a diffractive optical function to an optical component.

Where diffractive surfaces fit in optical drawings

In general technical terms, diffractive surfaces are used to introduce beam steering, focusing, or wavefront shaping effects on otherwise plane, spherical, aspheric, or general optical surfaces. Unlike purely geometric surface forms, their function depends on microstructured diffractive behavior, so the drawing must communicate both the surface-related information and the optical intent. Within ISO 10110, the aim is consistent notation for that communication across optical element and system drawings.

What this part covers, and what it leaves out

• Presentation and dimensioning of surfaces that provide a diffractive optical function in technical drawings.
• A drawing-description approach aligned with the notation conventions of the ISO 10110 series.
• Random surface textures, such as stochastic antireflective structures, are outside the scope.
• Three-dimensionally extended diffractive structures such as Bragg gratings, volume holograms (HOE), and acousto-optic modulators are outside the scope.
• Test methods, qualification of the specifications, and manufacturing tools or methods are not addressed here.

In practice, this makes the standard useful as a documentation framework rather than a fabrication or inspection manual. Its main value is to help designers, manufacturers, and drawing users describe diffractive surfaces in a way that is technically precise and interpretable without ambiguity.