Efficacy and improvements to international optical coating standards

Optical coatings standards have been written to enable users to rigorously specify optics for optical production. These ISO 9211 standards are now in an excellent position for even wider adoption and use. Improvements are now being implemented to assist users of the international optical drawing standard series, ISO 10110, to allow easier and more powerful ISO 9211 notation for optical coatings on drawings. In this paper, we explain some of the most recent changes to the ISO 9211 optical coating standards and how these changes can be used to make superior optical drawings for production.