Resources

Helpful Tools

Here you will find helpful tools and summaries, as well as information about how to find and use standards. Please get in touch with the Education and Outreach Committee with additional needs by filling out the form here.

ISO Standards Activity in 2025

J.L. Michels, January 2026

How to Find the Right ISO Standard

J. L. Michels, March 2026

MIL to ISO TC172 Standards Decoder

J. L. Michels, May 2025

ISO 10110 – Summary of all Documents

J. L. Michels, October 2025

Translating from American MIL drawings to ISO 10110

Poster by David M. Aikens, Eric Herman, and Richard N. Youngworth, 2023
Posted with permission from SPIE.

ISO Standards List- Tests by Topic

J. L. Michels, September 2025

ISO Standards List – Materials

J. L. Michels, November 2025

Publications

The following publications are authored by OEOSC members. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to know that standards come up for review on a 5-year, staggered, basis. So always check iso.org to see if the standard has been revised. Still, the information in the publications below can be quite valuable. Also, the links below generally lead to content behind a paywall. However, the abstracts remain accessible and may help you decide whether you wish to purchase the full article.

OPTICAL DRAWINGS (the ISO 10110 series) ___________________________________________________

The ISO 10110 Companion (book)

Eric Herman, David Aikens, Richard Youngworth
Vol. PM346, (December 2021)
https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2615406

Translating from American MIL drawings to ISO 10110 (2023 Poster)

David M. Aikens, Eric Herman, and Richard N. Youngworth
(The full standard contains complete descriptions and explanations for proper use)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320793

Using ISO environmental standards in an ISO 10110 format drawing

Eric Herman, David M. Aikens
Proceedings Volume 12221, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV; 122210A (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633441

Beyond centration: how to create, read, and use a datum system per ISO-10110-6 (2015)

Ray Williamson
Proceedings Volume 11175, Optifab 2019; 111751D (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536904

Modern optics drawings: Understanding the nuances of ISO 10110 drawings

Eric Herman, David M. Aikens, and Richard N. Youngworth
https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFT-2019-OM2A.5

Modern optics drawings: translating from American MIL drawings to ISO 10110

Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth, David Aikens
Proceedings Volume 10742, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XII; 107421D (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320793

Modern optics drawings: the journey from MIL to ANSI to ISO drawing formats

Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth, David Aikens
Proceedings Volume 10742, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XII; 107420P (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320792

Specifying tilts, decenters, and beam deviations using the new edition of ISO 10110-6

Ray Williamson
Proceedings Volume 10377, Optical System Alignment, Tolerancing, and Verification XI; 1037708 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276635

New options for optical quality tolerances

Dave Aikens
Proceedings Volume 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017; 105900J (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292617

Implementing ISO standard-compliant freeform component drawings

Richard Youngworth, Sven Kiontke, David Aikens
Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 7, 071205, (April 2016)
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.7.071205

Conversion of radius of curvature to power (and vice versa)

Sven Wickenhagen, Kazumasa Endo, Ulrike Fuchs, Richard Youngworth, Sven Kiontke
Proceedings Volume 9628, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology V; 962813 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191400

Meaningful surface roughness and quality tolerances

David Aikens
Proceedings Volume 7652, International Optical Design Conference 2010; 765217 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869874

GENERAL USE OF STANDARDS_______________________________________________________________

Navigating standards related to optics

Richard Youngworth, Patrick Augino, Eric Herman
Proceedings Volume 13594, Optical Modeling and Performance Predictions XV; 1359404 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3064736

Advances and Insights into Fundamental Optics Standards

Richard N. Youngworth, Eric Herman, and David M. Aikens
https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=odf-2022-OThA1B_01

COATINGS AND LASER DAMAGE_____________________________________________________________

Efficacy and improvements to international optical coating standards

Eric Herman, Richie Youngworth, Brian Stamper, and Patrick Augino “Efficacy and improvements to international optical coating standards”, Proc. SPIE 13728, Optifab 2025, 137280M (3 December 2025); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3071527

Laser damage, a new US standard: What is in it for me?

Donna Howland, Jonathan Arenberg, Michael Thomas, Trey Turner, John Bellum, C. Wren Carr, Matthew Brophy, Allen Krisiloff, Nathan Carlie, Matthew Dabney
Proceedings Volume 11261, Components and Packaging for Laser Systems VI; 112610Z (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546571

Experiments in support of the proposed US National Damage Standard

Jonathan Arenberg, Michael Thomas, Donna Howland, John Bellum
Proceedings Volume 11910, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials 2021; 119100K (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536904

Monte Carlo analysis of ISO and raster scan laser damage protocols

Christopher Stolz, Raluca Negres, Jonathan Arenberg
Proceedings Volume 11173, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2019; 111731M (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536443

U.S. National Committee proposed revision to the ISO Laser Damage Standard: 2018 Progress Report (Conference Presentation)

Jonathan Arenberg, Donna Howland, Michael Thomas, Trey Turner, Allen Krisiloff
Proceedings Volume 10805, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials 2018: 50th Anniversary Conference; 108050B (2018)
https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFT-2019-OM2A.5

U.S. National Committee proposed revision to the ISO Laser Damage Standard

Jonathan Arenberg, Donna Howland, Michael Thomas, Trey Turner, John Bellum, Ella Field, C. Wren Carr, Gary Shaffer, Matthew Brophy, Allen Krisiloff
Proceedings Volume 10447, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials 2017; 104471E (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2280559