{"id":261,"date":"2014-10-04T16:43:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/iridian\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:34:23","slug":"optical-filter-visual-inspection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/technical-resources\/quality-assurance-and-testing\/optical-filter-visual-inspection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Filter Visual Inspection Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As experts in the design and manufacture of thin film optical filters, Iridian employs rigorous quality assurance processes.\u00a0 Among these is our comprehensive visual inspection process, which includes the following steps:<\/p>\n<h2>Critical Area<\/h2>\n<p>We inspect the clear aperture (typically\u00a0central region\u00a0of\u00a0a filter) through the light beam is transmitted or reflected.<\/p>\n<h2>Edge\/Corner (Chips)<\/h2>\n<p>After a coring or dicing process, we inspect for both chips in the\u00a0substrate\u00a0and in filter coating.\u00a0\u00a0If\u00a0a\u00a0chip of either type\u00a0extends into the clear aperture of the filter, then this\u00a0results in a filter failing visual inspection.<\/p>\n<h2>Sleeks, Scratches and Digs<\/h2>\n<p>Sleeks are scratches on the\u00a0substrate underneath the coating. A sleek appears as a bright white line when observed under bright field\u00a0illumination. Sleeks can be long (across the entire filter) or short and they can be straight or have various orientations.<\/p>\n<p>A filter containing a sleek or scratch results in a visual inspection failure if, within the clear aperture area, the width is greater than a specified <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scratch<\/span><\/em> value.\u00a0 In the case of a filter with more than one sleek or scratch in the clear aperture area, the sum of all sleeks in the clear aperture area is used.<\/p>\n<h2>Defects<\/h2>\n<p>We also inspect for defects not found in other categories, such as pits or areas with insufficient coating.\u00a0 A filter with a defect in the clear aperture area fails visual inspection if its width is greater than a specified <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dig<\/em><\/span> value.\u00a0 In the case of a filter with more than one defect present in the clear aperture area, the sum of all\u00a0clear aperture area\u00a0defects must be less than the specified <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dig<\/em><\/span> value in order to pass visual inspection.<\/p>\n<h2>Protrusions<\/h2>\n<p>A protrusion is any excess material protruding from the side of the filter.\u00a0 Any visible protrusion results in the filter failing visual inspection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As experts in the design and manufacture of thin film optical filters, Iridian employs rigorous quality assurance processes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"parent":253,"menu_order":205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>As experts in the design and manufacture of thin film optical filters, Iridian employs rigorous quality assurance processes.\u00a0 Among these is our comprehensive visual inspection process, which includes the following steps:<\/p><h2>Critical Area<\/h2><p>We inspect the clear aperture (typically\u00a0central region\u00a0of\u00a0a filter) through the light beam is transmitted or reflected.<\/p><h2>Edge\/Corner (Chips)<\/h2><p>After a coring or dicing process, we inspect for both chips in the\u00a0substrate\u00a0and in filter coating.\u00a0\u00a0If\u00a0a\u00a0chip of either type\u00a0extends into the clear aperture of the filter, then this\u00a0results in a filter failing visual inspection.<\/p><h2>Sleeks, Scratches and Digs<\/h2><p>Sleeks are scratches on the\u00a0substrate underneath the coating. A sleek appears as a bright white line when observed under bright field\u00a0illumination. Sleeks can be long (across the entire filter) or short and they can be straight or have various orientations.<\/p><p>A filter containing a sleek or scratch results in a visual inspection failure if, within the clear aperture area, the width is greater than a specified <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scratch<\/span><\/em> value.\u00a0 In the case of a filter with more than one sleek or scratch in the clear aperture area, the sum of all sleeks in the clear aperture area is used.<\/p><h2>Defects<\/h2><p>We also inspect for defects not found in other categories, such as pits or areas with insufficient coating.\u00a0 A filter with a defect in the clear aperture area fails visual inspection if its width is greater than a specified <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dig<\/em><\/span> value.\u00a0 In the case of a filter with more than one defect present in the clear aperture area, the sum of all\u00a0clear aperture area\u00a0defects must be less than the specified <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dig<\/em><\/span> value in order to pass visual inspection.<\/p><h2>Protrusions<\/h2><p>A protrusion is any excess material protruding from the side of the filter.\u00a0 Any visible protrusion results in the filter failing visual inspection.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iridian.com.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}