Method for manufacturing a coated lens, the coated lens comprising an uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate and at least one coating, the method comprising the following steps: a) Providing at least one uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate comprising a front surface and a back surface, the optical lens substrate having a first transmittance within a wavelength range A, b) Applying at least one coating precursor material to at least one of the surfaces of the uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate, the coating precursor material having a second transmittance within a wavelength range B, c) Applying at least one single electromagnetic pulse to the at least one surface of the uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate comprising the at least one coating precursor material resulting in the coated lens, the single electromagnetic pulse having a wavelength range C, characterized in that - the wavelength range B of the second transmittance comprises or encompasses the wavelength range A of the first transmittance, - the wavelength range C of the single electromagnetic pulse comprises or encompasses the wavelength range A of the first transmittance and the wavelength range B of the second transmittance, - in the wavelength range A, the single electromagnetic pulse passes through the optical lens substrate and the coating precursor material, - in the wavelength range B, the single electromagnetic pulse passes through the coating precursor material, - in the wavelength range C not comprising or not encompassing the wavelength range A, the part of the single electromagnetic pulse of the remaining wavelength C is at least partially absorbed by the optical lens substrate. a) Providing at least one uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate comprising a front surface and a back surface, the optical lens substrate having a first transmittance within a wavelength range A, b) Applying at least one coating precursor material to at least one of the surfaces of the uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate, the coating precursor material having a second transmittance within a wavelength range B, c) Applying at least one single electromagnetic pulse to the at least one surface of the uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate comprising the at least one coating precursor material resulting in the coated lens, the single electromagnetic pulse having a wavelength range C, - the wavelength range B of the second transmittance comprises or encompasses the wavelength range A of the first transmittance, - the wavelength range C of the single electromagnetic pulse comprises or encompasses the wavelength range A of the first transmittance and the wavelength range B of the second transmittance, - in the wavelength range A, the single electromagnetic pulse passes through the optical lens substrate and the coating precursor material, - in the wavelength range B, the single electromagnetic pulse passes through the coating precursor material, - in the wavelength range C not comprising or not encompassing the wavelength range A, the part of the single electromagnetic pulse of the remaining wavelength C is at least partially absorbed by the optical lens substrate.