Patent ID: 8298459

Claim:
A method for fabrication of injection molded optical elements, the method comprising: providing a moldplate made of predetermined moldplate material, the moldplate having one or more cavities configured to receive injected optical material within walls of said one or more cavities, each of said one or more cavities having a predetermined geometric profile approximately corresponding to a predetermined optical profile; injecting the optical material into the one or more cavities of said moldplate, the injected optical material forming a meniscus due to a surface tension of the optical material contained within the walls of said one or more cavities such that the optical material does not physically contact a region where the walls of the cavity meet, the meniscus having a shape corresponding to the predetermined optical profile; curing the optical material contained with the walls of the one or more cavities such that an optical element having the predetermined optical profile is formed in each of said one or more cavities of said moldplate.