Patent ID: 8842370

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an optical element, the optical element improving contrast sensitivity, low-contrast visual acuity, and vernier acuity in one eye of a subject, the method comprising: obtaining a prescription for the one eye, wherein the prescription comprises corrections for one or more high order aberrations in the subject's one eye, wherein the prescription further comprises an aberration structure inside a 3 mm diameter of an optical center of the lens, wherein the aberration structure is selected to maximize a modulation transfer function (MTF) below a Nyquist resolution of the subject's one or more eyes, wherein a Nyquist resolution limit is a minimum visual acuity measured due to a cone density in a human fovea; and applying the prescription to the optical element, wherein the optical element is configured for use as a eyepiece of one or more of a telescope, a microscope, a rifle scope, a binoculars and a spectacle lens and further comprises a cured polymer, the cured polymer material comprising a fixed index of refraction, and wherein the one or more high order aberrations are symmetrical high order aberrations.