Patent ID: 8092017

Claim:
A method for producing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function, comprising the following steps: a) producing an optical component incorporating a plurality of active materials formed in at least part of the component and distributed in parallel with a surface of the component, at least one of the active materials being different from others of the active materials, each active material having an irradiation-modifiable optical property and being distributed into individual, pre-defined portions prior to modulation, the neighboring portions of the active material being separated by walls; and b) selectively irradiating the portions along the surface of the component to obtain the optical function by modulating the respective properties of the active materials from one portion to another, the modulation based on i) the distribution and shape of the portions as they exist before irradiation, said portions having dimensions smaller than 1 mm, and ii) the corresponding differences of irradiating requirements of the respective active materials, each active material being selectively irradiation-modified with respect to the other active materials by irradiating the component under irradiating conditions which correspond to the irradiating requirements of said active material.