Patent ID: 8485812

Claim:
An apparatus for fabrication of injection molded optical elements, the apparatus comprising: a moldplate made of predetermined moldplate material and 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 such that the optical material does not physically contact a region where the walls of the cavity meet; an injecting device configured to inject the optical material into the one or more cavities of said moldplate, wherein the injected optical material forms a meniscus due to a surface tension of the optical material contained within the walls of said one or more cavities, the meniscus having a shape corresponding to the predetermined optical profile; a curing device configured to cure the optical material injected into 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.