Patent ID: 7854863

Claim:
A functional optical material for use in an optical system, comprising: (a) a polymer selected from one or more of: (1) a thermoplastic polymer; (2) a thermosetting polymer; or (3) a combination of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers; wherein said thermoplastic and/or thermosetting polymers contain carbon-hydrogen and/or carbon-fluorine functionality; and (b) one or more optically active chromophores being one or more of blended or copolymerized with said polymer; and one or more of: (c) a compatibilizer copolymerized with said polymer, having one or more pendant groups of nitrites, esters, hydroxyls, aromatics; fluorinated esters, or fluorinated aromatics; or (d) an adhesion promoter copolymerized with said polymer, having one or more pendant groups of nitrites, silanes, fluorinated silanes, organic acids; fluorinated organic acids, hydroxyls, fluorinated alcohols, amides, or amines.