Abstract:
An ophthalmic lens operable to protect the eye from harmful ultraviolet and high energy visible wavelengths of light and methods for producing the same.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of producing a retardation film excellent in stretchability and capable of achieving high alignment property. The method of producing a retardation film of the present invention is the method in which a lengthy resin film is stretched in a widthwise direction thereof while being conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof to provide a retardation film satisfying a relationship of 0.70
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens (30) comprising a substrate (31) and a functional film secured to a curved surface (SI) of said substrate. Said method comprises a method for transferring the functional film, which is initially planar, onto said curved surface. An organic thin-film interference filter is selected as said functional film in order to filter a predetermined band of wavelengths and the transferring method is carried out, wherein the maximum major deformation ratio to which the film is subjected on one surface is less than 3%. On the ophthalmic lens, the wavelengths with maximum filtration at the centre of the lens and the wavelengths with maximum filtration at the periphery of the effective area of the lens differ by less than 5%.
Abstract:
A method controls fabrication of a multi-layered integrated computational element designed to have a target optical spectrum. A transfer function is generated relating a blue wavelength, shift between an as-annealed optical spectrum and an as-fabricated optical spectrum of a first integrated computational element at a standard temperature. Using the transfer function, an initial compensating red shift is incorporated into a second integrated computational element such that the as-annealed optical spectrum of the second integrated computational element matches the target optical spectrum.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of producing a retardation film excellent in stretchability and capable of achieving high alignment property. The method of producing a retardation film of the present invention is the method in which a lengthy resin film is stretched in a widthwise direction thereof while being conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof to provide a retardation film satisfying a relationship of 0.70
Abstract:
Described herein is a cost-effective and time-efficient method for making UV-absorbing contact lenses. In contrast to the conventional method for making UV-absorbing contact lenses which involves copolymerizing a lens forming composition including a UV-absorbing vinylic monomer, a method of the invention involves dipping a contact lens in a solution of UV-absorbing polymer comprising carboxyl-containing monomeric units and UV-absorbing monomeric units to form a UV-absorbing coating on the contact lens.
Abstract:
Curved polarization filters and methods of manufacturing such filters are described in the present disclosure. An exemplary method includes laminating a planar polarization layer to a planar retarder layer at a predetermined orientation and bending the laminate to create a curved filter. The strain on the retarder layer results in stress- induced birefringence, and the predetermined orientation of the retarder substantially compensates for the stress-induced birefringence. In some embodiments, the predetermination is based on mathematical models. In some other embodiment, the predetermination is based on experimental data.
Abstract:
A solar control member (50; 62; 70; and 90) for determining solar control for a window (52) includes an optically massive layer (58; 66; and 80) between a gray metal layer (60; 64; 76; and 86) and a titanium nitride layer (56; 68; 78; and 88). The optically massive layer has sufficient thickness to retard or prevent constructive and destructive interference of reflected light. The optically massive layer may be an adhesive, but also may be one or more polymeric substrates. The gray metal layer is preferably nickel chromium, but other gray metal materials provide superior results as compared to the prior art. Also in the preferred embodiment, the titanium nitride layer is closer to the window (e.g., glass) than the gray metal layer.