Abstract:
A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A STREAM OF LIGHT COMPRISING A MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A STREAM OF LIGHT TO BE CONTROLLED, A RARE EARTH DOPED HOST GLAS HAVING RARE EARTH IONS WHICH EXHIBIT EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION AT A WAVELENGTH CORRESPONDING TO THE WAVELENGTH OF THE STREAM OF LIGHT TO BE CONTROLLED
AND A MEANS FOR PUMPING THE IONS TO AN EXCITED STATE FOR CONTROL OF THE STREAM OF LIGHT BY ABSORPTION AS THE LIGHT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE DEVICE.
Abstract:
A mold for casting contact lenses from an unpolymerized resin such as silicone gum wherein the resin is polymerized by high energy radiation such as an electron beam. One side of the mold is a cap capable of transmitting radiation, which is positioned by a mandrel while the resin is being cast. The mandrel is removed while radiation is applied. Silicone contact lenses cured have substantially greater flexibility at the periphery than at the center may be produced by decreasing the amount of radiation applied to the periphery of the lens.