Abstract: An integrated optical assembly comprises an optics mount, an optical element comprising material that is optically transparent, the optical element molded in the optics mount, and an optical aperture wherein the optical aperture is secured in fixed position with respect to the optics mount and the transparent optical element.

Abstract: An integrated optical assembly comprises an optics mount, an optical element comprising material that is optically transparent, the optical element molded in the optics mount, and an optical aperture wherein the optical aperture is secured in fixed position with respect to the optics mount and the transparent optical element.

Abstract: Methods and mold designs provide for fiducials in molding glass optical elements, such as glass lenses. A mold for use in the fabrication of a lens can include a first part of the mold including a first molding surface corresponding to a first surface of said lens, and a second part of the mold including a second molding surface corresponding to a second surface of said lens, the first and second part of the mold configured to apply pressure to a moldable material in at least one cavity therebetween, at least one marking structure located on at least one of the first part of the mold, the second part of the mold, or both, the at least one marking structure configured to form at least one fiducial in the molded structure. Such techniques are applicable to precision glass molding.

Abstract: An integrated optical assembly comprises an optics mount, an optical element comprising material that is optically transparent, the optical element molded in the optics mount, and an optical aperture wherein the optical aperture is secured in fixed position with respect to the optics mount and the transparent optical element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for precisely manufacturing a miniature lens for use in a digital camera for a cell phone, for example. The lens is manufactured using an optic pin that creates an optical surface of the lens and a mechanical alignment portion of the outer diameter of the lens in a single step. For example, the optic pin may be created in a single diamond-turning process.