Plastic optical transmission medium, process for producing the same and array of lenses using the same

摘要

A plastic optical transmission element having a body in which the refractive index varies continuously in a radial direction from the interior toward the surface of the body, may be free from the troubles derived from irregularity of the index distribution and flare by having a layer containing a light-absorbing substance under the surface thereof. Such a layer may be formed by contacting an untreated element with a solvent containing the light absorbing substance, when the solvent is selected so as to be capable of at least partially dissolving the plastic of the element.