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Aspheric and double-aspheric design explained

A surface whose curvature is not described by one spherical radius throughout.

Lens design and materials

How to understand it

Design freedom can help balance shape and optical behaviour. Double-aspheric usually refers to optimisation on both surfaces.

An example

A lens can simultaneously be 1.60 material, aspheric and single vision; these labels answer different questions.

A common mix-up

Double aspheric is not bifocal and does not automatically add a reading zone.

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