Molded silicone rubber sheets with optical quality surfaces and methods
for making the same. The silicone rubber sheets are made by molding
liquid silicone rubber in a mold. In embodiments, the mold forms parallel
optical quality flat surfaces. In one embodiment, a stiffening plastic is
molded in the middle of the silicone rubber sheet between the parallel
optical quality flat surfaces. In another embodiment, the mold forms one
optical quality flat surface while the surface parallel to the optical
quality flat surface is bonded to a prism.