Optical component with embedded mask

A device, comprising:

• a lens;
• an image sensor;
• and
• an optical prism configured to fold visible light passing from the lens to guide the light through the optical prism to the image sensor, wherein the optical prism comprises:
• a first glass component including a mask at a first surface of the first glass component;
• and
• a second glass component bonded with the first glass component at the first surface of the first glass component, using a non-adhesive bonding process, such that the mask is embedded inside the optical prism between the first and second glass components,
• wherein the mask is configured to block light transmission within a portion of the optical prism and between the first glass component and the second glass component.

A camera, comprising:

• one or more lenses;
• an image sensor;
• and
• an optical prism placed optically between the one or more lenses and the image sensor, wherein forming the optical prism comprises:
• creating a mask at a first surface of a first glass component;
• and
• bonding, using a non-adhesive bonding process, a second glass component with the first glass component at the first surface of the first component to form the optical prism with the mask embedded inside the optical prism between the first and second glass components,
• wherein the mask is configured to block visible light transmission within a portion of the optical prism and between the first glass component and the second glass component.