Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 8, 20200005(2020)

Design of the freeform imaging system with large field of view and large relative aperture

Bingxu Chen1, Zhiyuan Liao2, Chao Cao2, Yu Bai2, and Da Mu1
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  • 1School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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    In recent years, freeform surfaces have been used increasingly in off-axis reflective imaging systems with high performance levels. In this paper, the cooled off-axis reflection optical system with both a large FOV(field-of-view) and a large relative aperture was designed based on the initial structure from vector aberration theory and genetic algorithm, by using a biased input field and an offset aperture stop, utilizing freeform surfaces described byXY polynomials to increase degrees of freedom to correct off-axis aberrations. The working band of the system was LWIR(long wavelength infrared) 8-12 μm, the focal length was 400 mm, the F-number was 2, the FOV was $ 8^{\circ} \times 5^{\circ} $, and the average root mean square (RMS) wavefront error of the system was 0.037 054λ(λ=9 μm).The detector''s cold stop matches the exit pupil of the optical system which ensure a 100% efficiency of the cold diaphragm. The system has a high energy concentration and a good image quality.

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    Bingxu Chen, Zhiyuan Liao, Chao Cao, Yu Bai, Da Mu. Design of the freeform imaging system with large field of view and large relative aperture[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(8): 20200005

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    Category: 光学设计

    Received: Jan. 25, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 31, 2020

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200005

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