Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 2, 20210852(2022)

Review of design methodology for starting-point of freeform surface imaging optical system

Ningyan Xu1... Lu Chen2, Jing Huang1, Yutong Zou1, Qun Yuan1 and Zhishan Gao1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 2Northern Information Control Research Institute Group Co. Ltd, Nanjing 211153, China
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    Different off-axis structures. (a) 4-type structure off-axis two-reflective system; (b) Z-type structure two-reflective system; (c)-(j) Eight structural types of off-axis three-reflective system
    Schematic of the principle of partial differential equation method
    Schematic of the principle of SMS
    Schematic of the principle of CI-2D[27]. (a) Initial structure; (b) Sampling feature rays; (c) Construction of surface and iteration; (d) Starting-point of freeform surface imaging optical system
    Schematic of expending FOV. (a) Expanding the FOV in the X; (b) Expanding the FOV in the Y
    Flow chart of alternate optimization method based on freeform surface
    Optical path of ellipsoidal mirror system. (a) Single ellipsoid mirror; (b) Overlapping double ellipsoidal mirrors; (c) A head-mounted display system[37]
    Design of single reflector[38]
    Design examples of fusion of parabolid. (a) Czerny-Turner imaging spectrometer[40]; (b) f-θ telecentric scanning system[41]
    Design steps of fusion of parabolid[42]. (a) Split FOV/aperture; (b) Solve parameter of sub-mirror of off-axis paraboloid; (c) Surface fusion
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    Ningyan Xu, Lu Chen, Jing Huang, Yutong Zou, Qun Yuan, Zhishan Gao. Review of design methodology for starting-point of freeform surface imaging optical system[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(2): 20210852

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    Category: Special issue-Precision optical metrological testing

    Received: Nov. 15, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 21, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210852

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