Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 5, 0522002(2021)

Indirect Imaging Method of Ritchey-Chretien Optical System with Large Field of View

Hanqing Zheng, Qingfeng Cui*, Yang Hu, Lin Sun, Yu Guo, and Xudong Gao
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  • School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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    Ritchey-Chretien (RC) optical system is widely used in long-distance detection fields such as aviation and aerospace. Due to its small field of view, additional optical elements are usually used to achieve large field of view imaging, but this will lead to a complex structure, which is not good for miniaturization and lightweight of the system. In view of this, a R-C system indirect imaging method is proposed. First, the aberration characteristics of the system are analyzed. Then, the wavefront model is constructed based on the wavefront aberration theory and Zernike polynomial. Second, the PSF model is established by Fourier transform. Finally, the image is processed by combining the deconvolution algorithm. In the case that only primary and secondary mirrors are used, the R-C system can achieve large field of view imaging. The R-C optical system with a focal length of 1300 mm, a full field of view of 0.9° and an F number of 4 is simulated. The simulation results show that the MTF of the proposed method increases by about 0.25 on average at a frequency of 40 cycle/mm, and the imaging quality is significantly improved.

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    Hanqing Zheng, Qingfeng Cui, Yang Hu, Lin Sun, Yu Guo, Xudong Gao. Indirect Imaging Method of Ritchey-Chretien Optical System with Large Field of View[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(5): 0522002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Jul. 21, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 7, 2021

    The Author Email: Cui Qingfeng (qf_cui@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.0522002

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