Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 10, 1022001(2022)
Design of Lightweight Long-Wave Infrared Athermalized Optical System with Hybrid Refractive-Diffractive
As per the requirements of high imaging quality, large relative aperture, lightweight, and wide temperature adaptability of the non-cooling thermal imaging system, based on the structural analysis of the lightweight optical system, the initial power distribution of the system is solved using the principle of optical-passive compensation. Moreover, a lightweight long-wave infrared athermalization optical system is designed using the characteristics of binary diffraction surface different from infrared materials. The focal length of the designed system is 50 mm, and the F-number is 1. It is suitable for a long-wave (8‒12 μm) infrared uncooled detector with a resolution of 640×512 and pixel size of 12 µm. The optical system comprises three lenses having a total mass of 67 g. In the temperature range of -40 °C‒60 °C, the modulation transfer function of each field of view is close to the diffraction limit. The experimental results of room temperature demonstrate that the designed system has a good athermalization effect.
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Zhengping Zhou, Heng Chen, Hui Ji, Xiaqing Li, Jun Liao. Design of Lightweight Long-Wave Infrared Athermalized Optical System with Hybrid Refractive-Diffractive[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(10): 1022001
Category: Optical Design and Fabrication
Received: Apr. 9, 2021
Accepted: May. 25, 2021
Published Online: May. 16, 2022
The Author Email: Zhou Zhengping (zhouzhengping1234@126.com)