Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 18, 1822002(2021)

Research on Polarization Aberration Characteristics of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System

Yilan Zhang1,2, Haodong Shi1、*, Chao Wang1, Yingchao Li1, Zhuang Liu1, Su Zhang1, and Huilin Jiang1
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  • 1National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Space Optoelectronics Technology, Jilin Key Laboratory of Space Optoelectronics Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
  • 2College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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    ing at the influence of the polarization aberration caused by the freeform surface on the imaging quality and measurement accuracy of the system, the polarization aberration analysis method of the freeform off-axis optical system with fringe Zernike polynomial is proposed based on Jones representation, and an analytical model of polarization aberration for freeform reflection optical system is constructed, and the effects of Z5 and Z6 in fringe Zernike polynomials on the polarization aberration distribution of off-axis field of view optical systems are analyzed. Through the tracing of the polarized light in the full field of view, it is verified that the freeform surface acts on the three polarization aberrations of the field of view off-axis optical system, such as phase aberration, diattenuation, and retardance. A full-field polarization aberration analysis is carried out for a large field of view off-axis three-mirror optical system with freeform surfaces. The analysis results show that the phase aberration distribution is consistent with the vector height distribution of the freeform surface, and the two-direction attenuation and phase delay are 50% of the total system.

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    Yilan Zhang, Haodong Shi, Chao Wang, Yingchao Li, Zhuang Liu, Su Zhang, Huilin Jiang. Research on Polarization Aberration Characteristics of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(18): 1822002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Mar. 10, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Shi Haodong (shihaodong08@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1822002

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