Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 12, 1211003(2016)

Application of Chalcogenide Glass in Designing a Long Wavelength Infrared Athermalized Wide-angle Lens

WANG Jing1,2、*, WU Yue-hao1,2, JIANG Bo1,2, DAI Shi-xun1,2, XU Tie-feng1,2, and MU Rui3
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    A Long Wavelength Infrared(LWIR) wide-angle lens whose Field Of View(FOV) is 110° was proposed. The operating wavelength of the lens is a range from 8 to 12 μm, the operating temperature range is -40℃~60℃, the effective focal length is 5mm, and the F number is 2. This design utilizes a combination of 6 lens elements that are made of chalcogenide glass materials, Zinc Sulfide, and Zinc Selenide. The optical powers of the lens elements as well as their locations were carefully calculated and optimized to simultaneously eliminate the chromatic and thermal aberrations for the designed wavelength/temperature range. Taking advantage of the superior molding capability of chalcogenide glasses, the proposed design incorporates three aspherical surfaces on lens elements fabricated with chalcogenide glasses, such that optical aberrations can be furtherly corrected. According to the design results, the proposed system can produce thermal images with a close to diffraction limited performance for the temperature range from -40℃ to 60℃. At the spatial frequency of 15 lp/mm, the Modulation Transfer Function(MTF) values of the proposed system are higher than 0.4 for the entire FOV, and at the same time, system distortion is controlled below 5%.

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    WANG Jing, WU Yue-hao, JIANG Bo, DAI Shi-xun, XU Tie-feng, MU Rui. Application of Chalcogenide Glass in Designing a Long Wavelength Infrared Athermalized Wide-angle Lens[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2016, 45(12): 1211003

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 11, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2016

    The Author Email: Jing WANG (1241991601@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20164512.1211003

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