Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 36, Issue 7, 708001(2016)

Aberration Properties of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System

Shi Haodong1、*, Zhang Xin2, Wang Lingjie2, Wang Chao2, and Jiang Huilin1
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    Based on the vector aberration theory, a method to analyze aberration field distribution induced by the Fringe Zernike polynomial off-axis freeform surface is proposed. The analytical expressions of third-order astigmatism and coma of off-axis freeform surface system are deduced. The aberration nodal distribution of off-axis system caused by the freeform surface is analyzed. According to the aberration distribution properties, with proper Zernike terms selected and optimized, an off-axis two-mirror freeform surface long-wave infrared optical system is designed, and the system has an effective focal length of 500 mm and a pupil diameter of 300 mm. The system is compatible with the uncooled infrared detector that has a format of 384 pixel×288 pixel, and the pixel size is 25 μm. The third-order astigmatism and coma nodes of the optimized system are both moved into the field of view, the asymmetric aberration induced by off-axis is balanced, and the imaging quality of the system is close to the diffraction limit that meets application requirements.

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    Shi Haodong, Zhang Xin, Wang Lingjie, Wang Chao, Jiang Huilin. Aberration Properties of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2016, 36(7): 708001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Geometric Optics

    Received: Jan. 20, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 8, 2016

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

    DOI:10.3788/aos201636.0708001

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