Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 9, 20220384(2022)

Long focal length aspherical mirror testing with CGH and auxiliary lenses (invited)

Yuxin Zhang1, Fazhi Li2, Lisong Yan1、*, Dong Yan1, Chaofan Wang1, Yuhe Zhang1, Binzhi Zhang4, Xin Zhang4, Mingxuan Cai5, Junchao He5, and Xiaokun Wang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2College of Railway Transportation, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 4Final Assembly Center, Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan 528200, China
  • 5School of Electro-Optical Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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    At present, the radius of curvature of the primary mirror in some large-aperture optical telescopes has reached the order of tens of meters. If the surface of the mirror is tested simply by CGH, the length of the testing optical path is not lower than the length of its radius of curvature. Due to factors such as site size and ambient airflow disturbance, it is difficult to achieve high-precision measurement of the mirror surface under these conditions. In order to solve the problem of high-precision surface testing of large-aperture long focal length optical mirror, a hybrid compensation method is proposed. This hybrid compensation method combines CGH and auxiliary lenses to effectively shorten the length of the testing optical path, and can realize null testing of aspherical mirrors. In the optical path design, it is necessary to effectively optimize the optical design parameters of the hybrid compensation optical path and the separation of the CGH diffraction order. At the same time, the optical path length should be less than the radius of curvature of the aspherical mirror to achieve the purpose of shortening the length of the testing optical path. By testing the EELT main mirror, the simulation test shows that the testing path length of the method can be shortened to less than 1/8 of the length of the radius of curvature of the surface. Designing testing accuracy is better than that of RMS λ/100 (λ=632.8 nm). The above simulation results show that this method can not only realize the shortening the length of the testing optical path, but also achieve the high-precision surface testing of the aspherical mirror.

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    Yuxin Zhang, Fazhi Li, Lisong Yan, Dong Yan, Chaofan Wang, Yuhe Zhang, Binzhi Zhang, Xin Zhang, Mingxuan Cai, Junchao He, Xiaokun Wang. Long focal length aspherical mirror testing with CGH and auxiliary lenses (invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(9): 20220384

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special issue—Ultra precision manufacture and testing technology of optical aspheric surface

    Received: Jun. 6, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: Yan Lisong (yanlisong@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220384

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