Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 15, 150101(2020)

Impact of Polarization Chromatic Aberration on Adaptive Optical Systems

Baiwei Xu1,2,3, Shijie Hu1,3、*, Jie Li3, Junqi Fan1,3, and Yi Tan1,3
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  • 1Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610209, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610209, China
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    In a laser transmission system that uses an adaptive optical system, the polarization effect of optical thin films will cause the polarization chromatic aberration, decreasing the correction ability of the system. In this study, the polarization chromatic aberration analysis of the Cassegrain system is performed. First, we employ the Jones Matrix to describe the impact of the polarization aberration caused by optical thin films on the amplitude and phase. Then, the scalar wavefront is extracted from the Jones pupil using the singular value decomposition method, and is used to the wavefront detector and aberration analysis of a Hartmann wavefront detector. The wavefront fitting is performed using Zernike polynomials. Finally, we analyze the reduction of the correction ability of the adaptive optical system.

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    Baiwei Xu, Shijie Hu, Jie Li, Junqi Fan, Yi Tan. Impact of Polarization Chromatic Aberration on Adaptive Optical Systems[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(15): 150101

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Oct. 10, 2019

    Accepted: Nov. 28, 2019

    Published Online: Aug. 4, 2020

    The Author Email: Hu Shijie (seakeyhu1@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.150101

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