Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 53, Issue 3, 0322001(2024)

Design Method of the Telescope with Freeform Surfaces Based on Optical Ellipticity Criterion

Jing HUANG1... Ningyan XU1, Yutong ZOU1, Wenyou QIAO1, Xulei LUN1, Meimei KONG2, Chenxi LU2, Zhishan GAO1 and Qun YUAN1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 2School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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    Figures & Tables(26)
    Schematic diagram of data transmission for MZDDE
    The calculation process of full field ellipticity
    Optimization design process for the fusion of wavefront aberration and ellipticity
    Initial structure of off-axis three-reflective telescope
    Full-field aberration before and after adding astigmatism
    Full-field aberration after adding coma
    Full-field aberration after adding conic coefficient
    Full-field aberration after structural transformation
    Full-field aberration after adding trefoil
    Full-field aberration after adding secondary coma
    Wavefront RMS distribution and ellipticity distribution after adding secondary coma
    Full-field aberration after structural transformation
    Wavefront RMS distribution and ellipticity distribution after structural transformation
    Full-field aberration after adding secondary astigmatism
    Wavefront RMS distribution and ellipticity distribution after adding secondary astigmatism
    Full-field aberration of the final structure
    Wavefront RMS distribution and ellipticity distribution of the final structure
    Line chart of Zernike aberration changes with optimization steps
    The deviation of freeform surface between the proposed method and traditional optimization results
    Wavefront RMS distribution and ellipticity distribution of the traditional optimization result
    • Table 1. Optical system index requirements

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      Table 1. Optical system index requirements

      ParameterSpecification
      Entrance pupil diameter/mm200
      Field of view (FOV)4°×4°
      Wavelength/nm587
      Focal length/mm600
      F-number3
      Total length/mm<550
      The maximum value of ellipticity0.15
      RMS value of ellipticity0.05
    • Table 2. Initial structural parameters of optical system

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      Table 2. Initial structural parameters of optical system

      SurfaceSurface typeRadius/ mmThickness/ mm
      PMSphere-1 734.215-452.529
      SMSphere-516.942490.628
      TMSphere-704.636-472.157
    • Table 3. Structural parameters of the optimization result of the proposed method

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      Table 3. Structural parameters of the optimization result of the proposed method

      SurfaceSurface typeRadius/mmThickness/mmConic
      PMZernike Fringe-1 812.606-464.424-1.151
      SMZernike Fringe-524.803497.6240.834
      TMZernike Fringe-712.918-481.5330.218
    • Table 4. Zernike Fringe polynomial coefficients of the optimization result of the proposed method

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      Table 4. Zernike Fringe polynomial coefficients of the optimization result of the proposed method

      SurfaceZ5Z8Z11Z12Z15
      PM-2.629×10-21.042×10-23.297×10-47.423×10-5-7.852×10-7
      SM0001.576×10-3-1.025×10-3
      TM-1.489×10-21.168×10-21.863×10-49.971×10-67.330×10-5
    • Table 5. Zernike Fringe polynomial coefficients of the traditional optimization result

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      Table 5. Zernike Fringe polynomial coefficients of the traditional optimization result

      SurfaceZ5Z8Z11Z12Z15
      PM-5.403×10-21.021×10-23.066×10-46.676×10-5-1.817×10-6
      SM-0.1696-1.149×10-2-1.549×10-34.550×10-4-1.503×10-3
      TM-3.668×10-28.242×10-3-3.944×10-5-8.853×10-54.836×10-5
    • Table 6. Comparison of optimization results using different methods

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      Table 6. Comparison of optimization results using different methods

      System

      RMS WFE

      average value/λ

      The maximum value of ellipticityThe average value of ellipticityStandard deviation of ellipticity
      System 10.035 20.030 30.015 60.007 3

      System 2

      (Conventional optimization methods)

      0.035 50.035 20.015 30.009 1
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    Jing HUANG, Ningyan XU, Yutong ZOU, Wenyou QIAO, Xulei LUN, Meimei KONG, Chenxi LU, Zhishan GAO, Qun YUAN. Design Method of the Telescope with Freeform Surfaces Based on Optical Ellipticity Criterion[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2024, 53(3): 0322001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Aug. 14, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 11, 2023

    Published Online: May. 16, 2024

    The Author Email: YUAN Qun (yuanqun@njust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20245303.0322001

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