Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 52, Issue 1, 0111002(2023)

Spaceborne 10 m Synthetic Aperture Coherent Imaging Telescope and Wavefront Estimation

Jiang WU1...2, Daojing LI1,*, Anjing CUI1,2, Jinghan GAO1,2, and Kai ZHOU12 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Key Laboratory of Microwave Imaging Technology,Aerospace Information Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
  • 2School of Electronic,Electrical and Communication Engineering,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    Optical synthetic aperture imaging schematic of wavelength tunable laser local oscillator coherent array detector
    Optical synthetic aperture coherent imaging algorithm schematic
    Structure of wavelength tunable laser local oscillator infrared coherent array detector based on spatial optical path mixing
    Structure of dual band infrared diffractive optical system
    Main structure of the telescope
    Pupil function amplitude of 10 m telescope system
    Point spread function of 10 m telescope system
    Modulation transfer function of 10 m telescope system
    Flowchart of optical synthetic aperture coherent imaging simulation
    Simulation results of point target's complex image amplitude maps before and after coherent synthesis
    Simulation results of the received complex signal's design phase on the pupil plane before and after coherent synthesis
    Phase estimation simulation of complex image signals after coherent synthesis
    Simulation results of point target’s complex image amplitude maps before and after array deformation error compensation after coherent synthesis
    • Table 1. Telescope observation performance indicators

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      Table 1. Telescope observation performance indicators

      Main indicatorValue
      Infrared central wavelength/μm1.55/4.65
      10 m aperture telescope diffraction-limited angular resolution/μrad0.15/0.46
      10 m aperture telescope diffraction-limited imaging resolution corresponding to a 400 million km observation distance/km60/184
      Detector pixel size/μm8/25
      Sub-mirror pixel angular resolution/μrad3.2/10
      Sub-mirror diffraction-limited angular resolution/μrad3.1/9.3
      Detector array size1 024×1 024/512×512
      Sub-mirror single-scene field of view/mrad3.2/5.1
    • Table 2. Telescope detection sensitivity indicators

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      Table 2. Telescope detection sensitivity indicators

      Main indicator10 m synthetic aperture telescope in this paperTraditional 10 m aperture telescope
      Detection methodCoherent detectionDirect detection
      Receiving area/m228.2778.54
      Spectral range/μm1.45~1.651.1~2.4
      Polarization loss/dB30
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    Jiang WU, Daojing LI, Anjing CUI, Jinghan GAO, Kai ZHOU. Spaceborne 10 m Synthetic Aperture Coherent Imaging Telescope and Wavefront Estimation[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2023, 52(1): 0111002

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    Received: Jun. 7, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 19, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 27, 2023

    The Author Email: LI Daojing (lidj@mail.ie.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20235201.0111002

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