Optical Instruments, Volume. 45, Issue 4, 40(2023)

Design of a solar blind ultraviolet optical system for corona detection

Liang SHEN... Shihong ZHU and Xiuling LIANG* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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    The solar blind ultraviolet optical detector accurately captures the ultraviolet radiation generated by corona discharge. In this paper, a fixed focal solar blind optical system was designed by using Zemax. The system comprises five standard spherical lens and has a working wavelength range of 240-280 nm, the F number of 2.5, the focal distance of 50 mm, a field angle of 20.4°, an optical length of 72 mm and matches with a ultraviolet image intensifier with a target diameter of 18 mm. The full field of modulation transfer function is greater than 0.8 at the spatial frequency of 20 lp/mm, the maximum distortion is less than 0.5%. The defocusing phenomenon of the system was analyzed across a temperature range of -20℃ to 60℃. The thermal defocusing amount was calculated at different temperatures, and a Passive mechanical compensation method was employed to correct thermal dispersion caused by temperature changes. Finally, through Monte Carlo simulation analysis, the system is given a reasonable tolerance allocation. The analysis results show that the system still maintains good imaging quality even after processing and assembly.

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    Liang SHEN, Shihong ZHU, Xiuling LIANG. Design of a solar blind ultraviolet optical system for corona detection[J]. Optical Instruments, 2023, 45(4): 40

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    Paper Information

    Category: OPTICAL SYSTEM

    Received: Dec. 11, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: LIANG Xiuling (xlliang@fjnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.2023.004.006

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