Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 13, 1322001(2024)

Design of LiDAR Receiving Optical System Based on Diffractive Lenses

Mengxia Hou1,2,3,4, Bin Fan2、*, Jiajia Yin2、**, Bo Liu2, Lihua Wang2, Dun Liu2, and Chao Hu2,3
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  • 1National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, Sichuan , China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, Sichuan , China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Diffractive lenses are lightweight and exhibit loose surface tolerance, rendering them a competitive option for lightweight lidar optical receiving systems. To address the challenge of low transmittance in single diffractive lenses when the F-number of the receiving system is small, this study introduces a hybrid structure comprising a diffractive lens, collimating group, and converging group. Based on this structure, a receiving optical system with a 50-mm aperture, a full angle of view of 0.9 mrad, an F-number of 1.78, and a wavelength band of (1064±0.1) nm is designed. The analysis results of the system indicate that the root-mean-square radius of the diffuse spot is significantly smaller than the Airy spot radius, and the imaging quality is approached to the diffraction limit. Considering the diffraction efficiency of the diffractive lens and the absorption and reflection of the glass material, the transmittance of the system is calculated to be 78.2%, meeting the practical application requirements of LiDAR for optical receiving systems. Therefore, a reference for the design of diffractive LiDAR optical receiving systems is provided by this system, offering a solution to enhance transmittance and overall performance.

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    Mengxia Hou, Bin Fan, Jiajia Yin, Bo Liu, Lihua Wang, Dun Liu, Chao Hu. Design of LiDAR Receiving Optical System Based on Diffractive Lenses[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(13): 1322001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Oct. 9, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 28, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 17, 2024

    The Author Email: Bin Fan (fanbin@ioe.ac.cn), Jiajia Yin (yinjj@ioe.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232246

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232246

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