Chinese Optics, Volume. 15, Issue 4, 761(2022)

Optical design of space gravitational wave detection telescope

Jian-cong LI1, Hong-an LIN1, Jia-xiong LUO1, Yan-xiong WU1,3、*, and Zhi WANG2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
  • 2Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 3Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan 528000, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    Telescope optical system of space laser interferometer
    The relative position of the interference beam and the four-quadrant detector
    Combined cosine and sine terms of the tilt aberration. (a) Vertical tilt aberration; (b) horizontal tilt aberration; (c) combined tilt aberration
    Normalized coefficients of the and matrices归一化的和系数矩阵
    The influence of different aberrations on TTL noise in the matrix矩阵中不同像差对TTL噪声的影响
    The effect of low-order aberration on TTL noise under different proportions
    Optimized structure of the telescope optical system
    (a) Wavefront at the exit pupil of the telescope after optimization; (b) calculation results of TTL coupled noise
    Statistical results of coupling coefficient with Monte Carlo tolerance analysis
    • Table 1. The fourteen Zernike aberrations consist of the first 25 terms of Fringe Zernike polynomials

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      Table 1. The fourteen Zernike aberrations consist of the first 25 terms of Fringe Zernike polynomials

      in, mj${\textit{z}_j}\left( {\rho ,\theta } \right)$Aberration Name
      2,31,±11${\text{2} }\rho \cos (\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{TI}}} })$Tilt (TI)
      42,02$ \sqrt 3 \left( {2{\rho ^2} - 1} \right) $Defocus (DE)
      5,62,±23$\sqrt 6 {\rho ^2}\cos(2\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{PA}}} })$Primary astigmatism (PA)
      7,83,±14$\sqrt 8 \left( {3{\rho ^2} - 2\rho } \right)\cos (\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{PC}}} })$Primary coma (PC)
      94,05$ \sqrt 5 \left( {6{\rho ^4} - 6{\rho ^2} + 1} \right) $Primary spherical (PS)
      10,113,±36$\sqrt 8 {\rho ^3}\cos(3\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{PTR}}} })$Primary trefoil (PTR)
      12,134,±27$\sqrt {10} \left( {4{\rho ^4} - 3{\rho ^2} } \right)\cos (2\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{SA}}} })$Secondary astigmatism (SA)
      14,155,±18$\sqrt {12} \left( {10{\rho ^5} - 12{\rho ^3} + 3\rho } \right)\cos (\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{SC}}} })$Secondary coma (SC)
      166,09$ \sqrt 7 \left( {20{\rho ^6} - 30{\rho ^4} + 12{\rho ^2} - 1} \right) $Secondary spherical (SS)
      17,184,±410$\sqrt {10} {\rho ^4}\cos(4\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{PTE}}} })$Primary tetrafoil (PTE)
      19,205,±311$\sqrt {12} \left( {5{\rho ^5} - 4{\rho ^3} } \right)\cos (3\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{STR}}} })$Secondary trefoil (STR)
      21,226,±212$\sqrt {14} \left( {15{\rho ^6} - 20{\rho ^4} + 6{\rho ^2} } \right)\cos (2\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{TA}}} })$Tertiary astigmatism (TA)
      23,247,±113$4\left( {35{\rho ^7} - 60{\rho ^5} + 30{\rho ^3} - 3\rho } \right)\cos (2\theta - {\theta _{{\rm{TA}}} })$Tertiary coma (TC)
      258,014$ 3\left( {70{\rho ^8} - 140{\rho ^6} + 90{\rho ^4} - 20{\rho ^2} + 1} \right) $Tertiary spherical (TS)
    • Table 2. Average value of TTL coupling noise and probability statistics for TTL coupling noise not exceeding 25 pm/μrad under different proportions of low-order aberrations

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      Table 2. Average value of TTL coupling noise and probability statistics for TTL coupling noise not exceeding 25 pm/μrad under different proportions of low-order aberrations

      占比λ/60λ/50λ/40λ/30λ/20
      平均值比例平均值比例平均值比例平均值比例平均值比例
      20%4.75100.00%5.85100.00%7.60100.00%10.76100.00%18.1988.10%
      30%6.42100.00%7.86100.00%10.11100.00%14.1598.92%23.0560.86%
      40%8.21100.00%10.07100.00%12.7099.96%17.6288.50%28.4036.12%
      50%10.07100.00%11.98100.00%15.4196.50%21.2368.92%34.2420.76%
      60%11.88100.00%14.5198.54%18.1584.20%25.1648.26%39.3814.84%
      70%13.8499.32%16.7890.80%21.1667.80%29.0334.62%45.2810.78%
      100%19.8574.20%24.3250.98%30.5029.94%41.5214.30%64.155.36%
    • Table 3. Indicators of space telescope system

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      Table 3. Indicators of space telescope system

      系统参数技术指标
      入瞳直径/mm200
      工作波长/nm1064
      科学视场/μrad±8
      系统放大倍率40
      系统波像差≤ 0.03λ@1064 nm
      TTL耦合噪声≤ 25 pm/μrad
    • Table 4. Optimized design parameters of the telescope optical system

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      Table 4. Optimized design parameters of the telescope optical system

      望远镜曲率半径空气间隔圆锥系数
      主镜−1212.526−573.883−1.00537
      次镜−68.658676.229−1.36538
      三镜−760.425−227.503
      四镜736.659223.794
    • Table 5. High-order term coefficients of even-order aspheric surfaces of the secondary mirror

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      Table 5. High-order term coefficients of even-order aspheric surfaces of the secondary mirror

      项数4th6th8th10th12th
      系数2.9010×10−8−1.2858×10−107.6057×10−125.8855×10−14−4.5785×10−16
    • Table 6. Amplitude and orientation of the wavefront at the exit pupil of the telescope based on Zernike polynomials

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      Table 6. Amplitude and orientation of the wavefront at the exit pupil of the telescope based on Zernike polynomials

      Mag/Ori$A_2^{{\rm{DE}}}$$A_3^{{\rm{PA}}}/{\theta _{ {\rm{PA} } } }$$A_4^{{\rm{PC}}}/{\theta _{ {\rm{PC} } } }$$ A_5^{{\rm{PS}}} $$ A_6^{{\rm{PTR}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{PTR}}}} $$ A_7^{{\rm{SA}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{SA}}}} $$ A_8^{{\rm{SC}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{SC}}}} $
      Value/(mm·rad−1) 1.303.74/3.143.93/4.711.154.52/4.712.08/3.148.36/1.57
      Mag/Ori$ A_9^{{\rm{SS}}} $$ A_{10}^{{\rm{PTE}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{PTE}}}} $$ A_{11}^{{\rm{STR}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{STR}}}} $$ A_{12}^{{\rm{TA}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{TA}}}} $$ A_{13}^{{\rm{TC}}}/{\theta _{{\rm{TC}}}} $$ A_{14}^{{\rm{TS}}} $
      Value/(mm·rad−1) 5.859.04/1.579.69/4.717.64/3.144.03/1.570.93
    • Table 7. Tolerance allocation of the telescope

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      Table 7. Tolerance allocation of the telescope

      类型公差项主镜次镜三镜四镜
      加工公差曲率半径(mm)0.10.020.10.1
      二次曲面系数0.00050.001
      面型精度(λ)1/1001/1001/2001/200
      装调公差X向位移(μm) 152020
      Y向位移(μm) 152020
      Z向位移(μm) 152020
      X轴倾斜(″) 202020
      Y轴倾斜(″) 202020
      Z轴倾斜(″) 406060
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    Category: Original Article

    Received: Jan. 22, 2022

    Accepted: Mar. 22, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2022

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.2022-0018

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