Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 20, 2011013(2024)

Multi-Aperture Optical-Fiber Imaging Technology with Mid-Wave Infrared Large Field-of-View (Invited)

Na Xie1、*, Sisheng Qi2, Yu Qiu3, Yuhai Li1, Haibo Yang1, Jiaxin Chen1, Zhiyong Yang2,3, and Kai Wang1
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  • 1National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Space Security, Tianjin , 300308, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu , China
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    The contradiction between the field of view (FOV) and spatial resolution of imaging systems cannot be solved easily via the conventional single-aperture imaging, primarily because an optical system with a large FOV presents significant distortion, which severely affects the angular resolution at the edge of the FOV. In this study, a parallel compound-eye and secondary-imaging-system structure is adopted, and a multi-aperture lens array is used to image the spatial scene once. Sub-eye image planes are pieced together, integrated using an infrared fiber bundle, and then coupled with a detector through a relay system. Experimental results show that an optical detection system based on this technology can achieve the same imaging distortion (less than 2%) between splicing large and sub-eye FOVs as well as a uniform angular resolution under all FOV angles, thus effectively achieving high-resolution mid-infrared imaging with small distortion in a large FOV.

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    Na Xie, Sisheng Qi, Yu Qiu, Yuhai Li, Haibo Yang, Jiaxin Chen, Zhiyong Yang, Kai Wang. Multi-Aperture Optical-Fiber Imaging Technology with Mid-Wave Infrared Large Field-of-View (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(20): 2011013

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jun. 19, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 27, 2024

    Published Online: Nov. 8, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241512

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241512

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