Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 15, 1522001(2024)

Design of Free-Form Surface Off-Axis Four-Mirror Optical System for Dynamic Target Simulation

Danni Zhang, Liang Nie*, and Yanlong Song
Author Affiliations
  • School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    Initial structure layout diagram of a coaxial four-mirror reflective optical system
    Flow diagram of the particle swarm algorithm
    Initial structure of the on-axis four-mirror optical system (a) Layout; (b) MTF curve
    Structure of the off-axis four-mirror optical system
    XY freeform surface profile. (a) Primary mirror; (b) secondary mirror; (c) three-mirror; (d) four-mirror
    MTF curve of visible band
    MTF curve of infrared band
    Circled energy distribution
    Grid distortion
    Physical image of off-axis four-mirror optical system
    Dynamic target simulation diagram.(a) Reticle target; (b) circular spot target
    • Table 1. Optical system parameters

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      Table 1. Optical system parameters

      ParameterSpecification

      Effective focal length /mm

      Entrance pupil diameter /mm

      Wavelength /μm

      -365

      160

      0.4‒0.7;8‒12

      Field of view /(°×°)6×2
      F-number2

      MTF /lp·mm-1(0.4‒0.7 μm)

      MTF /lp·mm-1(8‒12 μm)

      Detector pixel size /µm

      >0.5@50

      Diffraction-limited

      10.8

    • Table 2. 10-dimensional variable solution space

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      Table 2. 10-dimensional variable solution space

      ParameterRange

      α1

      α2

      [0,0.5]

      [0,0.5]

      α312

      β1

      β2

      β3

      k1

      k2

      k3

      k4

      [-5,-1]

      [0,3]

      [0,1]

      [-10,10]

      [-10,10]

      [-10,10]

      [-10,10]

    • Table 3. 6 groups of the on-axis four-mirror optical system structure parameters

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      Table 3. 6 groups of the on-axis four-mirror optical system structure parameters

      ItemF-numberα1α2α3β1β2β3k1k2k3k4w1w2w3w4w5w6
      13.960.500.481.64-1.921.700.43-0.782.15-10.0-0.82[2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4]
      25.730.440.411.64-2.162.280.43-0.761.09-7.74-0.91[2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4]
      34.920.450.431.75-2.141.760.47-0.861.55-7.98-0.74[2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3]
      43.750.500.501.72-2.001.380.47-1.276.29-10.0-0.70[3 2 1 1 1 5 5 5]
      53.780.500.481.67-1.931.600.45-1.383.1-10.0-0.81[2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3]
      63.470.500.432.00-1.761.310.56-1.59-0.02-6.86-0.54[3 1 2 1 1 4 4 4]
    • Table 4. Parameters of the on-axis four-mirror optical system

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      Table 4. Parameters of the on-axis four-mirror optical system

      MirrorRadius /mmThickness /mmConic
      M1-567.094-142.709-0.979
      M2-654.818140.4092.2
      M3124.428-140.218-4.517
      M4203.979157.507-0.564
    • Table 5. Parameters of the off-axis four-mirror optical system

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      Table 5. Parameters of the off-axis four-mirror optical system

      MirrorSurface typeRadius /mmThickness /mm
      M1XY polynomial-1159.50-270.03
      M2XY polynomial1801.82232.48
      M3XY polynomial138.29-264.42
      M4XY polynomial331.84255.22
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Jun. 27, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Liang Nie (nieliang@xatu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231608

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP231608

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