Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 11, 230194-1(2023)

Design theory and method of off-axis four-mirror telescope for space-based gravitational-wave mission

Zichao Fan1, Hao Tan1, Yan Mo1, Haibo Wang1, Lujia Zhao1, Huiru Ji1, Zhiyu Jiang1, Ruyi Peng4, Liping Fu4, and Donglin Ma2,3、*
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  • 1School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 2School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 3Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, China
  • 4The National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
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    The telescopes for space-based gravitational wave detection are used to transmit the laser beam between spacecraft to support the precise interference measurement system. Therefore, the optical path stability of the telescope has become a crucial technical parameter. In this system, pupil aberrations provide deeper insights compared to traditional image plane aberrations in understanding optical path stability requirements, evaluating telescope imaging quality, and suppressing tilt-to-length coupling noise. Based on the theory of traditional imaging aberration and pupil aberration theory, the initial structure of the telescope is established, and the automatic correction of pupil aberration and image plane aberration is achieved through macro programming in the commercial optical software Zemax, thus achieving the design of a high-performance spaceborne telescope. Simulation results demonstrate that the design can meets the requirements of the TianQin mission.

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    Zichao Fan, Hao Tan, Yan Mo, Haibo Wang, Lujia Zhao, Huiru Ji, Zhiyu Jiang, Ruyi Peng, Liping Fu, Donglin Ma. Design theory and method of off-axis four-mirror telescope for space-based gravitational-wave mission[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2023, 50(11): 230194-1

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    Paper Information

    Category: Article

    Received: Aug. 8, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 19, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 26, 2024

    The Author Email: Donglin Ma (马冬林)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2023.230194

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