Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 7, 0722002(2024)

Athermalization Design of Uncooled Long Waveband Infrared Continuous Zoom Optical System

Yufeng Tang, Shan Mao*, Yichen Song, Tao Lai, Peiqi Yuan, Xiaowei Ding, and Jianlin Zhao
Author Affiliations
  • Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Light-Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi an 710129, Shaanxi , China
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    Optical principle of mechanical positive group compensation zoom system
    Two-dimensional structure diagram of zoom optical system. (a) f '=60 mm; (b) f '=120 mm; (c) f '=180 mm
    MTF of optical system at different temperatures with different focal lengths. (a1)-(a3) f '=60 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃; (b1)-(b3) f '=120 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃; (c1)-(c3) f '=180 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃
    Field curvature and distortion diagrams of optical system at different temperatures with different focal lengths. (a1)-(a3) f '=60 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃; (b1)-(b3) f '=120 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃; (c1)-(c3) f '=180 mm, T=-40, 20, and 60 ℃
    Fraction of enclosed energy of zoom optical system with different focal lengths. (a) f '=60 mm; (b) f '=120 mm; (c) f '=180 mm
    Cross-sectional curves of aspheric surfaces
    Zoom curve
    • Table 1. Design index of zoom optical system

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      Table 1. Design index of zoom optical system

      SystemParameterIndex
      Zoom opticalsystemWorking waveband /µm8-12
      Field of view /(°)3.6-10.8
      Effective focal length (EFL) /mm60-180
      F-number2
      MTF@20 lp/mm>0.3
      Distortion /%<2
      Infrared detectorNumber of pixel arrays320×320
      Pixel size /(µm×µm)25×25
    • Table 2. Lens data of zoom optical system

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      Table 2. Lens data of zoom optical system

      SurfaceTypeRadius of curvatureThicknessGlass
      ObjectStandardInfinityInfinity
      1Standard107.93310.276ZnSe
      2Standard289.6491.000
      3Standard283.19310.992ZnS
      4Standard143.8464.662
      5Even asphere34.6654.430Ge
      6Standard30.64711.297
      7Standard184.5743.003IRG24
      8Even asphere62.93968.180
      9Even asphere94.5953.361Ge
      10Standard-2584.2853.699
      StopStandardInfinity1.790
      12Even asphere-189.8613.997Ge
      13Standard523.85032.531
      14Even asphere211.3333.000Ge
      15Standard546.13238.831
      ImageStandardInfinity
    • Table 3. Parameters of aspheric surface

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      Table 3. Parameters of aspheric surface

      Surface No.Conic4th order term6th order term8th order term10th order term
      5-0.2864.178×10-7-1.711×10-101.479×10-12-2.902×10-15
      8-0.029-2.249×10-6-1.540×10-93.986×10-12-1.594×10-14
      91.797-9.198×10-8-4.067×10-103.150×10-147.792×10-17
      12-9.827-4.380×10-71.732×10-103.776×10-12-6.915×10-15
      1405.821×10-7-1.049×10-85.962×10-11-1.293×10-13
    • Table 4. Image thermal defocus

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      Table 4. Image thermal defocus

      Focal length-40 ℃20 ℃60 ℃
      Short13.136
      Middle0911
      Long350
    • Table 5. Tolerance settings of system

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      Table 5. Tolerance settings of system

      Tolerance typeValue
      Refractive index0.0008
      Curvature radius /fringe2
      Surface irregularity /fringe0.25
      Thickness /mm±0.025
      Abbe number /%0.08
      Element decenter /mm±0.008
      Element tilt /(′)0.8
      Test wavelength /µm10
    • Table 6. Tolerance analysis results

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      Table 6. Tolerance analysis results

      Yield rate /%MTF of short focal length >MTF of middle focal length >MTF of long focal length >
      900.3390.3330.336
      800.3510.3450.350
      500.3740.3690.371
      200.3920.3920.394
      100.4030.4040.405
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    Yufeng Tang, Shan Mao, Yichen Song, Tao Lai, Peiqi Yuan, Xiaowei Ding, Jianlin Zhao. Athermalization Design of Uncooled Long Waveband Infrared Continuous Zoom Optical System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(7): 0722002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Dec. 12, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 25, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Mao Shan (maoshan_optics@nwpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231922

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS231922

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