Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 20230339(2023)

Design of cooled freeform off-axis three-mirror system with large rectangular field (invited)

Zhuang Qian1, Yan Mo2, Rundong Fan1, Hao Tan2, Huiru Ji2, and Donglin Ma1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical and Electronic Information & Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518057, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    Ray tracing of the chief ray and marginal ray for the coaxial TMA initial structure
    Schematic diagram of effective field vector
    Orientation of the two optical surface aberration contributions for coma, showing the individual aberration field centers and the coma node location[17]
    Coma distribution of all field of view for TMA designed based on NAT
    Optical system layout
    MTF curve of the optical system
    Spot diagram
    Grid distortion
    Monte Carlo analysis result of the system MTF at 25 lp/mm
    • Table 1. Parameters of the optical system and detector

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      Table 1. Parameters of the optical system and detector

      NatureParameter
      F-number 5
      FOV(2X×2Y) 30×25
      Focal length/mm150
      MTF>0.4@ 25 lp/mm
      Distortion<5%
      Pixel size/μm20
      Detector format4000×3400
      Detector typeCooled
      Wavelength/μm1.5-5
      Volume/mm3<1300×400×400
    • Table 2. Structure parameters of the optical system and surface parameters of mirrors

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      Table 2. Structure parameters of the optical system and surface parameters of mirrors

      SurfaceVertex coordinates/mmRadius/mmConicA4A6A8A10
      XYZ
      PM0.00.00.0360.06.7−6.7E-09−1.0E-013−4.7E-018−6.8E-22
      SM0.0−3.8−498.9621.5-----
      TM0.0−5.2683.1−494.2-----
      Stop0.0−79.2250.0------
      Image0.0−79.2150.0------
    • Table 3. Coefficients of polynomial surface

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      Table 3. Coefficients of polynomial surface

      SurfaceX2Y0 XY2 X2Y1 X0Y3 X4Y0 X2Y2 X0Y4 X4Y1 X2Y3
      SM−3.3E-5−2.6E-05−1.1E-07−5.0E-08−3.2E-114.1E-103.3E-103.4E-13−3.2E-12
      TM8.6E-59.7E-058.7E-088.4E-082.7E-104.9E-102.3E-101.3E-132.6E-13
      SurfaceX0Y5 X6Y0 X4Y2 X2Y4 X0Y6 X6Y1 X4Y3 X2Y5 X0Y7
      SM−2.2E-12−3.4E-161.0E-159.4E-154.9E-15−2.3E-18−5.7E-18−1.1E-17−4.4E-18
      TM5.0E-146.4E-161.7E-152.1E-154.6E-166.1E-192.1E-183.7E-181.1E-18
    • Table 4. Value range of tolerances

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      Table 4. Value range of tolerances

      SurfaceSurface irregularity (λ=635 nm) Spacing/ mm Decenter/ mm Tilt/ (°)
      PMRMS λ/20 ±0.03±0.03±0.02
      SMRMS λ/40 ±0.03±0.03±0.02
      TMRMS λ/40 -±0.03±0.02
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    Zhuang Qian, Yan Mo, Rundong Fan, Hao Tan, Huiru Ji, Donglin Ma. Design of cooled freeform off-axis three-mirror system with large rectangular field (invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(7): 20230339

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    Received: Jun. 7, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 16, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230339

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