• Journal of Applied Optics
  • Vol. 44, Issue 5, 952 (2023)
Huai HUANG and Feng LIN*
Author Affiliations
  • Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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    DOI: 10.5768/JAO202344.0501002 Cite this Article
    Huai HUANG, Feng LIN. Design of off-axis three-mirror system with large symmetric field of view[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2023, 44(5): 952 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The off-axis reflection system has the characteristics of no chromatic aberration, no central obscuration and compact structure, but due to its asymmetric structure, its field of view is often a linear field of view. An off-axis three-mirror system with a large symmetric field of view was designed based on Zemax. The field of view is 13°×13°, the relative aperture is 1/5, the focal length is 800 mm, and the wavelength is 400 mm~1 000 mm. The primary mirror and the third mirror are free-form surfaces, and the secondary mirror is a quadratic surface. The design results show that the root mean square of spot diagram diameter of the proposed system is less than 5 μm, 80% of the energy is in the one pixel, the optical transfer function is close to the diffraction limit, and all the indicators meet the application requirements.