• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 36, Issue 7, 708001 (2016)
Shi Haodong1、*, Zhang Xin2, Wang Lingjie2, Wang Chao2, and Jiang Huilin1
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201636.0708001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shi Haodong, Zhang Xin, Wang Lingjie, Wang Chao, Jiang Huilin. Aberration Properties of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2016, 36(7): 708001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Based on the vector aberration theory, a method to analyze aberration field distribution induced by the Fringe Zernike polynomial off-axis freeform surface is proposed. The analytical expressions of third-order astigmatism and coma of off-axis freeform surface system are deduced. The aberration nodal distribution of off-axis system caused by the freeform surface is analyzed. According to the aberration distribution properties, with proper Zernike terms selected and optimized, an off-axis two-mirror freeform surface long-wave infrared optical system is designed, and the system has an effective focal length of 500 mm and a pupil diameter of 300 mm. The system is compatible with the uncooled infrared detector that has a format of 384 pixel×288 pixel, and the pixel size is 25 μm. The third-order astigmatism and coma nodes of the optimized system are both moved into the field of view, the asymmetric aberration induced by off-axis is balanced, and the imaging quality of the system is close to the diffraction limit that meets application requirements.
    Shi Haodong, Zhang Xin, Wang Lingjie, Wang Chao, Jiang Huilin. Aberration Properties of Off-Axis Freeform Surface Optical System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2016, 36(7): 708001
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