• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 39, Issue 11, 1111004 (2019)
Yongfeng Zhang1、2、3 and Hao Xian1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610209, China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610209, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS201939.1111004 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yongfeng Zhang, Hao Xian. Statistical Properties of Wavefront and Image Field of Misaligned Segmented Optical Systems[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1111004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The segmented primary mirror is employed to construct the next-generation ground- and space-based large telescopes. Because of many disturbances, the segmented mirrors within the segmented primary mirror easily deviate from the desired position, leading to rigid misalignment. In particular, the piston error of segmented mirror along the direction of local optical axis and the tip/tilt error seriously affect the imaging quality. The statistical properties of the misaligned discontinuous wavefront caused by piston and tip/tilt errors and the centroid of the image field of the misaligned segmented optical system are analytically evaluated from a statistical perspective. Further, the Strehl ratio is calculated based on the Maréchal approximation by combining the statistical properties from the random discontinuous wavefront. The results of this study can be used to improve the understanding of the performance of the segmented imaging system.
    Yongfeng Zhang, Hao Xian. Statistical Properties of Wavefront and Image Field of Misaligned Segmented Optical Systems[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1111004
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