Athermalization optical design of dual-wavelength infrared optical system with double-layer harmonic elements

Fuzeng Kang, Yangyu Fan, Guoyun Lv, Yongshen Gao, Hao Wang, Yichao Li

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Abstract

A mathematical model of the diffraction efficiency change with the ambient temperature for the double-layer harmonic diffractive elements (HDE) is presented, and its effects are analyzed in this paper. The double-layer HDE structure is investigated and the optimization procedure is based on the equation of diffraction efficiency of the double-layer HDEs. By selecting appropriate design wavelength, the average diffraction efficiency of the system is reaching 99% in working wavelength and working temperature, which improves the image contrast and the image quality significantly. A set of dual-wavelength infrared optical system is designed based on dual-wavelength 320x240 element cooled thermal IR focal plane arrays detector. By introducing double-layer HDEs and aspheric surfaces, the chromatic aberration and the off-axis aberration are well corrected and the system structure is simplified. The system working in the wave band of 3.7∼4.8μm and 7.7∼9.5μm and with the F number of 2 is consisted of 8 elements and has 100% cold shield efficiency. The image quality evaluating results show that the performance of the dual-wavelength infrared optical system is very well in temperature from-40C° to +60C°.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThird International Conference on Photonics and Optical Engineering
EditorsAiling Tian
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510627796
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event3rd International Conference on Photonics and Optical Engineering - Xi'an, China
Duration: 5 Dec 20188 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11052
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Photonics and Optical Engineering
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period5/12/188/12/18

Keywords

  • diffraction efficiency
  • double-layer HDE
  • optical design

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