We propose a new graphical method for selecting a pair of optical and housing materials to simultaneously achromatize and athermalize a multilens system. To obtain the material combination using an athermal glass map, the material suitable for housing is graphically selected, and then the powers of elements constituting an equivalent single lens are redistributed. Although a material combination does not exist, we can continuously change the power of each element. Thus, we can reasonably identify a pair of optical and housing materials that simultaneously satisfies achromatic and athermal conditions. By applying this method to design a Tessar lens, the chromatic and thermal defocuses are reduced to less than the depth of focus, over the specified waveband and temperature ranges.
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In contrast to the current athermal map's lack of intuitiveness, we introduce a novel composite athermal map to visually evaluate the potential of lens system glass materials in achieving athermal and achromatic designs. Furthermore, unlike graphically manual methods for athermalization, we propose an automatic method to athermalize the optical system by glass selection using simulated annealing with memory augmentation (GlaSAM). This method employs a comprehensive objective function that integrates thermal aberration, chromatic aberration, secondary spectrum aberration, and Petzval curvature aberration.
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February 2023
Key Laboratory of Space-Based Integrated Information System, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
The remote sensing imaging requirements of aerial cameras require their optical system to have wide temperature adaptability. Based on the optical passive athermal technology, the expression of thermal power offset of a single lens in the catadioptric optical system is first derived, and then a mathematical model for efficient optimization of materials is established; finally, the mechanical material combination (mirror and housing material) is optimized according to the comprehensive weight of offset with temperature change and the position change of the equivalent single lens, and achieve optimization of the lens material on an athermal map. In order to verify the effectiveness of the method, an example of a catadioptric aerial optical system with a focal length of 350 mm is designed.
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July 2022
Science and Technology on Electro-Optical Information Security Control Laboratory, Tianjin 300308, China.
The special dispersion and temperature characteristics of diffractive optical element (DOE) make them widely used in optical systems that require both athermalization and achromatic aberrations designs. The multi-layer DOE (MLDOE) can improve the diffraction efficiency of the overall broad waveband, but its diffraction efficiency decreases with changes in ambient temperature. When the ambient temperature changes, the micro-structure heights of MLDOE and the refractive index of the substrate materials change, ultimately affecting its diffraction efficiency, and, further, the optical transform function (OTF).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report proposes an athermalization and achromatization method based on combined glasses and comprehensive distance weight to select and replace optical and housing tube materials quantitatively without multiple iterations. In addition, it presents a new achromatic and athermal condition of the replacement search method using combined glasses. It establishes an athermal glass map model combining the cluster center, tube materials, two combined lenses, and a rest equivalent lens to analyze the characteristics of the glass distribution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper presents a new method for determining a pair of cost-effective optical materials and powers to achromatize and athermalize a lens system, by introducing the material selection index including price level (MSIP). To obtain a relatively low-cost material effectively, we propose, to the best of our knowledge, a novel glass map including the price levels of the glasses. The materials with a small MSIP were selected on the glass map to correct chromatic aberration and thermal defocus easily, along with providing a cost-effective design.
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