Abstract
A design method along with its results, for a space optical system with high resolution and wide field of view, is described. Such optical systems can be used in the infrared as well as visible configurations. The proposed design is based on an on-axis Ritchey-Chrétien system with corrected lens element while the primary mirror is a segmented aperture. Here the on-axis concept allows wide-field enabling a variety of observations designed for the multi-object spectrometer instruments, optimized for low scattering and low emission of light. The use of segmented mirrors in the optical system allows adopting any method for its fabrication purposes. Segment results are discussed and the image quality of the design based on these results is evaluated in this paper.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1628-1632 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Optik |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |
Keywords
- High resolution
- Optical design
- Remote sensor
- Segmented mirror