Lightweight diffractive telescope

Yue Zhong, Jun Chang*, Shan Du, Jiajing Cao, Huilin Jiang, Jie Sui

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Abstract

In order to collect detail information of the object in dim, the telescope image system need to be high-resolution and can gather enough power. These requires telescope image system with a large-diameter. Considering the load ability of the aircraft, there is also a strong demand for miniaturization and lightweight of the telescope system. Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) have great advantages in meeting these requirements. We designed two sets of telescope image systems with the same technical specifications. The primary mirrors of the two systems use traditional refractive lenses and DOEs respectively. By comparing the traditional refractive lenses and DOEs under the same focus and diameter, we demonstrate that DOEs have obvious advantages when it be applied in airborne optical systems with high requirements on volume and weight.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Design and Testing XI
EditorsYongtian Wang, Tina E. Kidger, Osamu Matoba, Rengmao Wu
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510646391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventOptical Design and Testing XI 2021 - Nantong, China
Duration: 10 Oct 202112 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11895
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Design and Testing XI 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNantong
Period10/10/2112/10/21

Keywords

  • Diffractive optical elements (DOEs)
  • optical design
  • telescope

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