Simultaneous null test of primary mirror and tertiary mirror in off-axis three-mirror optical system

Yajun Niu, Jun Chang, Weilin Chen, Benlan Shen

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Abstract

The null test of off-axis mirror plays a very important role in off-axis three mirror optical system design. The detection device depends on either complex detection optical system designs or high-precision null lens design. Both can only test one off-axis mirror and are not non-universal. In order to increase the detection efficiency, we innovatively propose a simultaneous null test method of primary mirror and three mirror in off-axis three mirror optical system. The simultaneous null test device is composed of a liquid zoom null lens. Simulation results show that the residual wavefront errors of testing a primary mirror and tertiary mirror are approximately 0.001 peak-to-valley (PV), and 0.003 (PV), respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Design and Testing VII
EditorsTina E. Kidger, Yongtian Wang, Kimio Tatsuno
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510604612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventOptical Design and Testing VII - Beijing, China
Duration: 12 Oct 201613 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10021
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Design and Testing VII
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period12/10/1613/10/16

Keywords

  • liquid zoom lens
  • null test
  • off-axis three-mirror optical system

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