Optical design of three-mirror telescope system for infra-red and visible imaging

적외선 및 가시광선 결상용 3반사망원경계의 설계

  • Published : 1996.09.01

Abstract

To design three-mirror telescope system (F/8, 120 inch in focal length) for visible and infra-red band imaging, methods for power configuring and correction of the third order aberrations were studied. In the design of the telescope system, a three-mirror system corrected for spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism was used for infra-red imaging, and the aberrations were corrected by using conic surfaces. For visible imaging, a singlet corrector lens was appended at the front of the focal plane to correct filed curvature. The telescope system has diffraction limited performance for 10 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in wavelength within 2.4$^{\circ}$ of field-of-view. In the visible band imaging, the rms spot size of the telescope system is less than 25 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ within 3$^{\circ}$ of field-of-view for monochromatic light, and the telescope system satisfies flat field condition for CCD application.

적외선, 가시광선 겸용의 3반사망원경계를 설계하기 위하여 형상설계법 및 3차수차의 보정방법이 연구되었다. 적외선용의 광학계는 3반사경계만으로 구성되었으며 원추곡면화를 통하여 구면수차, 코마, 비점수차를 보정하였다. 가시광선용의 광학계는 적외선용의 3반사경계의 상면앞에 보정렌즈를 추가하여 상면만곡을 보정하였다. 설계된 3반사망원경계는 파장 10.mu.m에서는 시계 2.4.deg. 내에서 회절한계의 결상성능을 가지고 있다. 가싣광선대역의 단파장에 대한 rms spot size는 3.deg. 시계내에서 25.mu.m이하이며, CCD의 사용에 적합하도록 flat field 조건을 만족하고 있다.

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