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Design of an Optical System for a Space Target Detection Camera

  • Zhang, Liu (College of Instrumentation & Engineering Electrical, Jilin University) ;
  • Zhang, Jiakun (College of Instrumentation & Engineering Electrical, Jilin University) ;
  • Lei, Jingwen (College of Instrumentation & Engineering Electrical, Jilin University) ;
  • Xu, Yutong (College of Instrumentation & Engineering Electrical, Jilin University) ;
  • Lv, Xueying (College of Instrumentation & Engineering Electrical, Jilin University)
  • Received : 2021.12.29
  • Accepted : 2022.05.11
  • Published : 2022.08.25
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Abstract

In this paper, the details and design process of an optical system for space target detection cameras are introduced. The whole system is divided into three structures. The first structure is a short-focus visible light system for rough detection in a large field of view. The field of view is 2°, the effective focal length is 1,125 mm, and the F-number is 3.83. The second structure is a telephoto visible light system for precise detection in a small field of view. The field of view is 1°, the effective focal length is 2,300 mm, and the F-number is 7.67. The third structure is an infrared light detection system. The field of view is 2°, the effective focal length is 390 mm, and the F-number is 1.3. The visible long-focus narrow field of view and visible short-focus wide field of view are switched through a turning mirror. Design results show that the modulation transfer functions of the three structures of the system are close to the diffraction limit. It can further be seen that the short-focus wide-field-of-view distortion is controlled within 0.1%, the long-focus narrow-field-of-view distortion within 0.5%, and the infrared subsystem distortion within 0.2%. The imaging effect is good and the purpose of the design is achieved.

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The authors thank National Natural Science Foundation of China for help identifying collaborators for this work.

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