Athermalization for infrared dual field-of-view optical system

Changcheng Yang; Shenghui Li

doi:10.1117/12.755636

28 November 2007 Athermalization for infrared dual field-of-view optical system

Changcheng Yang, Shenghui Li

Proceedings Volume 6834, Optical Design and Testing III; 68342B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.755636
Event: Photonics Asia 2007, 2007, Beijing, China

Abstract

With the principle of mechanical passive athermalization, a method of making the dual field-of-view (DFOV) switching zoom system for passive athermalization is presented. The long effective focal length (EFL) and short EFL have the same focus shift values of temperature by optical material combination of switching groups. So the long EFL and short EFL of this system achieve the best temperature compensation simultaneously by moving the compensated lens with the same distance, and the system has the best images and parfocality in a large working temperature. A DFOV switching zoom system is designed. It has a relative aperture of f/4.0, 100% cold shield efficiency, the EFL of 180mm/60mm at 3.7-4.8μm. The movement of compensated lens can be achieved with four layers of aluminum/titanium materials. Compared with the MTF of a normal switching zoom system without athermalization, this system needn't move the compensated lens repeatedly to obtain the best images from -30°C to 70°C and enhances the performance of target tracking and recognition.

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Changcheng Yang and Shenghui Li "Athermalization for infrared dual field-of-view optical system", Proc. SPIE 6834, Optical Design and Testing III, 68342B (28 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.755636

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