Aberration modeling of thermo-optical effects applied to wavefront fine-tuning and thermal compensation of Sodern UV and LWIR optical systems

D. Battarel; P. Fuss; A. Durieux; E. Martaud

doi:10.1117/12.2191270

23 September 2015 Aberration modeling of thermo-optical effects applied to wavefront fine-tuning and thermal compensation of Sodern UV and LWIR optical systems

D. Battarel, P. Fuss, A. Durieux, E. Martaud

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Proceedings Volume 9626, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Design and Engineering VI; 96260M (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191270
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2015, Jena, Germany

Abstract

As a manufacturer of optical systems for space applications, Sodern is faced with the necessity to design optical systems which image quality remains stable while the environment temperature changes. Two functions can be implemented: either a wavefront control or the athermalization of the optical system. In both cases, the mechanical deformations and thermal gradients are calculated by finite-element modeling with the IDEAS NX7 software. The data is then used in CODE V models for wavefront and image quality evaluation purposes. Two cases are presented: one is a UV beam expander in which a wavefront control is implemented and the other is an athermalized IR camera. The beam expander has a wavefront–tuning capability by thermal control. In order to perform the thermo-optical analysis in parallel with the opto-mechanical development, the thermo-optical modeling is done step by step in order to start before the mechanical design is completed. Each step then includes a new modeling stage leading to progressive improvements in accuracy. The IR camera athermalization is achieved through interaction between the mechanical CAD software and the optical design software to simulate the axial thermal gradients, radial gradients and all other thermal variations. The purpose of this paper is to present the steps that have led to the final STOP (Structural, Thermal Optical) analysis. Using incremental accuracy in modeling the thermo-optical effects enables to take them into account very early in the development process to devise all adjustment and test procedures to apply when assembling and testing the optical system.

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D. Battarel, P. Fuss, A. Durieux, and E. Martaud "Aberration modeling of thermo-optical effects applied to wavefront fine-tuning and thermal compensation of Sodern UV and LWIR optical systems", Proc. SPIE 9626, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Design and Engineering VI, 96260M (23 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191270

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