Design of Athermalized Infrared Telephoto Lens

Abstract:

IR optical system is much more appropriate to be applied in cluttered and formidable conditions. The change of temperature could degrade image quality of the infrared optical system. So the athermalization becomes the difficult part and key factor in the designing of MWIR optical systems for working under temperature range of -40°C~60°C. In this paper, the infrared telephoto lens is designed; it meets the designing requirements and has good image quality. The effective focal length is 240mm and the F-number is 2.The full field of view is 3.2°. In order to balance the chromatic aberration, an aspherical surface is used in the athermalized infrared optical system. Through carefully selected optical material and reasonable optical power distribution, passive optical athermalization can be realized. The curve of MTF is close to diffraction limit. Within the working temperature, the value of MTF at 30cy/mm is always large than 0.6. The results show that the modulation transfer function (MTF) of optical system in all field of view approaches the diffraction limit at different temperature, and 80% energy concentrates in 1 pixel.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 552)
• Pages: 8-13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.552.8
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Yu Zhang, Ji Yang Shang, Yue Xu, Wen Sheng Wang
• Keywords: Athermalization Optical Design, Infrared Aspherical Optical System, Infrared Telephoto Lens, Optical Passive Compensating

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