Imaging optical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11448865-B2
Application number	US-202117233833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2021
Priority date	Jan 15, 2021
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

An imaging optical system includes a primary reflecting mirror, a secondary reflecting mirror, a tertiary reflecting mirror, and an aperture stop. The imaging optical system has a field of view, a focal length of the field of view that is defined as FFL, and an effective aperture of a field of view entrance pupil that is defined as FEPD. The FFL and the FEPD at a central field of view are greater than that at the edge field of views, and the FFL and the FEPD change continuously.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging optical system, comprising:
a primary reflecting mirror;
a secondary reflecting mirror;
a tertiary reflecting mirror; and
an aperture stop; wherein the imaging optical system has a field of view, a focal length of the field of view defined as FFL, and an effective aperture of a field of view entrance pupil defined as FEPD; the FFL and the FEPD at a central field of view are greater than the FFL and the FEPD at the edge field of views, and the FFL and the FEPD change continuously; and the secondary reflecting mirror is between an image surface and the primary reflecting mirror.

2. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the FFL at the central field of view is twice the FFL at the edge field of views.

3. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the FEPD at the central field of view is twice the FEPD at the edge field of views.

4. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the imaging optical system has a field of view F-number that is defined as FFN, and the FFN is substantially unchanged with the field of view.

5. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein one field of view is defined as ω, another field of view adjacent to ω is defined as ω′, and an angle between ω and ω′ is defined as Δω, a distance between image points corresponding to ω and ω′ is defined as Δh, and the FFL of ω satisfies formula:

FFL
⁡

(

ω
,

Δ
⁢
ω

)

=

Δ
⁢
h

Δ
⁢
ω

,

wherein Δω=ω′−ω.

6. The imaging optical system of claim 4 , wherein the FFN is equal to a ratio of the FFL to the FEPD.

7. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the FFL of the central field of view is 4 mm, the FEPD of the central field of view is 20 mm, the FFL of the edge field of view is 20 mm, and the FEPD of the edge field of view is 10 mm.

8. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the aperture stop is located on the secondary reflecting mirror.

9. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , further comprising a detector adapted for recording information on an image surface.

10. The imaging optical system of claim 9 , wherein the detector is located at the image surface.

11. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the primary reflecting mirror, the secondary reflecting mirror, and the tertiary reflecting mirror are freeform surface reflecting mirrors; and the imaging optical system is a freeform surface off-axis three-reflecting mirror optical system.

12. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein the tertiary reflecting mirror is between an image surface and the primary reflecting mirror.

13. The imaging optical system of claim 1 , wherein a light beam projected from an object enters the primary reflecting mirror and is reflected on the primary reflecting mirror, to form a first reflected light beam; the first reflected light beam irradiates the secondary reflecting mirror and is reflected, to form a second reflected light beam; the second reflected light beam irradiates the tertiary reflecting mirror and is reflected, to form a third reflected light beam; and the third reflected light beam reaches an image surface to form an image.

14. An imaging optical system, comprising:
a primary reflecting mirror;
a secondary reflecting mirror;
a tertiary reflecting mirror; and

an aperture stop; wherein the imaging optical system has a field of view, a focal length of the field of view defined as FFL, and an effective aperture of a field of view entrance pupil defined as FEPD; and the FFL and the FEPD at a central field of view are greater than the FFL and the FEPD at the edge field of views, and the FFL and the FEPD change continuously.

15. The imaging optical system of claim 14 , wherein the FFL at the central field of view is twice the FFL at the edge field of views.

16. The imaging optical system of claim 14 , wherein the FEPD at the central field of view is twice the FEPD at the edge field of views.

17. The imaging optical system of claim 14 , wherein the imaging optical system has a field of view F-number that is defined as FFN, the FFN is equal to a ratio of the FFL to the FEPD, and the FFN is substantially unchanged with the field of view.

18. The imaging optical system of claim 14 , wherein the FFL of the central field of view is 40 mm, the FEPD of the central field of view is 20 mm, the FFL of the edge field of view is 20 mm, and the FEPD of the edge field of view is 10 mm.

19. The imaging optical system of claim 14 , wherein the secondary reflecting mirror is between an image surface and the primary reflecting mirror.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Jun
• Zhang Ben-Qi
• Jin Guo-Fan
• Fan Shou-Shan

Classifications

• G02B17/0636

  off-axis or unobscured systems in which all of the mirrors share a common axis of rotational symmetry · CPC title

• G02B17/0626 Primary

  using three curved mirrors (G02B17/0668, G02B17/0694 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B17/0642 Primary

  off-axis or unobscured systems in which not all of the mirrors share a common axis of rotational symmetry, e.g. at least one of the mirrors is warped, tilted or decentered with respect to the other elements · CPC title