Co-aperture broadband infrared optical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9651763-B2
Application number	US-201515106699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses a co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, belonging to the field of infrared optical system. The system realizes long wave infrared (LWIR) imaging and broadband infrared spectrum measurement, and solves the problems of limited optical path layout, large volume and high cost of an optical system. The present invention includes a Cassegrain lens, a spectroscope, a reflector, several lens groups, an FPA interface and an optical fiber interface. Light (2 μm˜12 μm) is incident to the Cassegrain lens to be focused, then is split by the spectroscope, where 50% of the LWIR light (8 μm˜10 μm) passes through the lens group for aberration correction, and the image plane is focused again at the imaging interface. The other 50% of the LWIR light (8 μm˜10 μm) and the infrared reflected light (2 μm˜8 μm and 10 μm˜12 μm) pass through the lens group, and are reflected by the reflector, then focused at the optical fiber interface. The present invention is compact in overall structure and convenient and flexible to use, has relatively low cost, and can be integrated into an image-spectrum associated detection device to implement automatic detection and tracking, which can be widely used in civil and military fields such as environmental monitoring and infrared guidance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, comprising:
a Cassegrain lens;
a first lens group;
a spectroscope;
a second lens group;
an imaging interface;
a third lens group;
a reflector;
a fourth lens group; and
an optical fiber interface,
wherein the first lens group is located at an exit optical path of the Cassegrain lens and arranged coaxially with the Cassegrain lens;
a center of a mirror plane of the spectroscope coincides with a central axis, and the mirror plane of the spectroscope is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis;
the second lens group is located at a transmission optical path of the spectroscope;
the imaging interface is located at a tail of the second lens group, and an exit pupil of the second lens group coincides with an interface surface of the imaging interface, for arranging an imaging component;
the third lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the spectroscope;
a center of the mirror plane of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the third lens group, and the mirror plane of the reflector is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis, keeping parallel with the spectroscope;
the fourth lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the reflector;
the optical fiber interface is arranged at a rear of the fourth lens group, and an end surface of the optical fiber interface coincides with an exit pupil of the fourth lens group; and
the Cassegrain lens comprises a primary mirror and a secondary mirror, an obscuration ratio of the primary mirror and the secondary mirror is not greater than 1:3.

2. A co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, comprising:
a Cassegrain lens;
a first lens group;
a spectroscope;
a second lens group;
an imaging interface;
a third lens group;
a reflector;
a fourth lens group; and
an optical fiber interface,
wherein the first lens group is located at an exit optical path of the Cassegrain lens and arranged coaxially with the Cassegrain lens;
a center of a mirror plane of the spectroscope coincides with a central axis, and the mirror plane of the spectroscope is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis;
the second lens group is located at a transmission optical path of the spectroscope;
the imaging interface is located at a tail of the second lens group, and an exit pupil of the second lens group coincides with an interface surface of the imaging interface, for arranging an imaging component;
the third lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the spectroscope;
a center of the mirror plane of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the third lens group, and the mirror plane of the reflector is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis, keeping parallel with the spectroscope;
the fourth lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the reflector;
the optical fiber interface is arranged at a rear of the fourth lens group, and an end surface of the optical fiber interface coincides with an exit pupil of the fourth lens group; and

the first lens group comprises a crescent convex lens and a planoconvex lens sequentially arranged coaxially at the central axis, for performing aberration correction and chromatic aberration correction on an infrared light focused by the Cassegrain lens.

3. A co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, comprising:
a Cassegrain lens;
a first lens group;
a spectroscope;
a second lens group;
an imaging interface;
a third lens group;
a reflector;
a fourth lens group; and
an optical fiber interface,
wherein the first lens group is located at an exit optical path of the Cassegrain lens and arranged coaxially with the Cassegrain lens;
a center of a mirror plane of the spectroscope coincides with a central axis, and the mirror plane of the spectroscope is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis;
the second lens group is located at a transmission optical path of the spectroscope;
the imaging interface is located at a tail of the second lens group, and an exit pupil of the second lens group coincides with an interface surface of the imaging interface, for arranging an imaging component;
the third lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the spectroscope;
a center of the mirror plane of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the third lens group, and the mirror plane of the reflector is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis, keeping parallel with the spectroscope;
the fourth lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the reflector;
the optical fiber interface is arranged at a rear of the fourth lens group, and an end surface of the optical fiber interface coincides with an exit pupil of the fourth lens group; and
the second lens group comprises a first concave lens, a second concave lens, a first planoconvex lens, a third concave lens, and a second planoconvex lens that are disposed sequentially and coaxially.

4. A co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, comprising:
a Cassegrain lens;
a first lens group;
a spectroscope;
a second lens group;
an imaging interface;
a third lens group;
a reflector;
a fourth lens group; and
an optical fiber interface,
wherein the first lens group is located at an exit optical path of the Cassegrain lens and arranged coaxially with the Cassegrain lens;
a center of a mirror plane of the spectroscope coincides with a central axis, and the mirror plane of the spectroscope is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis;
the second lens group is located at a transmission optical path of the spectroscope;
the imaging interface is located at a tail of the second lens group, and an exit pupil of the second lens group coincides with an interface surface of the imaging interface, for arranging an imaging component;
the third lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the spectroscope;
a center of the mirror plane of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the third lens group, and the mirror plane of the reflector is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis, keeping parallel with the spectroscope;
the fourth lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the reflector;
the optical fiber interface is arranged at a rear of the fourth lens group, and an end surface of the optical fiber interface coincides with an exit pupil of the fourth lens group; and
the third lens group comprises a concave lens, a planoconvex lens, and another concave lens that are disposed sequentially and coaxially.

5. A co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, comprising:
a Cassegrain lens;
a first lens group;
a spectroscope;
a second lens group;
an imaging interface;
a third lens group;
a reflector;
a fourth lens group; and
an optical fiber interface,
wherein the first lens group is located at an exit optical path of the Cassegrain lens and arranged coaxially with the Cassegrain lens;
a center of a mirror plane of the spectroscope coincides with a central axis, and the mirror plane of the spectroscope is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis;
the second lens group is located at a transmission optical path of the spectroscope;
the imaging interface is located at a tail of the second lens group, and an exit pupil of the second lens group coincides with an interface surface of the imaging interface, for arranging an imaging component;
the third lens group is located at a reflection optical path of the spectroscope;
a center of the mirror plane of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the third lens group, and the mirror plane of the reflector is arranged to form an angle of 45° with the central axis, keeping parallel with the spectrosco

Assignees

• Univ Huazhong Science Tech

Inventors

• Zhang Hong
• Fei Jindong
• Zhang Tlanxu
• Dai Xiaobing
• Liu Xlangyan
• Liu Li

Classifications

• G01J3/2823

  Imaging spectrometer · CPC title

• G02B17/0808 Primary

  on-axis systems with at least one of the mirrors having a central aperture · CPC title

• G02B7/182

  for mirrors · CPC title

• G02B13/146

  with corrections for use in multiple wavelength bands, such as infrared and visible light, e.g. FLIR systems · CPC title

• G02B27/142

  Coating structures, e.g. thin films multilayers · CPC title