151. Direct design method for holographic grating imaging spectrometer and corresponding recording system.
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Tan, Yilin and Zhu, Jun
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HOLOGRAPHY , *HOLOGRAPHIC gratings , *IMAGING systems , *SPECTROMETERS , *MANUFACTURING processes , *SURFACES (Technology) - Abstract
• A general direct design method is proposed, enabling the joint design of the recording and imaging systems within a single optical model. • The method facilitates the design of imaging spectrometers with both recording and imaging systems containing complex freeform surfaces, leading to exceptional performance capabilities. • This method enables the flexibility to choose the complexity of the holographic grating recording path based on the specific performance requirements of the imaging spectrometer. • The initial systems obtained using the direct design method require only simple optimization to achieve their performance limits, providing an excellent starting point for further spectrometer optimization. The combination of holographic gratings with freeform surface technology has led to a significant breakthrough in terms of the performance of imaging spectrometers. In this paper, a general direct design method that is capable of designing imaging spectrometers that include holographic gratings based on a complex-shaped surface substrate and their corresponding recording systems is proposed. The most important feature of this method is that the recording and imaging systems are designed within one optical system model, thus allowing for an optimal balance to be achieved between the aberration correction capability and the manufacturability of the holographic grating. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, three imaging spectrometers were designed that used holographic gratings manufactured by a recording system without auxiliary mirrors, a system with a spherical auxiliary mirror, and a system with a freeform auxiliary mirror. Ultimately, these three systems all achieved diffraction-limited imaging quality with minimal distortion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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