@inproceedings{222719028e78450ea84de52b5f6e1b79,
title = "Wide-Wide Linear Astigmatism Free-Three Mirror System (LAF-TMS) enabling Wide Field-of-View and Spectral Bandwidth Detection",
abstract = "The conventional on-axis reflective systems suffer from a diffraction effect on the Point Spread Function (PSF) due to the secondary mirror obscuration. Meanwhile, the unobscured off-axis reflective systems{\textquoteright} imaging performance may be impacted by linear astigmatism aberration. The Linear Astigmatism Free-Three Mirror System (LAF-TMS) is a confocal off-axis reflective system that eliminates linear astigmatism and enables a wide Field of View (FoV). We present an enhanced design of LAF-TMS, called”wide-wide”, which has an aperture of D=40mm, an effective focal length of f=75mm, and a wide FoV of 8.25◦(Horizontal) × 6.21◦(V ertical) combined with a wide spectral bandwidth capability suitable for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications. To evaluate the performance of this compact and fast optical system design, we use the Photon Simulator (PhoSim) to model physically accurate PSF under different conditions of the mirror surface, mechanical environment, and atmosphere. As a benchmark, we compare and analyze the PhoSim PSF results with other ray tracing software such as Zemax and CodeV. Additionally, PhoSim is capable of simulating infrared spectral imaging cases with a user-defined Spectral Energy Distribution (SED), intensity, and emissivity of each pixel. The comprehensive simulation results demonstrate the high performance of the LAF-TMS with a wide-wide FoV and multispectral capabilities.",
keywords = "LAF-TMS, multispectral imaging, Photon Simulation, Remote-Sensing, UAV, Wide-Wide",
author = "Changgon Kim and Dohoon Kim and Jimin Han and Seunghyuk Chang and Woojin Park and Daewook Kim and Lee, {Jun Ho} and Peterson, {John R.} and Lee, {Dae Hee} and Soojong Pak",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 SPIE.; Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR VIII 2023 ; Conference date: 01-05-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1117/12.2663309",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Vizgaitis, {Jay N.} and Marasco, {Peter L.} and Sanghera, {Jasbinder S.}",
booktitle = "Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications",
}