摘要

Lenses used in many infrared (IR) imaging systems are temperature sensitive. One of the most popular IR optical materials for lens fabrication is germanium; nevertheless, it exhibits a strong temperature dependent refractive index, causing significant thermal focal shift which in turn results in image blur. An all-optical solution for IR lens athermalization with no moving parts based on a thermally dependent binary phase mask is hereby proposed and analyzed. It allows high quality imaging to be obtained for a wide range of temperature variations, with minimal performance degradation at nominal temperature conditions.

  • 出版日期2016-6