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Design of four mirror inverted telephoto zoom system

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A novel inverted telephoto four mirror zoom system with large field of view (FOV) was designed over a wide spectral bandwidth. The initial configuration of the zoom system was obtained by applying the aberration equations under certain constraints. Then, a method was presented to correlate the aspheric coefficients with the aberrations of this system. By using this method, the required image quality could be achieved after optimization using the ZEMAX® Optical Design Code. Besides good image quality, another benefits of using this system is the potential for using cheap optics.

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  1. School of Optoelectronic, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Jun Chang, Guijuan Xie, Lifei Zhang, Yao Xu & Jide Zhou

  2. School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Shengyi Yang

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Jun Chang is a Professor and PhD Supervisor of School of Optoelectronic at Beijing Institute of Technology. He received his PhD degree in optics from Changchun University of Science and Technology in 2002. He has 13 years experience in reflective zoom optical system, reflective zoom optical system based on active optics, high precision detection of the offset state of micro system assembly, design of the universal compensator for testing aspheric surfaces and short baseline distance and long detecting distance measurement with binocular vision based on Opencv. He is the author of more than 60 journal papers. His current interests include optical design and measurement, and electro-optical countermeasures.

Guijuan Xie obtained her bachelor’s degree in optical information science and technology from Anhui University in 2013, and she has been a MS candidate at School of Optoelectronic, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2013. Her current research is optical design.

Lifei Zhang obtained her bachelor’s degree in optical information science and technology from Anhui University in 2010, and she has been a MS candidate at School of Optoelectronic, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2010. She received her MS degree in 2013. Her current research is optical design.

Yao Xu obtained his bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Technology in 2012, and he has been a MS candidate at School of Optoelectronic, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2012. He received his MS degree in 2015. His current research is optical design.

Jide Zhou obtained his bachelor’s degree in optical information science and technology from Huadong East China Jiaotong University in 2013, and he has been a MS candidate at School of Optoelectronic, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2013. He received his MS degree in 2016. His current research is optical design.

Shengyi Yang is a Professor and PhD Supervisor of School of Physics at Beijing Institute of Technology. He received his PhD degree from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2001. He has 14 years experience in photodetectors, solar cells and lightemitting diodes. His current interests include optoelectronic materials and devices, nano photonics materials in photodetectors, light emitting transistor, solar cells, and other optoelectronic devices.

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Chang, J., Xie, G., Zhang, L. et al. Design of four mirror inverted telephoto zoom system. Front. Optoelectron. 9, 599–608 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-016-0549-8

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