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10 June 2024 Folded path reflective telescope for SWAP limited imaging
James B. Johnson, Robert Martinez, Christopher D. Roll, Benjamin A. Cohen, Gary J. Swanson, Michael P. Chrisp
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Proceedings Volume PC13042, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR IX; PC1304202 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013885
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2024, National Harbor, Maryland, United States
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory has designed and prototyped a series of all-reflective two mirror imaging telescopes offering long focal lengths within a small package volume. These designs take advantage of multiple reflections between the two surfaces to correct aberrations across the field and provide the path length necessary to place the image plane within a compact distance. These designs trade optical throughput, reduced by the large obscuration ratio, for volumetric and mass gains due to their extremely small size, making the form ideal for imaging bright objects in space constrained environments such as small satellites (SmallSats) and cube satellites. We show two different designs for the visible-NIR with 150mm apertures and >1m focal lengths that offer high image quality performance and flat fields across their fields of view. Prototype units were produced using diamond turning and results will be presented including imaging performance.
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James B. Johnson, Robert Martinez, Christopher D. Roll, Benjamin A. Cohen, Gary J. Swanson, and Michael P. Chrisp "Folded path reflective telescope for SWAP limited imaging", Proc. SPIE PC13042, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR IX, PC1304202 (10 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013885
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes
Reflector telescopes
Prototyping
Satellites
Image quality
Mirror surfaces
Mirrors
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