Stray light simulation and suppression of high-resolution simultaneous polarization imager

Xinxin Zhao; Maoxin Song; Mingchun Ling; Yuheng Chu; Dapeng Kuang; Jin Hong

doi:10.1117/12.2683096

24 May 2023 Stray light simulation and suppression of high-resolution simultaneous polarization imager

Xinxin Zhao, Maoxin Song, Mingchun Ling, Yuheng Chu, Dapeng Kuang, Jin Hong

Proceedings Volume 12706, First International Conference on Spatial Atmospheric Marine Environmental Optics (SAME 2023); 127060X (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2683096
Event: First International Conference on Spatial Atmospheric Marine Environmental Optics (SAME 2023), 2023, Shanghai, China

Abstract

A high-resolution simultaneous polarization imager based on off-axis three-mirror telescopic objective detects polarization information to enhance contrast and identify target. Stray light can increase system noise, reduce image contrast, and affect imaging quality. It is necessary to analyze and suppress stray light in order to ensure the polarization measurement accuracy of the instrument. The three-dimensional solid model and optical properties of the instrument were established by stray light analysis software Tracepro. The stray light of channel 1 was simulated and analyzed. The important surface of the system and the first-order stray light paths were found through forward trace and backward trace. The main baffle and vane, secondary mirror baffle and third mirror light barrier were designed by using CAD drawing software. Then the PST (Point Source Transmittance) curve of stray light is given under off-axis angle is within ± 50 °. When the off-axis angle is  30 °, PST is less than 10-10. The VGI (Veiling Glare Index) is 1.47%, which was obtained by fitting the PST curve and integrating. The influence of the VGI on the polarization accuracy was 0.020@p=0.3. The results show that the stray light suppression system have obvious effects, and the influence on the polarization accuracy is acceptable.

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Xinxin Zhao, Maoxin Song, Mingchun Ling, Yuheng Chu, Dapeng Kuang, and Jin Hong "Stray light simulation and suppression of high-resolution simultaneous polarization imager", Proc. SPIE 12706, First International Conference on Spatial Atmospheric Marine Environmental Optics (SAME 2023), 127060X (24 May 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2683096

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