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US 11,698,526 B2Granted
Multi-channel optical system
AssigneeThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
InventorsMatthew A. Sinclair, Adam F. Kelsey, David A. Landis, Stephanie L. Golmon, Buddy Clemmer, Juha-Pekka Laine
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Abstract
A multi channel beamsplitter system operating over a wide spectral band has high optical performance despite the fact that the incoming and/or exiting light is not collimated and its material is dispersive. This is achieved using wavefront compensators that are matched to the curvature of the wavefronts of the incoming and/or exiting light.
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A multichannel beamsplitter optical system, comprising:
- a light collection system for collecting light from a scene and producing a converging beam of light;
- a first cube beamsplitter;
- a second cube beamsplitter bonded to the first cube beamsplitter;
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- an input wavefront compensator bonded to the first cube beamsplitter and having a convex curved surface to match a wavefront of the converging beam of light received from the light collection system;
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- a first output wavefront compensator having a concave surface matching a wavefront converging beams of light exiting the second cube beamsplitter.
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A multichannel camera system, comprising:
- a light collection system for collecting light from a scene;
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- a beamsplitter optical system including three cube beamsplitters bonded to each other and an input integrated wavefront compensator, bonded to the one of the beamsplitters, the input integrated wavefront compensator having a curved surface to match a wavefront of light received from the light collection system and at least two exit integrated wavefront compensators, bonded to the two of the beamsplitters, the two exit integrated wavefront compensators having a curved surface to match a wavefront of converging light exiting the beamsplitter optical system.
A multichannel camera system, comprising:
- a light collection system for collecting light from a scene and producing a converging beam of light;
- a first sensor module for detecting light in a first spectral band, a second sensor module for detecting light in a second spectral band, and a third sensor module for detecting light in a third spectral band;
- a beamsplitter optical system including a first cube beamsplitter that separates light into different spectral bands, a second cube beamsplitter that separates light in the first spectral band from the second spectral band, and a third cube beamsplitter that separates light in the third spectral band, an input integrated wavefront compensator having an entrance surface that is curved to match a wavefront of the converging beam of light from the light collection system and is bonded to the first cube beamsplitter, an integrated first exit wavefront compensator attached to the second cube beam splitter and having an exit surface that is curved to match a wavefront of the light in the first spectral band exiting the second cube beamsplitter and prior to detection by the first sensor module;
- an integrated second exit wavefront compensator attached to the second cube beam splitter and having an exit surface that is curved to match a wavefront of the light in the second spectral band exiting the second cube beamsplitter and prior to detection by the second sensor module, and an integrated third exit wavefront compensator attached to the third beam splitter and having an exit surface that is curved to match a wavefront of the light in the third spectral band exiting the third cube beamsplitter and prior to detection by the third sensor module.
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