Abstract

Wide-field-of-view (FoV) Offner imaging spectrometers with freeform surfaces have been studied extensively in recent years. However, a design result with a large numerical aperture (NA) cannot be simultaneously obtained with this layout. We present the concept of a limited system in the tangential direction. Based on this insight, we present a new design method, to the best of our knowledge, based on the decenter anamorphic stop, which can achieve large NA in compact wide-FoV Offner imaging spectrometers with freeform surfaces. Compared to conventional imaging spectrometers with the same parameters, the light-gathering capacity of the decenter anamorphic stop-based imaging spectrometer is increased by more than 40%. In addition, based on the presented method, we design a compact imaging spectrometer with a wide FoV and large NA. The designed imaging spectrometer with a freeform surface has excellent performance. Finally, we fabricate and measure the freeform mirror. The surface irregularity of the freeform mirror is better than ${{1/30}}\lambda$ ($\lambda = {632.8}\;{\rm{nm}}$). The result shows that the Offner imaging spectrometer with a freeform surface can be fabricated and will play a significant role in the fields of aeronautical and astronautical remote sensing.

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