The invention relates to a method for designing a flat
image field three-mirror
astigmatism elimination telescope by taking the mirror interval as a
free parameter in the technical field of telescopedesign, and solves the problem that there is no
telescope design method for analysis in other forms. The method comprises the steps of determining the
focal length according to application requirements; determining an interval d1 between a
primary mirror and a
secondary mirror, an interval d2 between the
secondary mirror and a third mirror and an interval d3 between the rear surface of the third mirror and an
image plane according to the mirror surface position or envelope size requirement of the flat
image field three-mirror
astigmatism elimination telescope system; calculating the curvatureradius of the mirror according to the intersection point height of the paraxial edge light on the
image plane, the three-level field curvature of the telescope being zero, d1, d2, d3 and the
focal length; and calculating the quadric surface coefficient of the mirror according to the three-level
spherical aberration of the telescope being zero, the three-level
coma aberration of the telescope beingzero, the three-level
astigmatism of the telescope being zero and the curvature
radius. According to the method, intuitive structural parameters can be determined in advance before design, and meanwhile, all design solutions of all three-mirror astigmatism
elimination telescopes meeting conditions can be conveniently and quickly given.