Abstract The segmented mirror telescope is widely used. The aberrations of segmented mirror systems are different from single mirror systems. This paper uses the Fourier optics theory to analyse the Zernike aberrations of segmented mirror systems. It concludes that the Zernike aberrations of segmented mirror systems obey the linearity theorem. The design of a segmented space telescope and segmented schemes are discussed, and its optical model is constructed. The computer simulation experiment is performed with this optical model to verify the suppositions. The experimental results confirm the correctness of the model.
Received: 19 October 2008
Revised: 13 November 2008
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Fund: Project supported by the National
High Technology Research and
Development Program of China (Grant No 2006AA01Z339).
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Jiang Zhen-Yu(姜震宇), Li Lin(李林), and Huang Yi-Fan(黄一帆) Study on the design and Zernike aberrations of a segmented mirror telescope 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 2774
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