High-performance compact athermal panoramic annular lens design with separated radial optical power

Abstract

A panoramic annular lens can provide abundant spatial information in real time with its compact and scalable structure. To deal with extreme temperature environments and to improve the utilization of an image plane, we propose a high-performance compact athermal panoramic annular lens with separated radial optical power. By introducing multiple free-form surfaces, the system achieves a field of view of ( 40 ∘ ∼ 100 ∘ ) × 360 ∘ , an f -number of 2.2, and a total length of 40 mm. The modulation transfer function of the system’s full fields of view is greater than 0.5 at 200 lp/mm, and the distortion is less than 2.5%. It can work stably in the range of − 30 ∘ C to 70°C. The proposed system is compact, athermal, and high-performing and has broad application prospects in the fields of visual positioning and biomedicine.