本文通过计算预测光学性能的方法表征在光学系统组装和外界环境因素影响下的光学系统灵敏度。该方法即通过调制传递函数来表征静态机械应力对光学物镜性能的影响。采用光学干涉仪对经过加工、组装且存在机械应力的光学物镜进行测试, 并比较实验调制传递函数与计算模拟分析的调制传递函数。结果表明, 计算结果与实验结果相符, 证实了本文方法的有效性。

High performance optical systems are characterized by high sensitivity to assembly procedure of the system and to any sensible change in environmental conditions. This sensitivity issue is handled in this paper through a methodology allowing a computational prediction of optical performance when the opto-mechanical system is subject to some external factors. This paper explains the methodology through an example of an optical objective of excellent performance undergoing static mechanical stresses which degrade the performance expressed by an MTF diagram. Then the objective is manufactured, assembled, and an optical interferometer is used to test the objective when stress is retained; and the experimental results of degraded MTF are compared to the analytical MTF. The excellent matching between the two sets of results confirms the validity of the proposed methodology.