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Optical engineering
Astronomy instrumentation

Background:

Large-diameter diffractive lenses offer potential for space telescopes.
Chromatic aberrations in diffractive lenses limit performance by causing image blurring.

Purpose of the Study:

To discuss solutions for reducing chromatic dispersion and aberrations in diffractive lenses.
To present a design example of a color corrector for a large-diameter diffractive lens.

Main Methods:

A multi-order diffractive engineered lens (240-mm diameter, 1-m focal length) operating in the R-Band (589-727 nm) was designed.
A relay subsystem with refractive and diffractive elements was incorporated as a color corrector.

Main Results:

The color corrector reduced longitudinal chromatic aberrations by over a factor of 30.
The system maintained the effective focal length and numerical aperture of the primary lens.
The design aims for diffraction-limited performance.

Conclusions:

The proposed color corrector effectively mitigates chromatic aberrations in large-diameter diffractive lenses.
This solution enhances the feasibility of using diffractive optics in advanced space telescope designs.