Abstract:Aiming at the deficiency of existing models with limited system parameters, proposed is a modeling method for photoelectric auto-collimating system based on beam transformation theory of thick lens. With the theory of thick lens beam transformation on applied optics, combined vector operation and coordinate system rotation method, a mathematical model for photoelectric auto-collimating system is constructed. Via numerical simulation, the effects of such factors as reflector space angle, the thickness, focal length and surface curvature radius of lens and the position coordinates of light source and detector, on the imaging results of the optoelectric auto-collimating system were analyzed. By abstracting geometrical centers of image points, the corresponding relationship between measuring error of photoelectric auto-collimating system and image trace for incremental dimension of thick lens was analyzed. The proposed model provides theoretical support for extraction and optimization of system parameters, analysis of the factors affecting image trace, error analysis and compensation of photoelectric auto-collimating system.