A Doppler asymmetric spatial heterodyne (DASH) interferometer was designed to measure atmospheric winds at a height of 60 to 80 km by observing the airglow emission line of molecular oxygen at 867 nm. The designed monolithic DASH interferometer exhibited decent thermal stability. The phase thermal drift of the fabricated interferometer obtained from thermal performance measurements was 0.376 rad / ° C. To accurately model and minimize the thermal drift performance of an interferometer in the design phase, it is necessary to include the influence of thermal distortion of the monolithic interferometer components. Therefore, an optical–structural–thermal integrated analysis method based on Zernike polynomials was proposed to accurately calculate the phase thermal drift of the interferometer. The optical model modified by the finite-element method calculated the phase thermal drift to be 0.420 rad / ° C, which agreed with the experimental result within 11.7%. This analysis method can accurately calculate and optimize thermal stability during the design of a DASH interferometer.
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