The invention relates to the technical field of
active optics, in particular to a segmented
telescope calibration method based on mirror surface scattering and sphere center imaging, which comprises the following steps: emitting detection
laser at an equivalent sphere center of a spliced mirror surface, and arranging a
mask plate and a
diffraction grating on an emergent light path of the detection
laser, so that the detection
laser passing through the
mask plate is diffracted to form a
structured light beam; the
structured light beams are copied and deflected in space by utilizing a
diffraction grating, so that a two-dimensional periodic
light beam array formed by a plurality of
structured light beams is generated; scattering light spots are formed around a splicing seam of the spliced mirror surface by utilizing a
scattering effect generated by the microscopic roughness of the spliced mirror surface; the distribution image is compared with a preset calibration template, the deviation of
scattered light spots on the distribution image relative to theoretical light spots on the calibration template is obtained, and the deviation is inhibited by adjusting the
pose of the sub-mirror. According to the invention, the problems of high calibration cost, low energy
utilization rate and the like of
light spot detection and correction by using a hologram traditionally are solved.