The invention provides a multiband achromatic optical element and a design method thereof, the optical element is designed based on a
liquid crystal material composed of a plurality of
liquid crystal molecules, and the design method comprises the following steps: selecting the wavelengths
lambda inc1,
lambda inc2,...,
lambda incn of input
laser, the
beam size of the input
laser, and the optical parameter
focal length of the optical element; calculating the phase distribution phi (x, y) of the optical element according to the selected wavelengths lambda inc1, lambda inc2,..., lambda incn, the
beam size of the
laser and the optical parameter
focal length; determining orientation angle arrangement of the
liquid crystal material according to the phase distribution phi (x, y) of the optical element; and determining the thickness of the liquid
crystal material by using an
electromagnetic simulation tool according to the selected wavelengths lambda inc1, lambda inc2,..., lambda incn. Aiming at the technical limitation of a traditional optical multi-optical element
cascade achromatic scheme, the multi-band achromatic optical element is designed based on a liquid
crystal material, so that the
imaging quality of an optical
system can be improved, the innovative application of the optical technology in more fields can be promoted, and the method has important scientific significance and practical application value.