The invention relates to the technical field of reflective
optics, in particular to an off-axis three-mirror optical
system with double folding mirrors, which comprises a
primary mirror adopting a concave reflecting mirror and a
secondary mirror adopting a convex reflecting mirror, an
intermediate image is formed on an output light path of the
secondary mirror, and a first folding mirror is arranged at the position of the
intermediate image; the first folding mirror folds the
light beam from one side of the incident
light beam of the
primary mirror to the other side, so that the third mirror receives the
light beam; the third mirror of the concave reflecting mirror is matched with the
primary mirror and the
secondary mirror to correct aberration, and a final imaging light beam is generated; a second folding mirror located on an output light path of the third mirror reflects the light beam again, so that the focal plane is close to and higher than the primary mirror; the focal plane is located in an envelope space of the primary mirror and the third mirror; the diaphragm is arranged in an off-axis mode, and the off-axis amount of the diaphragm is 0.3-0.6 times of the
diameter of the aperture. According to the invention, the compactness of the off-axis three-mirror optical
system is improved through double-folding front and back split arrangement; through focal plane position optimization, the optimized focal plane is higher than the primary mirror.