11956, Wang Daheng, the pioneer and founder of my country's optical industry, took a fancy to his potential and personally recruited him to work at the Changchun Institute of Optical Precision Mechanics and Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1981, under the arrangement of Wang Daheng, he went to work at the Xi'an Institute of Optical Machinery and Physics. No matter which position he is in, he devotes himself to his optical career and has made many pioneering contributions. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, , and an optical expert Xue Mingqiu .
xue Mingqiu
xue Mingqiu has been engaged in applied optics research for a long time and is a representative figure in the field of instrument optics and optical design in my country. He presided over or participated in dozens of major national scientific research projects, including China's first high-precision theodolite in 1958, my country's first large-magnification military observation telescope in 1959, Terrain One optical theodolite, China's first long-slit grating monochrome photometer, and the "6711 Project" (China's first generation remote sensing satellite) optical system design.
The development of the "reverse reflection telephoto system" in the "150-1" large-scale movie theodolite, which laid a solid foundation for the research on the optical measurement equipment of the movie theodolite that was later carried out by the Changchun Optical Machinery Institute. After being transferred to the Xi'an Optical Machinery Institute, he led the establishment of the Space Optical Research Office, participated in the development of manned space cameras in my country, and put forward the academic idea of a new photography optical system that can achieve both census and detailed investigation.
is proficient in diligence, and a good boy is in his prime. On October 18, 1930, Xue Mingqiu was born in an ordinary Chinese medicine family in Fengyi, Yixing. When he was a teenager, the Anti-Japanese War broke out. In order to avoid air strikes, his mother often took him to escape.
Once, the young Xue Mingqiu hid in the woods with his mother to avoid the plane. He asked his mother: Why are we always bombed, and our own plane?
Mother’s answer was: We can’t build it, and we can’t afford it.
Mother's answer touched Xue Mingqiu deeply. He made up his mind to study hard and serve the country in business.
11948, Xue Mingqiu was admitted to the famous zhijiang University and studied in mechanical engineering. However, not long after entering school, Xue Mingqiu was diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to take a break from school to go home to recuperate. During his stay at home, he did not do anything. He had just improved his health and went out to work. He acted as a tax collector at the Pingwang Town Tax Office in Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province, more than 100 miles away from his hometown. While subsidizing his family income, he also accumulated social experience.
1950, Xue Mingqiu returned to school after recovering from illness. In May 1952, the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Zhijiang University was incorporated into , Zhejiang University in the wave of merger of colleges and universities. Xue Mingqiu learned that instrumental optics is a shortage major in my country, and this is his interest. He was already in his junior year and resolutely chose to transfer to Zhejiang University’s newly opened optical instrument department to start from scratch. In class
, Xue Mingqiu listened to the teacher's teaching eagerly, seized time to review carefully after class, and actively participated in factory internships in spare time. During the graduation thesis defense, his outstanding performance was favored by Wang Daheng, the then director of the Instrument Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (the predecessor of the Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics), who personally ordered the recruitment of him to work in the Instrument Museum.
optical design, " two bombs and one satellite " show off his skills
Xue Mingqiu went to the instrument hall and followed Wang Daheng and Wang Zhijiang to engage in optical design work, and soon showed his talent in optical design. As one of the project leaders, he participated in the "Terrain No. 1" optical theodolite project commissioned by National Surveying and Mapping Administration. This is also the first optical theodolite independently designed and developed in my country. All indicators reached the international level at that time. The whole institute was very excited about the emergence of this instrument, and everyone said: "We have reached the highest peak of the geodetic measurement instrument!"
In October 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong made a special trip to Chinese Academy of Sciences to visit the Natural Science Leap Forward Achievements Exhibition. He was happy to take a photo when he walked through this high-precision theodolite. This photo has also become one of the historical treasures of of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has been kept in the lobby on the second floor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the 1960s, most institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences participated in the research work of "two bombs and one satellite". The Changchun Institute of Optical and Mechanical Engineering also adjusted its research direction in time and undertakes a large number of optical tasks related to it. During this period, Xue Mingqiu was mainly involved in the work of: a high-speed camera modification task for nuclear explosion observation. The instrument played an important role in nuclear explosion experiments and obtained valuable nuclear explosion data; the development task of the "150-1" large-scale movie theodolite optical system used to track and measure the flight trajectory of the aircraft, mainly participated in the demonstration work of the overall project group, focusing on the correction direction of advanced chromatic aberration, and promoted the smooth development of various large-scale shooting range optical measurement equipment in my country; the development of satellite cameras in the "6711" project creatively proposed the long-focus semi-replica achromatic aberration design, solving the problems of advanced chromatic aberration correction, center occlusion, light prevention, and process implementation. The system was used in China's first ground recycling satellite reconnaissance camera, with clear graphics and good results.
In the difficult period of scientific research and development of "two bombs and one satellite", Xue Mingqiu, like countless scientific and technological workers, has overcome many difficulties. They are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and do not care about personal fame, wealth and gains and losses, and have successfully completed all national scientific research tasks.
is the thing that Xue Mingqiu feels most happy and proud of. With the training of this experience, Xue Mingqiu's academic level has also been greatly improved, forming a complete set of distinctive optical design ideas.
1964 Xue Mingqiu visited
in Japan to travel in space. A new chapter of space optical spectrum
11981, Wang Daheng found Xue Mingqiu and told him that the director of the Xi'an Optical and Mechanical Institute and optical expert Gong Zutong hoped to transfer him to work in Xi'an. After careful consideration, he, who was over 50 years old, decided to give up his career in Changchun, obey the organization's arrangements, and go to Xi'an to assist Gong Zutong, who he has always respected, in carrying out his work.
1984, Xue Mingqiu became the second director of Xi'an Institute of Optical and Mechanical Engineering. In 1986, the state determined the "Outline of the High-Tech Research and Development Plan", which is the famous "863" plan. With the implementation and implementation of the plan, China has entered a new era of comprehensive development in the field of high technology. With years of experience in front-line scientific research, Xue Mingqiu keenly realized that space optics will be an important direction for future scientific and technological development.
1992, Xue Mingqiu served as deputy chief designer of the Visible Light Census Camera Project. After in-depth thinking and repeated argumentation, he proposed the solution of using aspherical surface instead of spherical optical system, and led the project team to complete the design of aspherical optical system. The design results were successfully applied on the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft, making important contributions to manned space engineering.
To this day, space optics is still a major advantage and characteristic discipline of Xi'an Institute of Optical Machinery. Xue Mingqiu's series of ideas on the development of the discipline of space optics and creative insights on aspherical optical design are milestones in the lightweighting of space cameras, and have promoted the leapfrog development of space optics in my country.
2001 Xue Mingqiu (second from left) and Pan Junhua (first from right) attended the optical test meeting in Xiamen
teaching and educating people, and cultivating optical successors
In addition to participating in related scientific research, Xue Mingqiu attaches most importance to cultivating reserve talents for the optical design major. His goal is to bring out a team of talents that can independently study and research optical design.
In the optical design training class held by Changchun Institute of Optical Machinery in the early years, Xue Mingqiu started by leading students and trainees and taught a group of optical design talents step by step, including Jiang Zhuying , Jiang Huilin , Weng Zhicheng , Han Changyuan and many other students later became scientific research backbone in the optical industry. During the
period, Xue Mingqiu also participated in the compilation, editing and publishing of two monographs, "Theoretical Basics of Optical Design" and "Optical Design Collection", which proposed theoretical basis and implementation methods for the principles and methods of optical design. These work played a positive role in promoting the development of my country's optical industry.
Xue Mingqiu (second from left) After guiding students at Xi'an Institute of Optical and Mechanical Engineering, Xue Mingqiu also attached importance to postgraduate training. He often participated in admissions consultation meetings held in various places to find good seedlings for the optical industry.
1999, at the many warm invitations of Suzhou University , Xue Mingqiu came to Suzhou University, preparing to continue to use his remaining energy here to do something within his ability to cultivate optical talents.
In addition to teaching graduate students, he also personally revised research papers and reports for students, guided them to intern in relevant units, and led them to participate in scientific research projects. The students made mistakes, and he did not criticize others. The students described Xue Mingqiu's method of educating people as gentle and drizzle, subtle teaching.
Xue Mingqiu is famous for caring for young people in school. He likes his energetic face and sincerely believes that young people are the future of the motherland. Whenever he has time, he will attend the opening ceremony. He will carefully prepare a speech every time and tell the school and young people how much he hopes that young people will cherish the opportunity to study in school and grow into pillars of the motherland in the future.
Xue Mingqiu played a huge role in the development of the optical discipline of Suzhou University. He not only helped Suda introduce young and middle-aged talents from the optical field such as Yu Jingchi and Yu Jianjun, but also invited his old partners and old friends, Academician Pan Junhua, an optical expert who once worked in Changchun, to help Suzhou University. Through his efforts, the optical discipline of Soochow University has become more closely linked to the national optical community. In 2002, the optical engineering discipline of Su University became a key discipline in Jiangsu Province. In 2003, the school obtained the doctoral program authorization for the first-level discipline of optical engineering .
In his spare time, Xue Mingqiu also compiled his experience in teaching at Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanical ( Changchun University of Science and Technology ) and Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanicals into a book, forming a lecture notes on "Instrument Optics". This lecture notes embodies his years of research experience. They are hailed as a classic textbook in the field of optics and influence a large number of optical design practitioners. Many optical technology practitioners guided by Xue Mingqiu often use this lecture notes as an important reference when teaching students.
November 2003 Xue Mingqiu gave an academic report entitled "Development of Optical Remote Sensing Technology of Aerospace"
Academician Xue Mingqiu dedicated his life to China Optical . Many major events in the history of my country's optical development are inseparable from his contributions, and his academic career has also become a microcosm of the development of my country's optical career.
"has a lot of attainments, can independently solve the design of various practical optical systems needed by the country, and has made corresponding important contributions to national construction, especially national defense construction. He has innovated in optical design theory and its application. He is one of the representative figures of my country's first generation optical design discipline who grew up after the founding of New China ." Wang Daheng's evaluation of Xue Mingqiu is appropriate and deserved.
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