The invention provides a common-light-path imaging optical
system and method based on visible light and
infrared light, and belongs to the technical field of optical imagines.The
system comprises a common-light-path receiving device, a light splitting light path, an
infrared detection light path and a visible
light detection light path, the light splitting light path is arranged at the light output end of the common-light-path receiving device, and the
infrared detection light path is arranged at the light output end of the visible
light detection light path; and the infrared detection light path and the visible
light detection light path are respectively connected with the light output end of the light splitting light path. A visible light and infrared light common-
path design is adopted, a common lens enables dual-band light to be transmitted along the same light path, imaging differences of a central view field, image height,
geometric distortion and the like caused by different parameters of an
optical axis, a
focal length and the like of a traditional dual-light-
path system are fundamentally eliminated, and the consistency of dual-band imaging targets is ensured. And the small
focal length and
large aperture design is realized through
simulation matching of the lenses with different materials and curvatures, the
field angle of the optical
system reaches + / -30 degrees, a larger and wider
irradiation and imaging range can be realized under the same
optical path, and the application requirement of large-field imaging is met.