The invention discloses a polarization and hyper-
spectral compression imaging method and
system. The polarization and hyper-
spectral compression imaging
system is provided with an objective lens, a polarization modulator, a collimating lens, a first
linear dispersion device, a first convex lens, a
spatial modulation mask plate, a second convex lens, a second
linear dispersion device, a lens and adetector in sequence along the direction of
light transmission, wherein the objective lens is used for imaging a target on the polarization modulator. The polarization and hyper-
spectral compression imaging method comprises the following steps: imaging the target on the polarization modulator, collimating the emergent light, carrying out first dispersion on the collimated emergent light, carryingout
spatial modulation on the dispersed
light signal, carrying out second dispersion, projecting the light on the
detector, collecting data by using a computer, completing data calculation, and restoring four-dimensional
data information of the target. The invention realizes the hyper-spectral instantaneous compression imaging of three-dimensional data cubes in a certain vision field under the control of
polarization modulation, greatly reduces the quantity of data received by the
detector, improves the
signal-to-
noise ratio of the
system and is especially beneficial to the target imaging of weak
light intensity and strong dispersion.