The invention belongs to the technical field of mid-
infrared imaging, and discloses a mid-
infrared two-
photon calculation imaging
system and method based on pumping space coding, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the spatial intensity coding of near-
infrared pumping light through employing a
spatial light modulator; the intensity code of the pump light is mapped into the non-degenerate light by means of the nonlinear effect of the single-
pixel detector, the
detector outputs the integral intensity value of the non-degenerate
signal related to the spatial intensity code, and the two-dimensional information of the object to be detected is reconstructed by combining the correlation
algorithm. By means of the non-degenerate two-
photon absorption effect of a single-
pixel detector material, structural detection of a mid-infrared
light field is achieved. Compared with direct modulation in a mid-infrared
light field, the method has the advantages that the influence caused by a long-wave
diffraction effect is effectively avoided, high-precision coding modulation is realized, and the physical pixel limitation of a traditional mid-
infrared detector is effectively broken through. The invention has the technical advantages of high imaging sensitivity, fast
time response, high modulation precision, large imaging
field of view, wide response band and the like.