The invention discloses a polarization spectrum
information acquisition method based on an acousto-optic tunable filter, and belongs to the technical field of
optical polarization and
spectral imaging. According to the method, a detection light path comprising a diaphragm, a phase delayer, a front lens group, an acousto-optic tunable filter, a rear lens group, a reflector, a polarization analyzer, an
imaging lens group and a
detector is constructed, incident light is subjected to polarization
beam splitting by using the
polarization sensitive characteristic of the acousto-optic tunable filter, and the
diffraction spectrum is detected under the condition that the
diffraction spectrum is not influenced. Transmission light is led out through a reflecting mirror, and spectrum and polarization information is obtained through the transmission o light and the transmission e light; acquiring
light intensity information of a target in different spectrum channels by combining the
light intensity difference of
transmitted light of the acousto-optic tunable filter in the power-off state and the power-on state; a polarization information resolving model is established based on a polarization
transformation matrix theory, flexible resolving of target polarization information is realized through combined modulation of a phase delayer and a polarization analyzer, and the method is suitable for detection in various scenes.