Single-pixel hyperspectral imaging

Conventional multispectral imaging methods detect photons of a 3D hyperspectral data cube separately either in the spatial or spectral dimension using array detectors, and are thus photon inefficient and spectrum range limited. Besides, they are usually bulky and highly expensive. To address these issues, this paper presents single-pixel multispectral imaging techniques, which are of high sensitivity, wide spectrum range, low cost and light weight. Two mechanisms are proposed, and experimental validation are also reported.