Extended-field coverage hyperspectral camera based on a single-pixel technique

A spectral single-pixel imaging system facilitates effective image compression, but the imaging region is limited by its single detector. This paper presents a hyperspectral camera that allows extended-field coverage to be collected by one detector. Compressive data of a large field of view is achieved by our highly sensitive detection camera, which can be extended to near-infrared or infrared spectral monitoring. We acquire a hyperspectral datacube of 256 x 256 spatial pixels and 3 nm spectral resolution at a sampling rate of 25%. Finally, we apply our camera to monitoring fruit freshness nondestructively by differentiating a banana's ripeness over time. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America