红外偏振成像探测技术针对复杂环境中识别探测目标具有明显的优势和广阔的应用前景。首先分析了研究红外偏振特性的必要性和紧迫性, 阐述了红外偏振成像具有“凸显目标、穿透烟雾、辨别真伪”的独特优势; 其次概括了国外红外偏振成像技术的研究历程和试验进展; 在此基础上, 重点研究了目标起偏、信道环境下的偏振传输、全偏振图像探测三个方面的主要科学问题, 并指出了重点研究内容和关键技术; 最后, 对红外偏振成像技术在军、民若干领域的应用前景进行了展望。

Infrared polarization imaging detection technology has obvious advantages and broad application prospects in the target detection of the complex environment. This article firstly analyzes the necessity and urgency of the infrared polarization characteristic research, summarizes the unique advantages of highlighted goal, the fog/smoke penetration and the authenticity in the infrared polarization imaging. Secondly generalized the foreign infrared polarization imaging technology progress in the research process and test; On this basis, the research is mainly focused on three aspects of the main scientific problems which are the target product, the polarization transmission in channel environment and the polarization image detecting, then pointed out the key research contents and the technologies. Finally, pointed out the infrared polarization imaging technology application prospect in the field of army and civilian.