A compressive sensing theory-based correlated imaging
optical encryption method is provided. The compressive sensing theory-based correlated imaging
optical encryption method includes the following steps of: (1)
encryption: a random modulation
signal is adopted as a key, and picture-text information to be encrypted is adopted as a
plaintext, and correlation imaging is performed on the key and the
plaintext so as to obtain a series of encrypted information, that is a
ciphertext; (2) transmission: when information is transmitted, a
transmitter and a
receiver both share the key, and the
ciphertext is transmitted between the
transmitter and the
receiver; and (3): decryption: compressive sensing calculation is performed on the key and the
ciphertext in the decryption, and
plaintext information is reconstructed. According to the compressive sensing theory-based correlated imaging
optical encryption method of the invention, the key is distributed in a one-time pad manner, the randomness of the key enhances the randomness of the ciphertext, and therefore, the difficulty of deciphering is increased. A compressive sensing
algorithm can reconstruct the plaintext under the situation of few sampling times, and therefore, calculation complexity of correlation calculation is decreased, and a new method is provided for correlated imaging optical
encryption, and at the same time, more encrypted information can be transmitted under the same calculation times.