Photon-counting quanta image sensors: a new era for ultra-low-light and high-dynamic-range imaging

Jiaju Ma; Saleh Masoodian; Dakota A. Starkey

doi:10.1117/12.2618725

30 May 2022 Photon-counting quanta image sensors: a new era for ultra-low-light and high-dynamic-range imaging

Jiaju Ma, Saleh Masoodian, Dakota A. Starkey

Proceedings Volume PC12089, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XVI; PC1208903 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618725
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2022, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The latest advances of Quanta Image Sensors (QIS) with CMOS photon-counting pixels are discussed in this paper, featuring two commercially available QIS devices with 16MPixel and 4MPixel resolution and 1.1µm and 2.2µm pixel sizes, respectively. These two breakthrough sensors both achieve reliable photon number resolving with deep sub-electron read noise under room temperature with full-speed operation. The low-noise readout is combined with a sizable full well capacity to realize high dynamic range (HDR). The new QIS devices provide unprecedented capability and value under low-light and HDR imaging conditions for security, defense, scientific, and consumer imaging applications.

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Jiaju Ma, Saleh Masoodian, and Dakota A. Starkey "Photon-counting quanta image sensors: a new era for ultra-low-light and high-dynamic-range imaging", Proc. SPIE PC12089, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XVI, PC1208903 (30 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618725

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