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Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon counting at room temperature is now accessible commercially. The CMOS-based QIS devices use patented sensor architecture and pixel design to achieve record low noise that enables accurate detection of individual photons of light.
Gigajot Technology, inventors of the Quanta Image Sensor (QIS), today announced the first commercially available QIS products.
Photon counting and reliable photon number resolving, until now, only partially available using esoteric EMCCD technology in highly controlled laboratory environments, is now possible with a compact form-factor camera, operating at room temperature - with the additional benefits of higher resolution and speed.
Gigajot unveils first commercially available quanta image sensors
Date Announced: 19 May 2021
0.19e- read noise enables photon counting cameras at room temperature.
Pasadena, CA, USA Gigajot Technology, developer of the Quanta Image Sensor (QIS), has announced the first QIS products, marking the dawn of a new era in solid-state imaging. The CMOS-based QIS devices utilize Gigajot s patented sensor architecture and pixel design to achieve record low noise that enables accurate detection of individual photons of light.
The new QIS products are capable of photon counting at room temperature while operating at full speed, and achieving high dynamic range – all in small pixel, high resolution formats. With 5-10x read noise improvement over conventional small pixel image sensors, QIS enables imaging at ultra-low light levels not previously possible.