Photon-Counting Image Sensors
Overview
Photon-counting image sensors represent a possible paradigm shift in solid-state image sensors. In these devices, photons are individually sensed and counted. To count photons, the devices must have high quantum efficiency, deep sub-electron read noise and the ability to read-out in digital form at high speed. This all-invited content from the top image sensor researchers around the world, reviews the state of the art of photon-counting image sensors in a variety of configurations, including CMOS image sensors and devices using avalanche multiplication, and for visible photons as well as higher energy photons such as ultraviolet and x-rays. New methods of creating image information from photon-counting image sensors is also described. This new emerging technology will have applications in low-light scientific imaging for aerospace and defense, and in the life sciences. It may also have applications in cryptography, communications, security cameras, 3D imaging and photography.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9783038423744
- ISBN-10: 3038423742
- Publisher: Mdpi AG
- Publish Date: May 2017
- Dimensions: 9.61 x 6.69 x 1.03 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.78 pounds
- Page Count: 378
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