Quantum-inspired computational imaging

Y Altmann, S McLaughlin, MJ Padgett, VK Goyal… - Science, 2018 - science.org
BACKGROUND Imaging technologies, which extend human vision capabilities, are such a
natural part of our current everyday experience that we often take them for granted …

The quanta image sensor: Every photon counts

ER Fossum, J Ma, S Masoodian, L Anzagira, R Zizza - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Quanta Image Sensor (QIS) was conceived when contemplating shrinking pixel sizes
and storage capacities, and the steady increase in digital processing power. In the single-bit …

Photon-number-resolving megapixel image sensor at room temperature without avalanche gain

J Ma, S Masoodian, DA Starkey, ER Fossum - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In several emerging fields of study such as encryption in optical communications,
determination of the number of photons in an optical pulse is of great importance. Typically …

Reconstructing clear image for high-speed motion scene with a retina-inspired spike camera

J Zhao, R **ong, J **e, B Shi, Z Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional digital cameras typically accumulate all the photons within an exposure period
to form a snapshot image. It requires the scene to be quite still during the imaging time …

Images from bits: Non-iterative image reconstruction for quanta image sensors

SH Chan, OA Elgendy, X Wang - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
A quanta image sensor (QIS) is a class of single-photon imaging devices that measure light
intensity using oversampled binary observations. Because of the stochastic nature of the …

Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays integrated to all-digital CMOS circuits

B Aull - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
This article reviews MIT Lincoln Laboratory's work over the past 20 years to develop photon-
sensitive image sensors based on arrays of silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes …

Single photon counting performance and noise analysis of CMOS SPAD-based image sensors

NAW Dutton, I Gyongy, L Parmesan, RK Henderson - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
SPAD-based solid state CMOS image sensors utilising analogue integrators have attained
deep sub-electron read noise (DSERN) permitting single photon counting (SPC) imaging. A …

Optimal threshold design for quanta image sensor

OA Elgendy, SH Chan - IEEE transactions on computational …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quanta image sensor is a binary imaging device envisioned to be the next generation image
sensor after CCD and CMOS. Equipped with a massive number of single photon detectors …

Photon counting error rates in single-bit and multi-bit quanta image sensors

ER Fossum - IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photon or photoelectron counting error (bit error) rates are determined for single-bit and
multi-bit quanta image sensors (QISs). The results are also applicable to CMOS image …

Characterizing radiation-tolerant single photon resolving CMOS detectors

JP Gallagher, L Buntic, E Alexani… - X-Ray, Optical, and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
NASA seeks to identify habitable exoplanets and explore signatures of life with the
Habitable Worlds Observatory and through a series of missions to Europa. The former …