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 …

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 …

The quanta image sensor (QIS) is a photon-counting image sensor that has been
implemented using different electron devices, including impact ionization-gain devices, such …

We present the results of a radiation test program for a 1-megapixel single-photon-counting
and photon-number-resolving CMOS image sensor. The results include pre-and post …

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 …

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 …

The QIS was conceived when contemplating shrinking pixel sizes and storage capacities,
and the steady increase in digital processing power. In the single-bit QIS, the output of each …

Photon number resolving (PNR) measurements are beneficial or even necessary for many
applications in quantum optics. Unfortunately, PNR detectors are usually large, slow …

A 1024× 896 test chip is presented in this article to explore a low-power readout circuit for a
multi-bit quanta image sensor (QIS). Five well-known analog-to-digital converter (ADC) …

A new readout architecture for single-bit quanta image sensor (QIS) consisting of a
capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) before a 1-bit quantizer to improve the threshold …