3.2 megapixel 3D-stacked charge focusing SPAD for low-light imaging and depth sensing

K Morimoto, J Iwata, M Shinohara… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a new generation of scalable photon counting image sensors, featuring zero
read noise and 100ps temporal resolution. Newly proposed charge focusing single-photon …

Digital image sensor evolution and new frontiers

ER Fossum, N Teranishi… - Annual Review of Vision …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews nearly 60 years of solid-state image sensor evolution and identifies
potential new frontiers in the field. From early work in the 1960s, through the development of …

Photon-limited object detection using non-local feature matching and knowledge distillation

C Li, X Qu, A Gnanasambandam… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Robust object detection under photon-limited conditions is crucial for applications such as
night vision, surveillance, and microscopy, where the number of photons per pixel is low due …

Review of quanta image sensors for ultralow-light imaging

J Ma, S Chan, ER Fossum - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

What does a one-bit quanta image sensor offer?

SH Chan - IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The one-bit quanta image sensor (QIS) is a photon-counting device that captures image
intensities using binary bits. Assuming that the analog voltage generated at the floating …

Ultra-high-resolution quanta image sensor with reliable photon-number-resolving and high dynamic range capabilities

J Ma, D Zhang, D Robledo, L Anzagira… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Superior low-light and high dynamic range (HDR) imaging performance with ultra-high pixel
resolution are widely sought after in the imaging world. The quanta image sensor (QIS) …

[HTML][HTML] Photon-starved snapshot holography

Y Zhang, SH Chan, EY Lam - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Digital holography (DH) is a powerful imaging modality that is capable of capturing the
object wavefront information, making it very valuable for diverse scientific research …

Radiation tolerance of a single-photon counting complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor

JP Gallagher, L Buntic, W Deng… - Journal of …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
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 …

Generative Quanta Color Imaging

V Purohit, J Luo, Y Chi, Q Guo… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
The astonishing development of single-photon cameras has created an unprecedented
opportunity for scientific and industrial imaging. However the high data throughput …

[HTML][HTML] A 64× 128 3D-Stacked SPAD Image Sensor for Low-Light Imaging

Z Wang, X Yang, N Tian, M Liu, Z Cai, P Feng, R Dou… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Low-light imaging capabilities are in urgent demand in many fields, such as security
surveillance, night-time autonomous driving, wilderness rescue, and environmental …