At Last, Single-Photon Cameras Could Peer into Your Brain

The tech has long been stymied on how to scale it out of the lab

A 0.4-megapixel single-photon camera based on superconducting nanowires has been created.
Single photon cameras measure light with unsurpassed sensitivity and speed.
Cameras can be used to capture space, measure illumination in photonic quantum computers and communications.
Superconducting nanowires can capture each photon and operate at different frequencies.
Increasing the size of cameras opens up possibilities for applications in biomedical imaging.
Near infrared light is ideal for penetrating human tissue.
Silicon-based detectors are not suitable for these frequencies.
The team is working with bioimaging teams to tailor the device to their needs.

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