Single-Photon Imaging
This is a sub-conference of Frontiers in Electronic Imaging, held under the umbrella of the WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS 2009, from 15 - 16 June, 2009.
Synopsis
Because of the quantum nature of light, any type of image sensor has the same fundamental limit: Once every impinging photon can be detected, the ultimate limit has been reached. Several techniques have been demonstrated with which this goal can be attained, such as the Skipper CCD, Avalanche Photodetectors (APD), charge detection stages with low-capacitance input devices such as double-gate FETs, massively parallel signal processing for bandwidth and noise reduction, in-pixel amplification and pulse shaping, etc.
None of these techniques has yet found wide-spread applications, and “consumer night vision” has yet to arrive. However, the various approaches have matured today to a point where single-photon imaging in cell phone cameras is a distinct possibility for the near future.
Scientific Committee
- General Chair, Peter Seitz - Swiss Center for Electronics And Microtechnology - CSEM SA / Switzerland
- Edoardo Charbon - Technical University Delft / Netherlands
- Bart Dierickx - Caeleste CVBA / Belgium
- Boyd Fowler - Fairchild Imaging Inc. / USA
- Shoji Kawahito - Shizuoka University / Japan
- Stefan Lauxtermann - Teledyne Imaging Sensors / United States
- Andrea Simoni - Fondazione Bruno Kessler-FBK / Italy
Advance Programme
The premliminary programme of "Frontiers in Electronic" and "Manufacturing of Optical Components" can be donwloaded here: Advance Programme EOS Conferences_WoP (size: 3,6 MB).
Call for Papers
Download the call for papers (pdf-file, 690 KB)
Topics
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Electron Multiplication Charge Coupled Devices (EMCCD)
- Linear-mode APD pixels and image sensors
- Geiger-mode avalanche pixels and image sensors
- Double-gate field effect transistors (DG-FET) for image sensing
- Charge modulation device (CMD) image sensors
- Charge-averaging techniques with CCD pixels
- In-pixel circuits for single-photon detection
- Smart pixels with noise reduction functionality
- Ultra-low-noise CCD and CIS fabrication processes
- Architectures for low-noise CCD and CMOS image sensors
- Application examples with record performance
Invited Speaker
- Mark Robbins, e2v technologies plc., Chelmsford (UK)
Special Offer for Authors
All attendees of these EOS Conferences receive a 20% discount on the publication rate for JEOS:RP, the e-journal of the European Optical Society (http://www.jeos.org/). The paper submitted to JEOS:RP must be an original contribution that is connected to the conference presentation and must be submitted no later than 15 August, 2009. The publication rate for authors of the event is 280€ (instead of 350€).
Registration
The registration for this EOS conference includes admission to all conferences of the WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS 2009 as well as to the LASER World of PHOTONICS 2009 exhibition. Your registration also includes a ticket for public transport, which will only be available onsite.
Registration options:
- Register via our secure online shop: www.myeos.org/shop
- Register via fax, using the following fax form: fax registration.
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* Member of: EOS EPS SPIE OSA IEEE WLT DGLM German Competence Networks for Optical Technologies (OpTech-Net, Bayern Photonics, Hanse Photonik, OpTecBB, PhotonicNet, Photonics BW, OptoNet, Optence, PhotonAix)
Contact
European Optical Society (EOS)
Judith Herzog
Event & Account Management
Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover, Germany
Phone: +49-511-2788-159
Fax: +49-511-2788-119
E-mail: munich@myeos.org
URL: www.myeos.org/MUNICH2009
Sub-Conferences
- Frontiers in Electronic Imaging
- Single-Photon Imaging
- Application-Specific, High-Performance Image Sensors
- Advanced Optical 3D Imaging
