Advances in Photon-Counting Imaging and Sensing
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Photonics and Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 October 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: single-photon imaging and sensing
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Interests: optical imaging; ghost imaging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Imaging and sensing technologies based on single-photon detection, such as 3D imaging, ranging, velocity and vibration measurement, are rapidly developing. Compared with traditional laser imaging and sensing methods, single-photon level detection sensitivity brings technological improvements in various aspects, but it also faces new challenges.
This Special Issue explores recent advances in photon-counting imaging and sensing, including, but not limited to, new research findings on imaging, ranging and velocity measurement based on single-photon detection, quantum imaging, laser sensing and measurement.
Dr. Yan Kang
Dr. Zhe Sun
Dr. Yunkun Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- single-photon detectors
- 3D imaging and sensing
- photon counting
- time-correlated single-photon counting
- quantum imaging and ghost imaging
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