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Photon Force

Edinburgh company designing and supplying single-photon avalanche diode cameras and custom sensor systems for photonics research, quantum optics and life science instrumentation.

Company overview

Photon Force is an Edinburgh-based company that designs and manufactures single-photon sensitive cameras and sensors. It specialises in technology for time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) using single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays. The company's product range includes its PF32 series of cameras, the PF1D-1024 linear array, and OEM modules for integration into third-party systems. In addition to its products, Photon Force provides custom design, manufacturing, and firmware customisation services. Its technologies are aimed at accelerating research in fields such as photonics, quantum optics, and biomedical research. The company, which launched its first camera in 2015, states its aim is the mass manufacture of SPAD sensors.

Semiconductor activity

Primary capability: Detectors / Imaging Devices. Supply-chain role: Product Design, IC Design, Design Services.

Technologies and capabilities

  • Sensors
  • Photonics
  • Quantum
  • Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD)
  • Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC)
  • Quantum Optics
  • Imaging Sensors

Single-Photon Cameras; Linear SPAD Arrays; OEM Sensor Modules; Custom Sensor Design; Firmware Customisation

Markets served

  • Research & Academia
  • Photonics
  • Quantum
  • Biomedical Research

UK presence

Edinburgh. Part of the Scotland cluster.

Research links: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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