Press
Coverage of the work
25 pieces across 23 outlets and five languages, from NIST’s own newsroom and NASA Science to the photography and quantum trade press.
The big advance here is that the detectors are truly independent, so if you want a camera with more pixels, you just add more detectors to the chip.
Detectors 0.1 mm wide — Optica, 2026
Superconducting rails redistribute current across a strip detector more than a hundred times wider than a conventional nanowire, cutting the dark count rate by ten orders of magnitude and making large-area detectors far easier to fabricate.
NISTNIST researchers supersize quantum technology to help detect faint photonsAug 2026Phys.orgSupersized quantum sensors make faint photons easier to catchAug 2026The Quantum InsiderNIST researchers supersize quantum technology to help detect faint photonsAug 2026Quantum ZeitgeistNIST physicists overcome size limits of quantum light sensorsAug 2026
The 400,000-pixel camera — Nature, 2023
NIST's release noted that once the new readout architecture was in place, the array grew from 20,000 to 400,000 pixels in a matter of weeks.
NASA ScienceBreaking the scaling limits: new ultralow-noise superconducting camera for exoplanet searchesMay 2024IEEE SpectrumAt last, single-photon cameras could peer into your brainJul 2023SPIE Photonics FocusPhoton hunters: in search of habitable worlds (Feature on the field; the 400,000-pixel result discussed)Jul 2026NISTNIST team develops highest-resolution single-photon superconducting cameraOct 2023Physics WorldNew superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixelsOct 2023Universe TodayA new superconducting camera can resolve single photons2023ZME ScienceNew superconducting camera with 400,000 pixels can spot the universe's dimmest lights2023Phys.orgScientists develop highest-resolution single-photon superconducting cameraOct 2023ScienceDailyHighest-resolution single-photon superconducting cameraOct 2023PetaPixelScientists create highest-res single-photon camera with 400,000 pixelsOct 2023SciTechDailyLight years ahead: NIST's 400,000-pixel superconducting camera breakthroughOct 2023Interesting EngineeringNewly built camera captures images of a photon 400 times better than ever beforeJul 2023Tech TimesCamera sensitive enough to spot single photons finally achieved by Colorado researchersJul 2023Futura SciencesCette caméra à photons uniques pourrait voir l'intérieur du cerveau en temps réel (French)Jul 2023
Superconductor WeekNIST-led team builds a 400,000-pixel SNSPD camera (Print, vol. 37 no. 4)Sep 2023
NextBigFutureSuperconducting-nanowire single-photon camera with 400,000 pixels will explore brain cells, spaceJul 2023Electronics WeeklySuperconducting single-photon camera has 400k pixelsOct 2023hvg.hu400 000 pixeles képeket csinál: megépítették a világ legérzékenyebb kameráját (Hungarian)Jul 2023AZoOpticsA 400,000-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon cameraOct 2023Image Sensors WorldA 400 kilopixel resolution superconducting cameraNov 2023Bug.hrJednofotonske kamere koje gledaju u mozak (Croatian, in a weekly science round-up)Jul 2023