@article{4d60bb023c2c4f86a737f985cb8613d8,
title = "Single-photon Detection for Long-Range Imaging and Sensing",
abstract = "Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications, from quantum optics to life sciences and remote sensing. A variety of advanced optoelectronic device architectures offer not only high-performance single-pixel devices but also the ability to scale up to detector arrays and extend single-photon sensitivity into the short-wave infrared and beyond. The advent of single-photon focal plane arrays is poised to revolutionize infrared imaging and sensing. In this mini-review, we set out performance metrics for single-photon detection, assess the requirements of single-photon light detection and ranging, and survey the state of the art and prospects for new developments across semiconductor and superconducting single-photon detection technologies. Our goal is to capture a snapshot of a rapidly developing landscape of photonic technology and forecast future trends and opportunities.",
author = "Hadfield, {Robert H.} and Jonathan Leach and Fleming, {Fiona M} and Douglas Paul and Tan, {Chee Hing} and Ng, {Jo Shien} and Henderson, {Robert K.} and Buller, {Gerald S.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment. The authors thank the Optica Editor-in-Chief Dr. Prem Kumar for soliciting this mini-review and Deputy Editor Dr. Christophe Dorrer for guiding us through to submission. We thank colleagues who kindly gave permission for figures from original work to be reproduced. We also thank the anonymous expert reviewers for their perceptive comments and feedback, which have strengthened the final paper. The authors declare funding sources relevant to the topics covered in this mini-review. The authors acknowledge support from the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). G.S.B., D.J.P., R.K.H., and F.F. acknowledge funding from the Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Fund “SPIDAR” project, led by Toshiba Research Europe. G.S.B. and J.L. acknowledge support from the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). D.J.P. acknowledges Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. The authors acknowledge industrial sponsorship for postgraduate research students: Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (R.H.H.), Single Quantum B.V. (R.H.H.), Chase Research Cryogenics (R.H.H.), and ST Microelectronics (R.K.H.). Funding Information: Innovate UK (1908_CRD_CO_ISCF_QUANTUM SPIDAR); Royal Academy of Engineering (CiET2021\123); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S026428/1, EP/T00097X/1, EP/T001011/1, EP/W003252/1). The authors thank the Optica Editor-in-Chief Dr. Prem Kumar for soliciting this mini-review and Deputy Editor Dr. Christophe Dorrer for guiding us through to submission. We thank colleagues who kindly gave permission for figures from original work to be reproduced. We also thank the anonymous expert reviewers for their perceptive comments and feedback, which have strengthened the final paper. The authors declare funding sources relevant to the topics covered in this mini-review. The authors acknowledge support from the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). G.S.B., D.J.P., R.K.H., and F.F. acknowledge funding from the Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Fund “SPIDAR” project, led by Toshiba Research Europe. G.S.B. and J.L. acknowledge support from the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). D.J.P. acknowledges Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. The authors acknowledge industrial sponsorship for postgraduate research students: Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (R.H.H.), Single Quantum B.V. (R.H.H.), Chase Research Cryogenics (R.H.H.), and ST Microelectronics (R.K.H.). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Optica Publishing Group.",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1364/OPTICA.488853",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "1124--1141",
journal = "Optica",
issn = "2334-2536",
publisher = "OSA Publishing",
number = "9",
}