Photometric limits for digital camera systems

Schöberl M, Brückner A, Foessel S, Kaup A (2012)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Book Volume: 21

Article Number: 020501

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1117/1.JEI.21.2.020501

Abstract

Image sensors for digital cameras are built with ever decreasing pixel sizes. The size of the pixels seems to be limited by technology only. However, there is also a hard theoretical limit for classical video camera systems: During a certain exposure time only a certain number of photons will reach the sensor. The resulting shot noise thus limits the signal-to-noise ratio. In this letter we show that current sensors are already surprisingly close to this limit. © 2012 SPIE and IS&T.

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APA:

Schöberl, M., Brückner, A., Foessel, S., & Kaup, A. (2012). Photometric limits for digital camera systems. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.21.2.020501

MLA:

Schöberl, Michael, et al. "Photometric limits for digital camera systems." Journal of Electronic Imaging 21.2 (2012).

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