Author: Noah El Alami, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx The manipulation and measurement of photons, individual quanta of light, underpin the promising emerging technologies of photonic quantum computing and quantum communications. However, without a reliable and scalable photodetector solution, they cannot reach their full potential. Furthermore, creating a scalable, high-performance single-photon detector solution unlocks a range of other lucrative applications, including biological imaging, LiDAR, gas sensing, and quantum imaging. Two types of single-photon detector technology are competing to become the industry standard in both fields: semiconductor detectors, such as single-photon…
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