New video camera captures 5 trillion frames every second

[Binary_Bark]

A new video camera, the fastest by far, has set a staggering speed record. It films 5 trillion frames (equivalent to 5 trillion still images) every second, blowing away the 100,000 frames per second of high-speed commercial cameras. The device could offer a peek at never-before-seen phenomena, such as the blazingly fast chemical reactions that drive explosions or combustion.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden demonstrated the camera’s speediness by filming particles of light traveling a distance as thin as a sheet of paper, then slowing down the trillionth-of-a-second journey to watch it.

The gadget works by repeatedly flashing a laser at a subject, with each flash getting a unique code. The subject reflects the flashes, and those reflections are combined into a single image. Then, an algorithm separates the image into a video sequence based on the codes, the scientists report March 15 in Light: Science & Applications. A German company is developing the camera for laboratory use. It could be ready in about two years.

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[c3n0byt3]

lol@ "particles of light".

 

[The_Librarian]

coming to smartphones soon

 

[TooFastTim]

lol@ "particles of light".

??

They're called photons. You may have heard of them.

 

[cn@]

Funny how they refer to this camera as a "gadget". :crylaugh:

 

[WaxLyrical]

Will it be able to capture the ANC stealing state funds?

 

[cn@]

Will it be able to capture the ANC stealing state funds?

Don't flatter them. Speed isn't one of their key attributes.

 

[c3n0byt3]

??

They're called photons. You may have heard of them.

Look, to cut a long story short read the comment by John Turner.

Also you cannot take a picture of a photon. Think about it.
What exactly would the sensor be receiving?

All the articles you see that refer to people "taking pictures of photons" are just media hype.
Read carefully and you will see that they took pictures/data of interactions of light to infer behavior.
This one comes to mind as being recently popular:
https://phys.org/news/2015-03-particle.html
Then read a more in-depth explanation with no hype:
https://www.insidescience.org/news/...-acting-simultaneously-pure-particle-and-wave

Here's a better write-up of the technique by the team themselves.
http://web.media.mit.edu/~raskar/trillionfps/

 

[Clive2]

5T fps camera:
I want one.
Imagine CERN would be interested..