Litavis sensor unifies imaging, timing, and photon stats on one chip, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Singular Photonics’ Litavis is the first SPAD sensor to unify imaging, timing, and photon statistics on one chip.
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Singular Photonics
Company · Edinburgh
Singular Photonics designs single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensors that do their processing on the chip, counting and time-stamping individual photons inside each pixel so that far less raw data has to leave the sensor. The fabless Edinburgh company grew out of Robert Henderson's CMOS Sensors and Systems group at the University of Edinburgh. In August 2026 it raised $2.15 million led by ACF Investors, with Scottish Enterprise and Quantum Exponential among the backers, after doubling its 2025 sales; in September it launched Litavis, a 3D-stacked 256 by 256 pixel sensor that captures intensity, picosecond timing and photon statistics at once.
Singular Photonics, based in Edinburgh, is a company whose work covers quantum photonics and hardware; it was founded in 2023. It is not yet linked to a UK project in this directory. Profiled here: Robert Henderson (Co-Investigator).
Sources: About Singular Photonics · Singular Photonics gains $2.15M for quantum-enhanced image sensors (Quantum Zeitgeist, August 2026) · Litavis sensor unifies imaging, timing, and photon stats on one chip (Quantum Zeitgeist, September 2026)
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Singular Photonics gains $2.15M for quantum-enhanced image sensors, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Singular Photonics secured $2.15M to advance SPAD-based image sensors, exploring applications leveraging quantum phenomena.
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Renishaw TRRS Module Features SPAD Sensor, read on Quantum Zeitgeist
Renishaw has launched a new Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy (TRRS) module for its inVia™ microscope, integrating a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor from Singular Photonics to measure highly fluorescent samples. This collaboration overcomes a key challenge in Raman spectroscopy, ena
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