This is the Fastest Camera in the World: It Can Take 156.3 Trillion Photos in Just 1 Second
This technology was originally developed in 2014.
Engineers at the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications Research Center in Canada have successfully created the world's fastest camera, capable of capturing images at an incredible speed of 156.3 trillion frames per second (fps).
While regular cameras used in smartphones operate at a few hundred fps, professional cinematic cameras require thousands of fps to achieve smoother effects.
However, when it comes to the nanoscale, speeds need to be increased to billions or even trillions of fps.
This new camera can capture events in femtoseconds, which is equal to one quadrillionth of a second. This is an incredible achievement, especially considering that there are as many seconds in one second as there are in 32 million years.
"Researchers Develop Advanced Photography Technology Achieving Trillion Frames Per Second"
A new camera system called "swept-coded aperture real-time femtophotography" (SCARF) has successfully increased its speed to an impressive 156.3 trillion frames per second, more than double the previous rate.
This camera can capture events that happen so quickly that earlier technologies couldn’t see them, such as shock waves moving through living cells.
The SCARF process involves shooting ultra-short laser beams through the event to be captured.
The light is then passed through a series of components that allow it to be captured by the camera sensor of a paired device. This light is then converted into data that can be reconstructed by a computer into the final image.
Although it is unlikely for an average person to watch high-speed videos captured by SCARF, this discovery is expected to make a significant contribution to fields such as physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.
