Single photon counting imaging system via compressive sensing

An imaging system based on single photon counting and compressive sensing (ISSPCCS) is developed to reconstruct a sparse image in absolute darkness. The single photon avalanche detector and spatial light modulator (SLM) of aluminum micro-mirrors are employed in the imaging system while the convex optimization is used in the reconstruction algorithm. The image of an object in the very dark light can be reconstructed from an under-sampling data set, but with very high SNR and robustness. Compared with the traditional single-pixel camera used a photomultiplier tube (PMT) as the detector, the ISSPCCS realizes photon counting imaging, and the count of photons not only carries fluctuations of light intensity, but also is more intuitive.

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