Singular Photonics

Singular Photonics is a fabless semi conductor company recently spun out of the University of Edinburgh CMOS and Sensors Systems Group. We have a portfolio of sensors based on single photon avalanche diodes detectors (SPADs) technology. These sensors can detect and time single photons (light quanta) enabling simultaneous capture of depth and temporal dimensions generating next generation 4D images. They have seen their transformation from a research curiosity to a mainstream semiconductor technology with billions of SPAD devices in consumer use in mobile phones for depth sensing, autofocus-assist and more recently into LiDAR. In the near future, next generation SPAD-based detectors can be expected to play a major societal role, from wearable health, microplastic detection to hydrogen sensing and even adding further dimensions to the phone camera in your pocket.