This Camera Can Capture Light In Slow-Motion At A Speed Of 4 Trillion Frames Per Second

Chinese scientists have successfully created an ultra-fast camera that can generate shots with dozens of frame, each of which is captured at an insanely high speed of a trillion fps.

What we have got from this is probably one of the best slow-motion cameras ever produced.

Usually, high-speed cameras take frames on semiconductors which make up the light sensors. And each of the frames is stored on a different area of the sensor. However, only a few shots are available for output as the sensors are really small.

Now, two scientists from Xi’an Jiaotong University and the City University of Hong Kong, Feng Chen and Lidai Wang respectively, came up with a new idea. Working with colleagues, instead of the conventional way, they exposed each frame on separate, overlapping areas of the sensor. Meanwhile, they also tag each of these frames. As a result, the scientists can later separate the frames and give them a camera capable of capturing as many as 60 shots at the speed of 4 trillion fps.

Using this technique, the team is even able to snap slow-motion images of light when it travels through a material.

From this creation, we can benefit from a number of uses, such as in physics research or optical-based communication. In addition, they even think of using it to observe the response of human tissue to light during laser surgery, in slow-motion. And we have even barely scratched the surface of how we can apply this technology.