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Single-photon Vision

Single-Photon Vision is a quantum biological phenomenon in which the visual system demonstrates the capacity to detect and respond to individual photons, distinguishing it from classical models of vision that require multiple photons to elicit a perceptual signal.

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2017–2026

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Microcircuitry of the dark-adapted cat retina: functional architecture of the rod-cone network

RG Smith, MA Freed, Peter Sterling · Journal of Neuroscience · 1986 · 248 citations · Full text

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Direct detection of a single photon by humans

Jonathan N. Tinsley, Maxim I. Molodtsov, Robert Prevedel et al. · Nature Communications · 2016 · 192 citations · Full text

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Single-Photon Sensitivity of Lamprey Rods with Cone-like Outer Segments

Ala Morshedian, Gordon Fain · Current Biology · 2015 · 87 citations · Full text

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The Number of Quanta Necessary for the Perception of Light of the Human Eye

H. A. van der Velden · Ophthalmologica · 2010 · 66 citations

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Interaction of Fixed Number of Photons with Retinal Rod Cells

Nam Mai Phan, Mei Fun Cheng, Dmitri A. Bessarab et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2014 · 62 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MF
    MA Freed

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 248 citations

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  2. PN
    Philip Nelson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  3. PG
    P. G. Lillywhite

    Australian National University, Australia

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. MI
    Maxim I. Molodtsov

    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria

    1 publications · 192 citations

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  5. WN
    W. N. Charman

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Institute of Medical Biology

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  2. Doheny Eye Institute

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    87 citations

  3. Data Storage Institute

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    186 citations

  4. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    192 citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    744 citations

  6. Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    960 citations

  7. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    192 citations

  8. Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Current Biology

    1 publications · 87 citations

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  2. Vision Research

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  3. Physics Today

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. Ophthalmologica

    1 publications · 66 citations

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  5. Physical Biology

    1 publications · 10 citations

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