{"id":276428,"date":"2024-03-26T06:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328883"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:51:32","slug":"this-camera-holds-the-world-record-156-trillion-photos-per-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-camera-holds-the-world-record-156-trillion-photos-per-second\/","title":{"rendered":"This camera holds the world record: 156 trillion photos per second"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The engineers at the Research Center for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications (INRS) in Canada have developed the <strong>fastest camera in the world, capable of shooting at an astonishing speed of 156.3 trillion frames per second<\/strong> (fps).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f96df87d-926f-4954-bf58-f377a573a630\/3410194445\/instagram-Instagram_icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Instagram<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-how-a-successful-director-uses-an-iphone-15-pro-to-shoot-a-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The best slow-motion cameras on phones usually work with a few hundred fps, and the work is already incredible\">The best slow-motion cameras on phones usually work with a few hundred fps, and the work is already incredible<\/a>. Professional cinematographic cameras can use a few thousand to achieve a smoother and truly impressive effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But if you want to see what happens at the nanoscale, you have to slow things down a lot<\/strong>, to billions or even trillions of frames per second. And that&#8217;s where our protagonist of today comes in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45820-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"here's the original study.\">here&#8217;s the original study.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">World\u2019s fastest camera shoots at 156.3 trillion frames per second <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pUStJzN8Uk\">https:\/\/t.co\/pUStJzN8Uk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Photo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Photo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Photography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Photography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldsFastest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldsFastest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Camera?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Camera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cameras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cameras<\/a><\/p>&mdash; VTB |\u300eV\u300f?\u300eB\u300fCasts\u250b (@V_TBot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/V_TBot\/status\/1772554736098820250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A camera that breaks all world records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, the new camera can capture events that occur in the femtosecond range, that is, quadrillionths of a second. <strong>As a reference, in one second there are as many femtoseconds as there are seconds in 32 million years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The researchers relied on the technology they developed in 2014, known as compressed ultrafast photography<\/strong> (CUP), with which they could capture a measly 100 billion fps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The next phase was called T-CUP, with the T standing for &#8220;Trillion-frame-per-second&#8221;<\/strong>, which was, true to its word, capable of capturing up to 10 trillion fps. In 2020, the team increased it to 70 trillion fps with a version called Compressed Ultrafast Spectral Photography (CUSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Camra-mas-rapida-del-mundo-1024x465-1.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Now, researchers have managed to double it again, reaching the astonishing figure of 156.3 trillion frames per second.<\/strong> The new camera system is called &#8220;real-time coded aperture femtography&#8221; (SCARF) and can capture events that happen too quickly even for previous versions of the technology. For example, shock waves passing through matter or living cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does this miraculous camera work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SCARF works by first firing an ultrashort &#8220;chirped&#8221; pulse of laser light, which passes through the event or object to be photographed. <\/strong>If you imagine light as a rainbow, the red wavelengths will capture the phenomenon first, followed by the oranges, yellows, and then the violets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Filming the Speed of Light at 10 Trillion FPS\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Ys_yKGNFRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the event happens so quickly, by the time each successive &#8220;color&#8221; arrives, it already looks different, allowing the pulse to capture the entire change in an incredibly short period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, this pulse of light passes through a series of components that focus, reflect, diffract, and encode it, until it finally reaches the sensor of a camera with a charge-coupled device (CCD). <strong>Then, it is converted into data that a computer can reconstruct into the final image.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f96df87d-926f-4954-bf58-f377a573a630\/3410194445\/instagram-Instagram_icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Instagram<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it is unlikely that ordinary citizens will see videos of balloons exploding at high speed captured by SCARF systems, researchers claim that <strong>capturing new ultrafast phenomena could help improve fields such as physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fastest camera in the world, capable of shooting at the astonishing speed of 156.3 trillion frames per second. 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