Lihong Wang, from the California Institute of Technology, managed to invent the fastest camera ever developed about a year ago. The camera developed by Wang could capture images up to 10 trillion frames per second. This camera was so fast that it even made it possible to observe the movement of light in slow motion, but it was insufficient to catch the contact of transparent objects with light. Realizing this, Wang has developed a camera that can capture images of transparent objects and take 1 trillion frames per second. The camera technology developed by Wang can record not only light passing through transparent objects, but also images of shock waves and neurons. Wang states that he has created his new camera by combining the technology he developed previously with the super-fast photography technology called phase contrast microscopy, which enables recording images of transparent objects such as cells in the water. Slow motion image of a laser beam passing through the crystal: The phase contrast microscope, invented about a century ago by the German physicist Frits Zernike, has a technology that records changes in the speed of light when it comes into contact with different materials. Changes in the speed of light also affect the duration of the fluctuations that occur. In this way, it is much easier to determine whether the light is in contact with a transparent object. The camera developed by Wang does not take many photos in succession, unlike most fast video viewing technologies. Instead, Wang’s camera technology can view the entire movement of light in just one go. Wang states that technology is still in development, but it can be used in many fields such as physics, biology and chemistry in the future. What do you think about this new camera technology developed? You can share your ideas in the comments section.
