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Single-photon detection by rod cells of the retina
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At low light levels, the visual system detects and counts photon absorptions with a reliability close to limits set by statistical fluctuations in the number of absorbed photons. Thus the rod photoreceptors that provide the input signals to the dark-adapted visual system act as nearly perfect photon counters. This elegant performance is possible because light detection in the rods satisfies four functional requirements: high quantum efficiency, sufficient amplification to produce a measurable response, low dark noise, and low trial-to-trial variability in the elementary response. The rod meets these requirements using biochemical reactions rather than the solid-state reactions of silicon detectors, yet its performance equals or exceeds that of man-made detectors in several ways.
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- Authors
- Rieke, F., & Baylor, D. A.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1998-07-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1027-1036
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-0756
- OpenAlex
- W2120277394
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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