Photon Force

Photon Force is an Edinburgh-based company that develops high-performance single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays and time-resolved imaging solutions for quantum sensing and photonics applications. Founded as a spinout from Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, the company commercializes breakthrough SPAD sensor technology enabling photon-counting detection with picosecond timing resolution. Photon Force's sensors serve quantum technology applications including quantum key distribution, quantum imaging, LIDAR, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), and quantum communication systems. The company's technology provides critical enabling components for photonic quantum computing, quantum networking, and quantum sensing systems requiring single-photon detection capabilities.