Silicon-based dual-gate photodiodes with electrostatically controlled photocurrents can be used to create imaging systems that can compute incoming visual data.
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Chai, Y. Silicon photodiodes that multiply. Nat Electron 5, 483–484 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00822-x
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