Exosens Imaging Finland & UK (Emberion)

Exosens Imaging Finland & UK designs and manufactures high-performance infrared sensors and cameras built on patented colloidal quantum dot technology and in-house designed CMOS integrated circuits.

Our teams combine deep expertise in nanomaterials and quantum dot photodetectors with high-performance industrial electronics, imaging software and camera design.

We operate from two complementary sites. In Cambridge, UK, our team develops the quantum dot sensor materials and devices, fabricates sensors in an on-site clean room and pilot production line on Cambridge Science Park, and carries out sensor characterisation and test. In Espoo, Finland, our team designs the CMOS readout circuits, electronics and software, and integrates and qualifies the complete camera systems.

The company was founded in 2016 as Emberion, building on research that began at Nokia, and joined the Exosens group in 2026. As part of Exosens, a European leader with more than 85 years of experience in the amplification, detection and imaging of light, we bring our technology to a worldwide customer base through Exosens’ sales channels and large-volume manufacturing capability.
 

Next-generation infrared imaging

Our cameras capture visible and short-wave infrared light on a single sensor, revealing detail that conventional silicon or InGaAs imagers cannot. Made with patented nanomaterial technology, they offer a scalable, cost-effective alternative to traditional SWIR detectors for demanding applications such as:

• Defence and surveillance, including night vision and border security
• Portable, handheld and drone-based imaging systems
• Industrial machine vision and semiconductor inspection
• Hyperspectral and scientific imaging

Unique products created with patented technology

Our imaging and photodetection products are built on a proprietary technology stack that integrates colloidal quantum dot absorbers with custom-designed CMOS readout integrated circuits (ROICs), camera electronics and software, all developed in house.

Our work is protected by more than 120 granted patents worldwide and has been reported in numerous high-impact scientific journals.

Products

The VS17 and the VS20 VIS-SWIR camera and core families deliver broadband imaging, respectively from 400 to 1700 nm  and 400 to 2000 nm, on a single VGA-format sensor, with high responsivity, low noise and a wide dynamic range. Available as a complete compact cameras  or as a modular cores for integration, the VS17 and the VS20 families  are offered with GigE Vision output interface 

Technology Platform

→ Colloidal quantum dot photodiode pixel architecture

→ Patented measurement techniques and readout modes

→ Custom CMOS ROIC design, scalable to high-resolution formats

→ Complete camera electronics, firmware and software developed in house

Learn more about our patented technologies

Join the infrared imaging revolution

At Exosens Imaging Finland & UK you will work at the frontier of nanomaterial-based photonics, taking a technology from the lab through the clean room to cameras deployed in the field. Our teams in Espoo and Cambridge are close-knit and multidisciplinary, spanning materials science, device physics, CMOS design, electronics, software and production.

As part of the Exosens group, we combine the agility and ownership with the resources, career paths and international reach of a global photonics leader. If you want your work to make a visible difference to what people can see, we would like to hear from you.

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