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Photon etc.
Company Description
Photon etc. aims to provide each researcher, engineer and technician with access to the latest innovations in optical and photonic instrumentation.
As pioneers in Bragg-based hyperspectral imaging, we offer state-of-the-art instruments, driven by our client's desires to surpass limitations in measurement and analysis.
Inspired by the scientific creativity found in Montreal and Quebec, we promote open and collaborative innovation and excellence.
We pride ourselves in offering our clients innovative and reliable instruments, based on the latest scientific advances in photonics and optics.
Our wish is to develop a long term relationship with our clients by providing products adapted to their specific needs, combined with personalized service and support.
Contact Information
 5795 De Gaspé Ave
Hyperspectral Imaging & spectroscopic instruments
Montreal,QC
Canada
Press Releases
| Photon etc’s changes the paradigm in SWIR spectral analysis
Montreal (January 3rd, 2010) – Photon etc recently delivered a short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral imager to Institut National d’Optique (INO) and will shortly release a second instrument to Photonic Knowledge, a Photon etc spin-off company which focuses on hyperspectral applications for the mining and petroleum industry.
Sebastien Blais-Ouellette, CEO of Photon etc, explains the importance of this latest development: “The system allows new measurements in SWIR spectroscopy. It is a world premier in terms of spectral and spatial resolutions in the SWIR spectral range. We are confident that this kind of scientific instrumentation could have many potential industrial applications.”
Thanks to a unique and patented design based on volume Bragg gratings, the SWIR hyperspectral imager delivers a series of monochromatic images at user-specified wavelengths. This allows for spectral analysis of each and every pixel of a full resolution image, meaning no more fastidious x-y scanning of the samples.
Eric Roberge, CEO at Photonic Knowledge, believes this technology will open new markets for the company: “Thanks to this new instrument, we will be able to analyse more minerals, especially the ones with a signature in the SWIR spectral range. The instruments already in operation prove to be very reliable, but the spectral window is limited to the visible-NIR. With the SWIR model, Photonic Knowledge can now offer its clients a wider range of analysis for their mineralogical samples.”
Resulting in more than just an increase in efficiency, the hyperspectral imager provides data on both spectral and spatial content, allowing to perform new analyses and push the boundaries of the most demanding applications. With narrow resolutions of 4 nm and an operating range from 1000 nm to 2500 nm, Photon etc’s hyperspectral imager will boost the power of reflectance imaging and enable a range of new applications like vegetation cover monitoring or faint galaxy observation. No other technology — including imaging FTS, Fabry-Perot, acousto-optic, or liquid crystal — can compete with Photon etc’s patented hyperspectral imaging technology.
Photon etc offers state-of-the-art photonic and optical research instrumentation. Its patented spectral imaging and optical sensing technologies provide solutions for a wide variety of scientific and industrial applications. From material analysis to medical imaging, Photon etc’s expertise and spirit of innovation allow the exploration of uncharted territories.
Contact:
Bernard-Alexandre Gaulin
Director of Sales & Marketing
bagaulin@photonetc.com |
| Nüvü Camēras: spin-off of Photon etc.
After years of work in uncharted territory, Nüvü Camēras, a spin-off of Montreal-based Photon etc., will begin commercializing its EMCCD camera, recognized as the “most sensitive camera in the world.” The camera was invented and designed by Olivier Daigle, recipient of the People’s Choice Award for discovery of the year 2009 given by Québec Science magazine. His work was aided by the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique Expérimentale of University of Montreal, and the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, as well as by the team at Photon etc Inc., a research and development company that specializes in photonic measurement and analysis instruments.
The camera was initially designed to be part of the international 3D-NTT instrument project, and its installation at the New Technology Telescope in Chile, owned by the European Southern Observatory, is planned for early 2011. The exceptional performance of the Nüvü camera will significantly improve high-contrast spectroscopy and extremely low-flux imagery. Thanks to extremely low-noise operation, the camera is expected to quadruple the effectiveness of current telescopes in applications requiring either short exposure or low levels of light.
Nüvü Camēras will be co-founded by Mr. Daigle and Photon etc. COO, Marie-Eve Ducharme, who will leave her post to assume the title of president of the new company. Meet Photon etc. and Nüvü Camēras representatives at Booth #321 from June 29th to July 1st at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010 in San Diego, California, and don’t miss the presentation ”the darkest EMCCD ever,” offered in session 1: EMCCDs on Sunday June 27th, 2010 (8:40 to 10:00 AM). |
| NASA purchased new Photon etc. EMCCD controller
The new CCD Controller for Counting Photons of Photon etc. (CCCP) has been integrated with a CCD97 EMCCD from e2v technologies into a scientific camera at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique Expérimentale (LAE), Université de Montréal to develop the world’s most sensitive astronomical camera. This unique EMCCD camera achieves subelectron readout noise and very low clock-induced charge (CIC) levels, which are mandatory for extreme faint flux imaging. It has been characterized in laboratory and used on the Observatoire du Mont Mégantic 1.6 m telescope. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was so impressed by the results that it purchased the first commercial CCD controller of Photon etc. (CCCP). “The sensitivity of the cameras developed will not only help to understand better the depths of the universe, but also to perceive weak optical signals coming from the human body. These signals can reveal the early signs of several diseases such as macular degeneration and certain types of cancer. An early diagnostic leads to early intervention, hopefully before the disease becomes more serious ,thus saving lives and important costs” says Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, president of Photon etc. A talk on its performances, experimental and scientific data will be presented at SPIE Electronic Imaging 2010 by Olivier Daigle, the inventor of the new technology. Also, Photon etc. will exhibit at SPIE BiOS (booth # 8833) and SPIE Photonics West 2010 (booth # 4407) to answer any questions regarding this new development as well as Photon etc.’s other main products: Hyperspectral Imaging System, Tunable Laser Source, Laser Line Tunable Filter, Notch Filters and Multiband Filters. |
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