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- 2012
- 04/17Journal Ensemble | Haute technologie : conserver les ressources humaines
- 03/09Bio Optics World | Retinal hyperspectral imaging system by Photon etc.
The IRIS retinal hyperspectral imaging system from Photon etc. (Montreal, QC, Canada) delivers noninvasive localization of biomolecules in the eye fundus to develop treatments for retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
- 03/05Laser Focus World | Photon etc. hyperspectral retinal imaging
Photon etc. has unveiled IRIS, a new instrument for non-invasive localization of biomolecules in the eye fundus. Based on a custom-made mydriatic retinal camera and Photon etc.’s tunable laser source, IRIS allows high-definition retinal imaging at any wavelength from 420 to 1000 nm (mydriatic means the pupil must be dilated for the examination).
- 02/13La Presse Affaire - Le bonheur est dans les carottes... de forage
Une PME de Rosemère dit avoir trouvé une façon révolutionnaire d'analyser les carottes de forage, étape cruciale dans l'exploration minière. À l'aide d'un appareil photo dit hyperspectral, Photonic Knowledge peut savoir exactement ce que contient (les types de métaux, leur teneur, etc.) chaque centimètre d'une carotte de forage. Comptant déjà près de 40 clients au Québec et en Ontario, la jeune entreprise s'apprête à conquérir le marché international. L'Arabie Saoudite, l'Australie et le Chili sont dans sa mire.
Read full article (french version only)
- 04/17Journal Ensemble | Haute technologie : conserver les ressources humaines
- 2011
- 04/14Team investigate MO Faraday effect using tunable laser
Magneto-optical (MO) effects are used as tools for probing the magnetization reversal characteristics of a wide range of sample types, and as an effective way to modify the polarization of light via induced magnetization state in samples.
- 01/28Spectroscopy Application Notebook, February
Finding gold just became easier than ever imagined. Photonic Knowledge, Inc., a spin-off of Photon etc., introduces the Core Mapper™, a hyperspectral imager that produces instantaneous, precise in situ mineral ogy, lithology, and alteration mapping. This unique patented technology answers the increasing demand of the mining industry for better exploration tools.
- 01/17Sensor Technology Alert from Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan wrote a Tech-Alert on Photon etc’s hyperspectral imaging system for photovoltaics inspection
The technology alert is available here
For more information, please contact us
- 01/17Olivier Daigle named scientific personality of the year 2010
Olivier Daigle, CTO at Nüvü Cameras, a Photon etc spinoff, has been recognized as the "scientific personality of the year" by La Presse/Radio-Canada.
Read University of Montreal article (french version only) Read La Presse article (french version only)
- 04/14Team investigate MO Faraday effect using tunable laser
- 2010
- 12/01Photon etc's corporate profile published in Spectroscopy
A corporate profile of Photon etc. has been published in Spectroscopy’s December edition.
- 09/27Advanced Manufacturing Technology Alert from Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan wrote a Tech-Alert on Photon etc’s system to monitor in-situ carbon nanotube properties during growth.
The technology alert is available here
For more information, please contact us
- 09/03 Spectroscopy Application Notebook, September
Carbon nanotube characterization by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
Read the application Notebook on Photon etc's Resonant Raman Spectroscopy System.pdf
- 04/26Canoë, avril
Québec Science: Prix Découverte de l'année 2009 à un chercheur d'étoiles
Read the article on Canoë (french version only)
- 04/12Les Affaires, April
Générer rapidement des revenus, Jean-Philippe Pineault, Les Affaires.
- 04/09Les Diplômés, no 418 Spring
- 03/29CRSNG, mars
- 03/22OptoIQ, March
- 02/28Info CDEC, février 2010
- 01/25Photonics Spectra, January
- 01/24Découverte on Radio-Canada Channel
A short report (in french) on this camera, "un appareil photo astronomique", was presented at Découverte, January 24th 2010, on Radio-Canada channel.
- 01/19Québec Science, February
The world's most sensitive EMCCD camera developed by Olivier Daigle et al., in the Top 10 discoveries of 2009 chosen by Québec Science.
Au-delà du visible
Elle capte comme jamais des images lointaines et précises. Mais aussi la lumière du corps humain. C’est la caméra la plus puissante du monde. (french version only)
- 12/01Photon etc's corporate profile published in Spectroscopy
- 2009
- 09/30NASA as First Client
NASA, first purchaser of the new most sensitive EMCCD controller at low luminosity from Photon etc.
English releases:
Universite de Montreal creates "world's most sensitive" astronomical camera
World's most sensitive astronomical camera developed at the Universite de Montreal
World's most sensitive astronomical camera developped
Physorg.com, Septembre 29th 2009.
Science Daily, September 30th 2009. World's most sensitive astronomical camera developed at the Universite de Montreal
EurekAlert.org, septembre 29th 2009.
World's most sensitive astronomical camera developed at the Universite de Montreal
Science Codex, September 29th 2009. Controller boosts telescope output by damping noise
EETimes, September 30th 2009.French releases:
La NASA acquiert une caméra conçue à l'UdeM
Forum, hebdomadaire d'information de l'Université de Montréal, vol.44, no 5, 28 septembre 2009. La NASA première cliente
Radio-Canada, nouvelles, science, astrophysique, 29 septembre 2009. La NASA achète une caméra ultrasensible créée à Montréal
Métro, 30 septembre 2009. Un oeil de lynx pour la NASA grâce à un lévisien
Le Soleil, 6 octobre 2009.
- 09/24Journal of Spectral Imaging (JSI)
Full resolution Images at any Wavelength from Photon etc's Hyperspectral Imager
The benefits of this compact and portable hyperspectral imager from Photon etc include high resolution, high versatility, a wide choice of cameras from high speed to high sensitivity and real time image viewing.
Using a unique and patented design based on volume Bragg gratings, the Hyperspectral Imager delivers a series of monochromatic images at user-specified wavelengths. This optimised hyperspectral cube allows for spectral analysis of each and every pixel of a full resolution image. No more fastidious x–y scanning of the samples or limited exposure time of remote sensing acquisition. More than a simple increase in efficiency, getting both the spectral and spatial content will allow you to perform completely new analyses and push the limit of your most demanding applications.
Photon etc.'s Hyperspectral Imager .Thanks to its narrow spectral bandwidth (≥0.3 nm FWHM), up to 60% efficiency (unpolarised) and an operating range of 400 nm to 2.3 µm, no other technology, including imaging FTS, Fabry–Perot, acousto-optic or liquid crystal, can offer the results achieved with Photon etc's technology.
The Hyperspectral Imager will boost imaging performance for Raman imaging, biomedical imaging (burns, wounds, bruises etc.), photoluminescence imaging, counterfeit detection, photovoltaic analysis, pharmaceutical research, biothreat detection, forensic detection, gas leak imaging, food processing (vegetable cover monitoring), astronomy (faint galaxy observation) and many more applications. Full resolution Images at any Wavelength from Photon etc's Hyperspectral Imager
- 09/18La Reussite, September
Photon etc. in full expansion
Interview (in french only) with Photon etc.'s International Sales coordinator, Bernard-Alexandre Gaulin, in page 29 of La Réussite Journal.
- 01/18LaboratoryTalk, January
- 09/30NASA as First Client
- 2008
- 07/31Laser Focus World, July
Laser-line tunable filter
Laser-line tunable filters remove unwanted plasma lines and fluorescence from laser sources. Suited for Ti:sapphire and dye lasers, this nondispersive, slitless technology can be applied to any broadband source. Standard bandwidths vary between 0.25 to 2 nm in the VIS and between 0.8 to 6 nm in the near-IR. Out-of-band rejection is more than 40 dB and damage threshold is more than 5 GW/cm2.
Photon etc, Montreal, Canada
info@photonetc.com
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/332973/12/none/none/Dept/New-Products
- 06/26La Presse, June
La Presse, June 26th 2008
- 05/07Biophotonics International, April
New to the Market
Laser Line Filters
Tunable laser line filters from Photon etc. Inc. remove unwanted plasma lines and fluorescence from laser sources over the full spectral range with high pointing stability and signal throughput. Based on volume Bragg gratings, the nondispersive slitless technology has a high damage threshold and can be combined with broadband sources, including supercontinuum lasers. The bandpass filters exhibit narrow bandwith and high efficiency for all polarization states. Their specifications include bandwith of <10cm‾ ¹ (0.3nm at 514nm), an available spectral range from 350 nm to 2.5 µm, a tuning range up to 300 nm and peak transmission at center wavelength of >50%. Computer control is through a USB interface.
Photon etc.
- 04/23Photonics Spectra, April
Innovative Product
TUNABLE FILTERA laser line tunable bandpass filter unveiled by Photon etc. Inc. is based on volume Bragg grating technology and covers the 350- to 2500-nm spectral range, with available bandwidths from 0.3 to 6 nm FWHM. Peak transmission at the center wavelength is >50%, wavelength relative resolution is 50 pm, and wavelength absolute accuracy is 100 pm. The filter has a 5-mm aperture, measures 10.03 × 7.5 × 8.75 in. and operates over a temperature range from 10 to 40 °C. It transmits a single laser line while blocking unwanted lines and fluorescence and is matched to the company’s tunable Top Notch filter for Raman applications. Proprietary PHySpec control and analysis software controls both filters simultaneously through a single USB 2.0 port. 
http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2008/April/products/91224.aspx
- 07/31Laser Focus World, July
- 2007
- 11/31Biophotonics International, November
New to the Market
Tunable Notch Filter
While maintaining throughput up to 80% at an operating wavelength between 350 nm and 2.5 µm, Tunable Top Notch Filters from Photon etc. inc. block very narrow bandwidths while giving access to Raman shifts lower than 10 cm-1 with a minimum optical density of 4. For Raman applications, these filters collect Stokes and anti-Stokes data simultaneously. Replacing triple spectrographs, the filters are based on volume Bragg gratings and feature all-glass holographic that are compact and easy to align. The computer-controlled system, which comes complete with drivers and software, operates through a USB connection. It is suitable for photoluminescence, astronomy, life sciences, pharmaceutical and petrochemical applications.
Photon etc.
- 11/19Photonics Spectra, October
Innovative Product
TUNABLE FILTERSPhoton etc. inc.'s Photon etc. inc.'s Tunable Top Notch Filters block a narrow bandwidth while maintaining up to 80% throughput between 350 nm and 2.5 μm. They provide access to Raman shifts as low as 10 cm–1, with a minimum of OD4 and a tuning range of several hundred nanometers. Based on volume Bragg gratings, the all-glass holographic filters are compact and easy to align. The computer-controlled systems are supplied with drivers and control software through a USB interface.
http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2007/October/products/89294.aspx
- 10/31Laser Focus World, October
New Products
Tunable top-notch filter
A tunable top-notch filter blocks a narrow bandwidth while maintaining up to 80% throughput between 350 nm and 2.5 µm. These filters allow access to Raman shifts as low as 10 cm-1, with a minimum of OD 4 and a tuning range of several hundred nanometers. Designed as a high-throughput replacement solution for triple spectrographs, the compact, all-glass holographic filters are based on volume Bragg gratings, offer simple alignment, and have USB control.http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/308756/12/none/none/Dept/New-Products
- 04/12Press Release of CQVB
The "Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies" investment is dedicated to help Photon etc. to develop the hyperspectral imaging equipments for biomedical diagnostic.
CQVB Press Release.pdf (french version only)
- 02/03Courrier Laval, February
Dr. Sebastien Blais-Ouellette, president of Photon etc., received the award of "Prix de la relève 2006."
http://www.courrierlaval.com/article-72325-Un-astrophysicien-lavallois-honore.html (french version only)
- 11/31Biophotonics International, November
- 2006
- 2/12Laser Focus World, December
New Products
Hyperspectral imager
An imaging Bragg tunable filter family of hyperspectral imaging sensors can acquire monochromatic images at any wavelength in the UV, visible, or near-IR regions. They provide optical bandpasses from 0.25 to 100 nm at wavelengths between 350 nm and 2.5 µm with efficiencies up to 90% unpolarized.
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/279865/12/ARTCL/none/none/NEW-PRODUCTS/
- 11/25Biophotonics International, novembre
New to the market
Hyperspectral imager
The imaging Bragg tunable filter from Photon etc. inc. is a family of hyperspectral imaging sensors that can acquire monochromatic images at any wavelength in the ultraviolet, visible and near-inrared spectral regions. Based on volume Bragg grating techniques, the imaging technology provides optical bandpasses from 0.25 to 100 nm between 350 nm and 2.5 mm wavelengths, and up to 90% unpolarized. The sensors are suitable for Raman imaging, biomedical imaging and remote sensing, and they are offered in laboratory and field-portable versions.
Photon etc.
- 11/01Photonics Spectra, November
Innovative Product
IMAGING SENSORSPhoton etc. inc. has released the imaging Bragg tunable filter family of hyperspectral imaging sensors that can acquire monochromatic images at any UV-VIS-NIR wavelength. The sensors, based on volume Bragg gratings, offer optical bandpasses from 0.25 to 100 nm and between 350 nm and 2.5 μm, and efficiencies of up to 90% unpolarized. Available in laboratory and field-portable versions, they are suitable for Raman and biomedical imaging, industrial inspection and remote sensing.http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2006/November/products/85037.aspx
- 2/12Laser Focus World, December
