Photon etc. is a Montréal photonics company that designs and manufactures wide-field, microscopy and push-broom hyperspectral imaging systems, infrared cameras, tunable filters and analysis software.
Operating context
Photon etc. builds hyperspectral imaging systems, infrared cameras and analysis software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field mapping, microscopy and line scanning. The L-EOS line imager covers 0.9–2.5 micrometres for continuous inspection of moving materials, including polymer, textile and mineral sorting. Buyers can select the imaging geometry and spectral band for the inspection task, then integrate acquisition and PHySpec analysis into the wider system.
Canadian footprint
Photon etc. has a documented Canadian operating presence in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Its public organization and capability evidence should be read at that location and national scope only where the cited sources explicitly support it.
Montréal, Quebec is the published city-level context for Photon etc.. It does not imply a street address or exact facility location.
Laboratory and industrial hyperspectral imaging systems
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Photon etc. supplies distinct hyperspectral instrument families: GRAND-EOS widefield imaging, IMA microscopy and L-EOS line scanning, supported by PHySpec acquisition and analysis software. Model-specific spectral ranges and imaging geometry determine suitability for materials characterization, sorting or signature studies; the portfolio is not a single interchangeable airborne sensor.
Evidence of maturity
Commercially marketed scientific and industrial instruments; defence applications are vendor-stated use cases rather than a named accepted deployment.
Commercial availability
Offered through direct sales and instrument configuration discussions; select the required geometry, spectral band, detector and calibration package.
Core features
GRAND-EOS continuously tunable widefield imaging from 400 to 1650 nm
L-EOS 1.7 at 900–1700 nm and L-EOS 2.5e at 1000–2500 nm
IMA VIS/SWIR microscopy for luminescence, reflectance and transmittance mapping
PHySpec camera control, automated sequencing, visualization and data export
Which L-EOS configuration and calibration workflow fit the target material, conveyor speed and lighting conditions?
The line-scanning design and spectral band are documented; application-specific throughput and classification performance need a configuration-level comparison.
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Photon etc. designs and manufactures hyperspectral imagers, SWIR and extended-SWIR cameras, filters and PHySpec software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field hyperspectral mapping, microscopy and push-broom line scanning.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures hyperspectral imagers, SWIR and extended-SWIR cameras, filters and PHySpec software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field hyperspectral mapping, microscopy and push-broom line scanning.
Supports: Profile · operating context
Photon etc. designs and manufactures hyperspectral imagers, SWIR and extended-SWIR cameras, filters and PHySpec software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field hyperspectral mapping, microscopy and push-broom line scanning.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures hyperspectral imagers, SWIR and extended-SWIR cameras, filters and PHySpec software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field hyperspectral mapping, microscopy and push-broom line scanning.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures hyperspectral imagers, SWIR and extended-SWIR cameras, filters and PHySpec software in Montréal. Its portfolio separates wide-field hyperspectral mapping, microscopy and push-broom line scanning.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · name
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · capability type
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
Photon etc. designs and manufactures visible and infrared imaging instruments in Montreal, distinguishing widefield hyperspectral systems, microscopy and line-scan cameras from SWIR/eSWIR cameras and tunable filters. PHySpec is the instrument-control software; different instrument geometries and spectral bands should not be combined into a single uniform performance claim.
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
True North Map derives this first-conversation question from the documented Photon etc. capability, current evidence and the decision gap that remains.
Supports: Profile · current activity
The complementary current product, technical or partnership source supports the present commercial activity summarized in the candidate.
Photon etc.'s L-EOS line-scanning hyperspectral camera covers 0.9–2.5 micrometres and is intended for continuous inspection of moving materials, including polymer, textile and mineral sorting. It complements the company's wide-field and microscopy systems rather than representing one interchangeable camera architecture.
Photon etc. publishes info@photonetc.com as a public organization contact.
Supports: Profile · description
The cited official material supports Photon etc.'s Canadian commercial identity and the bounded hyperspectral role described in this candidate.
Supports: Profile · current activity
True North Map classifies the legacy undated product description as operating context rather than a material current development, so the optional Recent Activity field is cleared.
Supports: Profile · editorial profile version
Photon etc. has sufficient mapped public evidence for private reviewer consideration of the shared editorial profile template.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
The cited official material supports Photon etc.'s Canadian commercial identity and the bounded hyperspectral role described in this candidate.
Photon etc.'s public evidence establishes its current role and offering, but it does not answer every access, configuration, eligibility, maturity or buyer question needed for a first business-development conversation.
Supports: Profile · profileData.currentActivity
The complementary current product, technical or partnership source supports the present commercial activity summarized in the candidate.
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · core features
Photon etc. specifies GRAND-EOS as a continuously tunable 400–1650 nm widefield imager using volume-Bragg-grating filtering. Its table separates V-EOS, S-EOS 1.7 and S-EOS 2.5 variants; the 900–2500 nm range belongs to S-EOS 2.5, not GRAND-EOS.
Photon etc. specifies GRAND-EOS as a continuously tunable 400–1650 nm widefield imager using volume-Bragg-grating filtering. Its table separates V-EOS, S-EOS 1.7 and S-EOS 2.5 variants; the 900–2500 nm range belongs to S-EOS 2.5, not GRAND-EOS.
Photon etc. specifies GRAND-EOS as a continuously tunable 400–1650 nm widefield imager using volume-Bragg-grating filtering. Its table separates V-EOS, S-EOS 1.7 and S-EOS 2.5 variants; the 900–2500 nm range belongs to S-EOS 2.5, not GRAND-EOS.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · core features
The L-EOS specification table distinguishes 900–1700 nm L-EOS 1.7 from 1000–2500 nm L-EOS 2.5e. Both list 512 spatial and 640 spectral channels, but FWHM resolution is 7.8 nm and 15.3 nm respectively. A portfolio-level 0.9–2.5 micrometre description does not mean one instrument has uniform full-range response.
The L-EOS specification table distinguishes 900–1700 nm L-EOS 1.7 from 1000–2500 nm L-EOS 2.5e. Both list 512 spatial and 640 spectral channels, but FWHM resolution is 7.8 nm and 15.3 nm respectively. A portfolio-level 0.9–2.5 micrometre description does not mean one instrument has uniform full-range response.
The L-EOS specification table distinguishes 900–1700 nm L-EOS 1.7 from 1000–2500 nm L-EOS 2.5e. Both list 512 spatial and 640 spectral channels, but FWHM resolution is 7.8 nm and 15.3 nm respectively. A portfolio-level 0.9–2.5 micrometre description does not mean one instrument has uniform full-range response.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · core features
IMA is a configurable hyperspectral microscope spanning VIS 400–1000 nm and SWIR 900–1620 nm, with objective-dependent spatial resolution and separate spectral-resolution specifications. It supports photoluminescence, electroluminescence, fluorescence, reflectance and transmittance mapping; this laboratory scope is distinct from an airborne reconnaissance payload.
IMA is a configurable hyperspectral microscope spanning VIS 400–1000 nm and SWIR 900–1620 nm, with objective-dependent spatial resolution and separate spectral-resolution specifications. It supports photoluminescence, electroluminescence, fluorescence, reflectance and transmittance mapping; this laboratory scope is distinct from an airborne reconnaissance payload.
Supports: Hyperspectral Imaging Platforms · core features
PHySpec provides instrument and camera control, automated measurement sequencing and analytical tools, with data acquisition, visualization, import and export. This defines the software layer supporting Photon etc. instruments without implying an externally accredited target-classification system.
Photon etc. markets its SWIR and hyperspectral portfolio for target identification, MASINT, forensics and search-and-rescue and calls the systems ITAR-free. This is vendor-stated application and export posture; the page does not establish a named defence procurement, platform integration or all-jurisdiction export authorization.
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