next-generation brillouin spectrometers
for medical diagnostics and beyond

About
Specto
photonics

Specto Photonics has a big ambition: make brillouin spectroscopy accessible to everyone

Specto Photonics is a deep tech Italian-based company established in 2019.  Spectō develops, manufactures and commercializes the next-generation miniaturized Brillouin spectrometers. This technology enables to optically retrieve mechanical viscoelastic information of both organic and inorganic materials, without the need of contact or label. This fundamental data is so far inaccessible through conventional technology.

About
Specto photonics

Specto photonics has a big ambition: make brillouin spectroscopy accessible to everyone

Specto Photonics is a deep tech Italian-based company established in 2019.  Spectō develops, manufactures and commercializes the next-generation miniaturized Brillouin spectrometers. This technology enables to optically retrieve mechanical viscoelastic information of both organic and inorganic materials, without the need of contact or label. This fundamental data is so far inaccessible through conventional technology.

Why
it matters

Brillouin spectroscopy is a unique method to use light as the only means to retrive fundamental mechanical information (stiffness and viscosity) about matter. 

Given its unique capability to optically assess mechanical viscoelastic properties in a non-contact and label-free manner, Brillouin spectroscopy will play a pivotal role in the advancement of material sciences, biomedicine, biology and life sciences in the coming years. Specto’s ambition is to be at the forefront of this new phase, leading the global wide-spread adoption of Brillouin spectroscopy.

The technology

Our miniature device based on a Silicon Photonics platform is the ultimate technology for Brillouin spectroscopy. 
Compared to other elastography methods, Brillouin spectroscopy is:
  • Contactless
  • Non-invasive
  • Label Free
  • High-resolution
  • Miniaturized
  • Highly accurate
  • Three dimensional

the tecnology

Our miniature device based on a Silicon Photonics platform is the ultimate technology for Brillouin spectroscopy. 
Compared to other elastography methods, Brillouin spectroscopy is:
  • 3D volumetric measurements
  • Contactless
  • Non-invasive
  • Label Free
  • High-resolution
  • Real-time measurements
  • Miniaturized

applications

medical diagnostics
life science
material sciences

Applications

Medical Diagnostics
Life Sciences
Material Sciences

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