Photonis

R&D and Innovation

Image Intensifier Tubes are opto-electronic vacuum devices that amplify very low levels of light into visible levels for the human eye. Intensified devices such as goggles or weapon sights provide night vision capabilities for detection, recognition, and unmatched identification. Enhancements of soldiers' tactical situational awareness, agility and mobility, targeting capabilities and/or driving vehicles by darker and darker nights have become possible with advanced Image Intensifier Tube technology.

Thanks to high resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, Photonis' 4G and 4G+ image intensifier tubes reveal more details by night and offer extended range capabilities for current Night Vision devices. The Auto-Gating function constantly operates to improve the quality of the image under dynamic lighting conditions, such as military operations in the desert or urban terrains which define many of today's missions. We continue innovating in night vision technology with the successful introduction of products like the ONYX intensifier tube, providing a natural black and white image (yellow/green being the standard color), and the iCMOS, the coupling of an image intensifier tube with a CMOS sensor (by coupling these two an image intensifier tube becomes digital) for soldier modernization programs, providing real-time digital video images using very low power.

Photonis' Research & Developement, Engineering, and Program Management teams work every day on their current product line, as well as innovative new technologies and solutions. These developments are extremely important to ensure customers with the best products possible.

Defense & Surveillance

In the field of defense, security, and surveillance markets, Photonis offers a broad range of products for portable targeting equipment, aiming solutions for armored vehicles, and defense platforms. In Night vision solutions, Photonis is renowned for its expertise in 4G and 4G+ light intensifier tubes, considered the highest performing in their category. This technology has become a benchmark for French and allied special forces. In digital vision solutions, Photonis provides UV intensified cameras capable of detecting and visualizing signals ranging from 200 to 400 nm, used in Missile Warning System Additionally, Photonis' range of visible and near-infrared camera cores offers real-time imaging capabilities in color or monochrome, from daylight to starlight in overcast conditions, within the visible and near-infrared spectrum.

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Scientific Instrument

In the field of Scientific Instrumentation, Photonis delivers innovative detection and imaging solutions to scientists and researchers involved in space projects, scientific instruments, cell analysis, and material analysis applications. Photonis has a long-term partnership with industry leaders, researchers around the world, and space agencies like NASA and ESA. Thanks to these partnerships, Photonis has succeeded in creating innovative custom solutions to enhance performance in space qualified detectors, Mass Spectrometers, Residual Gas Analyzers and Surface Analyzers. Depending on the specific application, we offer innovative detectors and optical components for photons, electrons, ions, neutrons, and X-rays, enabling the detection, amplification, and/or imaging of low levels of light, radiation, and emissions. Photonis’ detection technology supports partners and researchers in observing behaviors of weather, solar winds, and auroras, categorizing solar flares, and discovering distant planets, gamma-ray bursts, black holes, and galaxies in addition to aiding in development and discovery within the fields of proteomics, metabolomics, and environmental analysis to name a few. Photonis is committed to extensive investments into Research and Development activities in order to provide industry partners with market leading detector solutions to support various applications.

Power and Microwave

In the field of Power and Microwave, Photonis Defense develops and manufactures the highest quality, hybrid power amplifiers, combining both vacuum electron and solid-state technologies. Delivering superior performance and reliability, broader bandwidth and higher power-out than comparable completely solid-state devices. Photonis' products enable some of the world's most powerful and sophisticated electronic warfare jammers, missile systems, and weapon-system simulators as well as military- and commercial-satellite data communications devices.