Institut national d'optique

Address: 2740, rue Einstein
Sainte-foy, QC G1P 4S4
CA

Mailling Address: 2740, rue Einstein
Sainte-foy, QC G1P 4S4
CA

Phone: (418) 657-7006

Toll Free: (866) 657-7406

Fax: (418) 657-7009

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Website: http://www.ino.ca

INO

Mission

INO is a world class center of expertise in optics and photonics
that assists companies in improving their competitive edge and
developping their business. It conducts research and development
on state-of-the-art technology and products that strengthen the
country's economy. INO ensures its growth by creating
intellectual property and drawing value from it through research
and development contracts, prototype production, technology
transfer, and the promotion of innovative projects that creates
jobs.

Field of Activities

INO maintains and develops a high level of knowledge and
expertise in 34 photonic sub-technologies grouped into 10 main
technologies and organized in three broad sectors: Microoptics
and Microsystems Photonics, Fibers and Lasers and Applied
Optical Systems. Its achievements have found applications in the
following areas: aerospace, biomedicine, the environment,
forestry, industrial processes, transportation,
telecommunications, security, and defense. They are put to use
in quality control, industrial process monitoring, remote
sensing, surveillance, medical diagnosis, telecommunications,
object and pattern recognition, night vision, inspection, and
analysis. INO stands at the forefront of technology, ready to
fulfil industrys needs. To help sustain its scientific research
and activities, INO provides computer support, a team of optical
and optomechanical engineers and designers, and engineering and
electronics workshops. The scientific team has access to the
latest in equipment. INO labs include preform fabrication
facilities, two fiber drawing towers, and state-of-the-art clean
rooms. These facilities are grouped together in a single
building 17,300 m2 in size. INO keeps itself on the
technological cutting edge to meet industry needs.

Products and Services

INO has turned its advanced knowledge of physics to good use in
the field of light technology. With its cutting-edge equipment
and facilities, INO can provide complete integrated services
ranging from the design of laser and vision systems to
feasibility studies, new concept demonstration, and development
of experimental models. INO also offers design, pre-production,
and small-scale production of advanced optics systems as well as
the design, characterization, and evaluation of components and
equipment. INOs know-how and expertise are what set it apart
from other research organizations.

INO conducts research, designs and manufactures products and
prototypes to customer specifications, and offers small-scale
industrial production services. It also designs and manufactures
optical devices and components such as graded reflectivity
mirrors, diffractive optical elements, and bolometric detectors
for use in more complex systems. INO is also the biggest
specialty optical fiber manufacturer in Canada and ranks among
the leading suppliers in the world.

INO offers state-of-the-art solutions in optical design and
testing, diffractive optics, optoelectronic micromanufacturing,
metrology, thin films, guided-wave optics, new laser sources,
laser applications, optical and digital information processing,
artificial vision. INO also designs and manufactures specialty
optical fibers for R & D, custom designed optical components,
laser systems, telecommunication systems and devices, fiber-
optic sensors, vision systems for quality and process control.

Company Details

Year Established: 1985

Total Sales ($CDN): $5,000,000 - $10,000,000

Number of Employees: 205

Company Information

Hubert Jerominek
Title: Director
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Nathalie Renaud
Title: Director
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Sarto Barsetti
Title: Director
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Jean-guy Paquet
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Robert J.L. Corriveau
Title: Vice President
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Pierre Galarneau
Title: Vice President
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Products

Grm

Optical Fibers
Graded reflectivity mirror to enhanse laser performance.

Fibre Lasers
NOI custom manufacturers fibre lasers (pulsed and tunable).

Fibre Amplifier
For telecom applications

Bolometers
INO markets uncooled infrared bolometric detectors.

Does
Diffractive optical elements.

Hybrid Parallel Information-processing Systems (optics/Electronics)
INO develops hybrid parallel information-processing systems (optics/electronics) to be used in designing high-speed image processing and pattern recognition systems, among others.

Laser Ranging

Active Sensing - Active Imagery

3-d Imagery

Ocr System
INO has developed an OCR system composed of three modules: the preprocessing module, whose main function is to clean images and isolate areas of interest; the OCR module, which classifies the symbols it receives; and the ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) module, which is customized for each specific application and contains a set or rules that define the syntax of the codes to be identified.

Specialty Optical Fiber
Specialty optical fibers go into the fabrication of fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers

Optical Correlator
Artificial vision system

Amplifier, Fiber Optic

Composite, Fiber

Fiber Optic, Special

Filter, Acoustic/Fiber Optic

Master Detector, Infrared

Micro Mirror, Ditital

Mirror, Variable Reflection

Sensor, Surveillance

Sensor, Vapor Solvents

Spectrometer, Miniature

Services

List Of Products And Services A leader in optics and photonics R & D, INO specializes in : Design and fabrication of optical systems, laser systems and vision systems; Feasibility studies; New concept demonstration; Experimental model development; Design and prototyping of advanced optical systems and their fabrication in short runs; Design, characterization and evaluation of components and equipment. The systems that INO develops are used in a variety of applications, such as quality control, industrial process control, detection, remote sensing, medical diagnosis, telecommunications, object and pattern recognition, inspection and analysis. Furthermore, INO designs, manufactures and markets high- technology products and devices for customers in Canada and abroad. INO is among the worlds main suppliers of specialty optical fibers. It designs, manufactures and markets different types of fibers as well as devices integrating optical fiber that find applications in telecommunications. INO also possesses the know-how, skills and facilities to develop diffractive optical elements and micro-optic components for applications in telecommunications, robotics and biomedicine.

Optical Design INO has a team of optical design specialists offering services from consulation to complex optical and mechanical design, fabrication and testing.

Range Sensing

Object And Pattern Recognition

Automatic Target Recognition, Parallel Processing

Micro-machining

Environmental Testing Thermal cycles, vibration, shocks