Specto Photonics is an Italian deep-tech company developing advanced photonic instrumentation for Brillouin spectroscopy and microscopy. Founded as a spin-off from academic research, the company combines integrated photonics, optical engineering and spectroscopy to make mechanical characterization at the microscale more accessible to research and industrial users.
Its flagship product, ALBA, is an ultracompact Brillouin spectrometer based on silicon photonics and designed for integration with standard optical microscopy platforms. The technology enables label-free and non-destructive measurement of the mechanical properties of biological samples and materials, with applications ranging from mechanobiology and biomedical research to materials characterization and process monitoring.