About Us
Redefining Ultrasonic Sensing
Ultracoustics Technologies Ltd. is an Edmonton-based deep tech company building BROADSONIC — the widest bandwidth air-coupled ultrasonic sensor commercially available.
Our Mission
Hear What Other Sensors Can't
We build sensing tools that let engineers, scientists, and operators observe ultrasonic phenomena that were previously invisible — from micro-scale gas leaks to megasonic cavitation, from partial discharge to non-contact NDT.
Our all-optical, air-coupled sensor architecture removes the bandwidth, size, and interference limitations of conventional ultrasonic instruments, opening up applications that piezoelectric transducers simply cannot address.
At a Glance
Company Snapshot
Headquartered in Edmonton
Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — with deep ties to the University of Alberta's photonics and engineering physics community.
10+ Peer-Reviewed Papers
Published in JASA, Applied Physics Letters, Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Optica, and more.
12+ Research & Industry Partners
From Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta to SBS Ecoclean and AIMS (PIP360). Deep tech doesn't build alone.
5 MHz Bandwidth
50× the bandwidth of conventional air-coupled sensors, with a 100 µm active area and complete EMI immunity.
Our Story
From Lab to Market
Ultracoustics was founded to commercialize a new class of optical ultrasonic sensor developed at the University of Alberta — a Fabry-Perot cavity approach that finally solves the bandwidth-versus-sensitivity trade-off that has held back air-coupled ultrasonics for decades.
What started as a research programme in integrated optics is now a product platform serving customers in semiconductor manufacturing, non-destructive testing, gas leak detection, high-voltage asset monitoring, and ultrasonic cleaning.
We work closely with industry partners to co-develop deployments, and with academic collaborators to keep pushing the fundamental science forward. Every BROADSONIC sensor shipped is a product of that shared work.
Milestones
Selected Highlights
- 2026 Selected for the Venture Pilots: Built World Tech program (Cohort 2). Alberta Innovates funding to integrate BROADSONIC into SBS Ecoclean's UCMPerformanceLine for megasonic wafer cleaning. Featured in OneStopNDT's Startup to Watch.
- 2025 Featured at Hanover Messe. Transducer Characterization Service launched. BROADSONIC deployed with multiple industrial partners.
- 2024 Awarded the Innovation Catalyst Grant (Alberta Innovates). First field trials of BROADSONIC deployed with industry partners.
- Founding Spun out of the DeCorby group at the University of Alberta on the strength of peer-reviewed research in optical cavities and air-coupled ultrasonic sensing.
Get In Touch
Let's Build Something Together
Evaluating a sensor for your application? Curious about a pilot? Looking to partner on research? We'd love to hear from you.
