AIM Photonics Welcomes New Member Organization
The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre joins the AIM Photonics ecosystem to enable member organizations with a seamless North American integrated photonics supply chain.
Image courtesy of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) is a ‘pure-play’ III-V compound-semiconductor wafer foundry, specializing in high-volume manufacturing of semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, micro-LEDs, and photonic integrated circuits. The addition of the CPFC as a full Institute member addresses a need for sourcing high-performance laser diodes required to functionalize silicon photonic technologies. High-volume semiconductor laser foundry services are synergistically aligned with AIM Photonics’ technology offerings.
Founded in 2001 through investment by the Government of Canada and located on the National Research Council of Canada’s main campus in Ottawa (Ontario), the CPFC is an end-to-end wafer foundry with a comprehensive range of centralized processes, supporting activities, and wealth of scientific and engineering talent.
“With expertise in the fabrication of III-V semiconductor optical devices, the CPFC’s fabrication services are highly complementary to those of AIM Photonics in photonic packaging and high-performance integrated photonics,” says Wade Cook, Executive Director of AIM Photonics.
The CPFC’s strategic partnership with AIM Photonics is expected to accelerate the widespread deployment of advanced photonic integrated circuit technologies.
“Together, our organizations complete the manufacturing value chain for highly scalable photonic interconnects, advanced sensors, quantum technologies, and next-generation optical compute architectures,” says Velko Tzolov, Director General of the CPFC.
AIM Photonics and the CPFC will both attend SPIE Photonics West 2025 (January 25-30) in San Francisco, CA.
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