Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre

The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) is the only end-to-end pure play indium phosphide wafer fabrication facility in North America. At the CPFC, we conduct R&D, new product introduction and volume manufacturing all under one roof, reducing your non-recurring engineering costs and speeding up the timeline from concept to production. We specialize in custom photonics components and photonic integrated circuits for various applications, including AI, high-performance computing, low energy consumption datacenters, telecom, sensing, quantum and more.

Our advanced engineering and manufacturing services include creating and testing photonic devices, working with materials such as indium phosphide, gallium arsenide and gallium nitride. By connecting photonics R&D with technology commercialization, we leverage our advanced facility and experienced workforce to offer industrial-grade semiconductor foundry solutions for both active and passive photonics applications, ranging from discrete devices to photonic integrated circuits.

Whether working with your existing designs or developing new ones, we leverage our custom manufacturing system to ensure precise data collection and material tracking, guaranteeing that all products meet the necessary specifications.

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Why team up with us

Our experienced team will begin with either our designs or those supplied by you to assess your requirements and recommend the appropriate wafer structure and fabrication process for the desired device performance.

In addition to fabrication, the CPFC can offer design and testing services and has a suite of quality control and failure analysis tools at its disposal for mid- and post-process quality assurance and troubleshooting.

Our facility

Located at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, the CPFC has over 20 years of experience, operating successfully as a commercial-scale foundry with expertise in various industrial and academic fields.

Our 40,000 square foot facility includes 11,000 square feet of class 100/1000 clean room space, offering a comprehensive range of key processes and supporting activities. An additional 8,000 square feet is currently under construction to expand our capabilities and add capacity.

We currently work with 3- and 4-inch wafers and plan to fully transition to 4-inch processing by 2027. Our unique process IP includes over 4,000 process steps, organized into blocks for the custom fabrication of your designs.