III-V Epi brings knowhow to Glasgow Uni
III-V Epi, a UK-based supplier of III-V epitaxial structures through MBE and MOCVD, has announced that it is bringing its manufacturing expertise to the University of Glasgow’s Critical Technologies Accelerator (CTA) programme.
The CTA supports joint academic and industrial collaborative projects for semiconductor, photonics and quantum technology development in Scotland; funded by the UK Government’s Innovation Accelerator levelling-up programme.
The CTA’s purpose is to link the University of Glasgow’s world class, semiconductor laser development expertise, based at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre (JWNC), with industrial partners, mitigating research costs. It also targets economic growth in Glasgow and prioritises support of a Scottish, sovereign supply chain.
Calum McGregor, director of III-V Epi, said: “III-V Epi is a business which provides fast turnaround, low and medium volume manufacture of III-V epitaxial structures, complete with testing and characterisation support services. This is an essential part of bringing innovative photonics projects to market quickly and efficiently. Like the CTA, we are based in Glasgow, at the heart of Scotland’s sovereign, photonics supply chain.
“Many of the emerging markets targeted by the CTA, including computing, communications, space, fintech, healthcare, and defence, favour GaAs material systems for manufacturing flexibility, where we have valuable know-how. However, we also work extensively with InP, widely used in datacoms, telecoms, AI and HPC.”
The CTA has already delivered successful projects for secure cryptographic, financial transactions and Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (VR).
