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Dream Photonics

QuantumSemiconductors & PhotonicsVancouver, BC

Vancouver silicon-photonics company spun out of UBC, supplying photonic IP, process design kits and photonic wire-bonding packaging for chip-to-fibre and laser integration, including quantum light sources.

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Dream Photonics states that it is “working to tackle the biggest challenges of the semiconductor era, leveraging our expertise and resources in the world of photonics and electronics.” Its own milestones record that it “Enabled the first open-access MPW tape-out with hybrid integrated lasers in collaboration with Applied Nanotools and CMC Microsystems”, and that it “enabled a fiber attach solution for AMF silicon photonics platform using photonic wirebonds”. Its Process Design Kit “enables a wide-range of custom applications” and includes “a selection of Dream Photonics leading-edge silicon-verified devices and application examples for O-band and C-band”.

  • States it received over $1 million from NSERC and the NRC in 2025 to embed quantum light sources into semiconductor platforms. dreamphotonics.com

  • Received NRC IRAP support in 2023 as one of 11 Canadian firms selected in a joint Canada-UK research call with UKRI. dreamphotonics.com

  • Received CMC FABrIC support in 2025 to develop wafer-scale optical packaging using 3D-printed optical components. dreamphotonics.com

  • States it signed its 35th customer in 2025. dreamphotonics.com

Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

AIM Photonics

Named in Dream Photonics' own timeline as a process design kit development collaboration launched in 2022.

Applied Nanotools and CMC Microsystems

Named in its own timeline for a 2022 open-access multi-project wafer tape-out with hybrid integrated lasers.

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Lukas Chrostowski

Co-Founder

Sudip Shekhar

Co-Founder

Matthew Mitchell

Senior Scientist

Technology Focus

Company site: dreamphotonics.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Photonic wire bondingFacet attached microlensesLaser integrationFibre integrationProcess design kits

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