Company profile
III-V Epi
Glasgow epitaxy foundry providing custom MOCVD and MBE growth of arsenide, antimonide and phosphide structures for lasers, LEDs, optical amplifiers and photodetectors.
Company overview
III-V Epi, in Glasgow, grows compound semiconductor epitaxial structures by both molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and MOCVD for low- and medium-volume manufacturing and R&D. It covers wafer design, growth, overgrowth, process optimisation and test, metrology and characterisation, serving large companies' development teams, fab-lite start-ups and research groups. The structures feed telecoms and datacoms lasers, LiDAR, optical sensing, quantum technology and defence devices. It presents itself as a sovereign UK MBE and MOCVD capability.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Epitaxy. Supply-chain role: Epitaxy, Characterisation.
Technologies and capabilities
- Gallium Arsenide / GaAs
- Indium Phosphide / InP
- Photonics
MBE epitaxy; MOCVD epitaxy; Epitaxial design; Wafer test and characterisation
Markets served
- Telecommunications
- Datacoms
- LiDAR
- Quantum
- Defence
UK presence
Glasgow, Scotland. Part of the Scotland cluster.
Sources and verification
Last verified: 2026-09-29