{"id":1644,"date":"2026-05-29T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripondey.ca\/?page_id=1644"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:25:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ripondey.ca\/?page_id=1644","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ripon Kumar Dey, PhD<\/strong> <em>Chief Architect &amp; Principal Scientist | Quantum Photonics | Nanofabrication | AI-Integrated Hardware | Deep Tech R&amp;D<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ripon is a deep tech researcher and engineer with 10+ years of nanofabrication expertise spanning quantum photonics, semiconductor devices, photonics, MEMS\/NEMS, metasurfaces, and advanced imaging systems. He has led multimillion-dollar R&amp;D programs at the intersection of photonics hardware, AI-integrated sensing, and scalable nanomanufacturing, from proof-of-concept through productization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently serving as <strong>Chief Architect &amp; Principal Scientist at Deepera<\/strong> (Vancouver), Ripon is pioneering the design and prototyping of <strong>quantum photonic systems and AI-driven quantum imaging sensors (Quantum Cameras)<\/strong>, pushing the frontier of what optical sensing hardware can achieve in the intelligence era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds <strong>8+ issued patents<\/strong>, has authored <strong>30+ peer-reviewed journal articles<\/strong> and <strong>2 book chapters<\/strong>, and serves as a reviewer for Nature\/Springer and Elsevier Microelectronic Engineering journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25ba What I Work On<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quantum Photonics &amp; Quantum Imaging<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quantum photonic device architecture, design, and prototyping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantum camera and imaging sensor design, fabrication, and system integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI module integration for intelligent quantum sensing and real-time inference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compound semiconductor fabrication (III-V materials) for photonic and quantum device platforms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) process development and characterization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nanofabrication &amp; Process Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>End-to-end cleanroom process development: from design to device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electron beam lithography (EBL): JEOL 6300FS, high-resolution proximity correction, pattern optimization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photolithography, mask-less aligner (MLA), deep UV, NIL, helium ion lithography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plasma &amp; reactive ion etching: RIE, DRIE, ICP, ion beam etching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thin film deposition: ALD, PVD, sputtering, e-beam evaporation, PECVD, thermal evaporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thick metal deposition, lift-off processes, and wafer-scale integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silicon wafer processing, batch fabrication, and high-aspect-ratio MEMS\/NEMS structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photonics &amp; Advanced Optics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Metasurface and metalens design and fabrication (AR\/VR, sensing, authentication)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holographic displays, diffractive gratings, plasmonic devices, nano-optic displays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FDTD, COMSOL, DDA optical simulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Characterization &amp; 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Principal Scientist: quantum photonics, AI quantum camera development (2025\u2013present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Authentix Inc.<\/strong> \u2014 Manager &amp; Sr. Nanofab Scientist: nano-optic displays, metasurfaces, nanophotonics authentication (2024\u20132025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Metamaterial Inc.<\/strong> \u2014 Manager Nanofab R&amp;D: holographic displays, metalens AR\/VR, diffractive gratings (2021\u20132024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology<\/strong> \u2014 R&amp;D Scientist: MEMS\/NEMS, AFM probes, biosensors, lab manager (2015\u20132020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25ba Specialties<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quantum Photonics \u00b7 Quantum Camera \/ Imaging Sensor Design \u00b7 AI-Integrated Hardware \u00b7 Compound Semiconductor Fabrication \u00b7 Nanofabrication \u00b7 EBL \u00b7 Photolithography \u00b7 Thin Film Deposition \u00b7 Plasma Etching \u00b7 Metasurfaces \u00b7 Metalens \u00b7 Holographic Displays \u00b7 MEMS\/NEMS \u00b7 Device Characterization \u00b7 SEM \u00b7 AFM \u00b7 XPS \u00b7 FDTD Simulation \u00b7 IP &amp; 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