M Squared Lasers

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M Squared Lasers Limited
TypeLimited Company
IndustryPhotonics
Founded2005
Headquarters
Glasgow, Scotland
,
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dr. Graeme Malcolm FRSE, Dr. Gareth Maker, Mr. Bill Miller, Dr. John Nicholls, Dr. David Armstrong
ProductsLasers
Websitewww.m2lasers.com Edit this on Wikidata

M Squared Lasers is a company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland with a subsidiary, M Squared Lasers Inc., based in San Jose, California.[1] It was established in 2005 by Graeme Malcolm and Gareth Maker who had previously been directors of Microlase Limited and Coherent Scotland Limited.[2]

The company designs and manufactures lasers and photonic instruments for applications in academia, remote sensing, biophotonics, defence and metrology.[3] According to their entry in the Scottish Optoelectronics Association, the company specializes technically in diode-pumped solid-state ti-sapphire, mid-infrared and terahertz lasers.[4]

History[]

M Squared Lasers was founded in 2005 by Dr. Graham Malcolm FRSE and Dr. Gareth Maker who had previously held senior roles in Coherent Scotland, a subsidiary of Coherent Inc. Malcolm and Maker founded an optoelectronics company called Microlase in 1992 as a spinout from Strathclyde University in Scotland. Microlase was acquired by Coherent in 2000.[5] Malcolm won the Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize in 2008 in part for the founding of the company.

In February 2012 M Squared announced that former Oclaro chairman Peter Bordui was to be the company's chairman.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ The Scotsman "M Squared Targets US Market," 30 March 2009
  2. ^ University of Strathclyde Profile of Dr. Graeme Malcolm
  3. ^ Optics.org "Dependable Innovator Looks to Go Global," 17 February 2012
  4. ^ Scottish Optoelectronics Association Archived 13 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Trade Association Member Profile
  5. ^ Photonics Online"Coherent Buys Microlase Optical," 10 January 2000
  6. ^ Optoiq"M Squared Lasers appoints Peter Bordui chairman."

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