| M Squared Lasers Limited | |
| Type: | Limited Company |
| Foundation: | 2005 |
| Location City: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Location Country: | UK |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | Photonics |
| Products: | Lasers |
| Key People: | Dr. Graeme Malcolm FRSE, Dr. Gareth Maker, Mr. Bill Miller, Dr. John Nicholls, Dr. David Armstrong |
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]
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]