M Squared Lasers

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M Squared Lasers Limited
Company typeLimited Company
Industry Photonics
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
Website www.m2lasers.com   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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] They entered administration in August 2025 after failing to secure sufficient funding to continue trading. [3]

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The company designs and manufactures lasers and photonic instruments for applications in academia, remote sensing, biophotonics, defence and metrology. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6] 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. [7]

In August 2025, the company announced that it was seeking buyers for its assets after failing to secure sufficient funding from investor to continue operations. It claimed that challenges in finding skilled staff and supply chain disruptions were some of the causes for its financial troubles. [3]

References

  1. ↑ The Scotsman "M Squared Targets US Market," 30 March 2009
  2. ↑ University of Strathclyde Profile of Dr. Graeme Malcolm
  3. 1 2 BusinessCloud "M Squared Lasers Placed Into Administration," 28 August 2025
  4. ↑ "'Dependable innovator' looks to go global". optics.org. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Scottish Optoelectronics Association Archived 13 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Trade Association Member Profile
  6. ↑ "Coherent Buys MicroLase Optical". www.photonicsonline.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Optoiq"M Squared Lasers appoints Peter Bordui chairman."
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