Micro Laser Systems Inc

What Micro Laser Systems Inc does

Micro Laser Systems, Inc. is a privately held, founder-operated photonics manufacturer founded in 1984 and based in Garden Grove, California. The company designs, manufactures, and integrates high-performance fiber-coupled diode lasers and fiber optic systems spanning wavelengths from 240nm to 6000nm, serving biomedical and life sciences, military and defense, industrial sensing, and research and development customers. Its product portfolio centers on four core laser families — the Fermion I (singlemode) and Fermion III (multimode) turnkey systems, the Baryon Series OEM modules, and the Gluon I RGB multi-wavelength laser — complemented by an extensive fiber optic component catalog including adjustable and fixed fiber collimators (FC3 through FC100 series), fiber focusers, fiber receivers/collectors, singlemode/multimode/polarization-maintaining fiber assemblies, and couplers/splitters, plus optical accessories such as the ZPol radial polarizer, SK11 speckle reducer, and LIBcell environmental cell for Raman-based battery analysis.

Technically, Micro Laser Systems differentiates through proprietary multi-element fiber collimator designs that produce clean Gaussian beams free of diffraction artifacts with low wavefront error, alongside adjustable-focus collimation technology that replaces multiple fixed-wavelength units with a single tunable component. The firm holds full in-house design and manufacturing capability for optics, fiber assemblies, and housings, enabling OEM customization across wavelength ranges, beam sizes, materials (fused silica, titanium for non-magnetic applications), and environmental specifications (high magnetic field, radiation, UV). Specification-level differentiation is documented in quantitative outcomes: ±1nm wavelength stability with spectral widths as narrow as <10 MHz, power stability below 1%, insertion loss below 0.1 dB on singlemode fibers, and extinction ratios of 27 dB or better on polarization-maintaining fiber assemblies.

The business model is hardware sales of catalog and custom-designed products, priced quote-based with payment by major credit cards and no disclosed public pricing. Go-to-market combines direct sales from the US headquarters with an international network of eight authorized distributors in Australia, China, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Marketing is concentrated in trade show presence at SPIE Photonics West, BiOS, and SPIE Optics & Photonics, supported by corporate membership in SPIE and the Optical Society (OSA). No public revenue, headcount, or funding figures are disclosed, and the firm has remained independent since 1984 with no documented M&A activity, capital raises, or leadership changes.

Name

Micro Laser Systems Inc

Legal name

Micro Laser Systems, Inc.

Website

https://microlaser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Micro Laser Systems (founded 1984, Garden Grove, CA) designs and manufactures high-performance fiber-coupled diode lasers and fiber optic components spanning 240nm to 6000nm, serving biomedical, military, industrial, and R&D customers via US direct sales and an eight-country distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fiber-Coupled Laser Systems

NAICS

Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing (335921), Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (33429)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Electronic Components, Nec (3679)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAHALAL

Optoelectronic Emitters (LED/Laser/VCSEL)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Semiconductors & Electronic Components/Sensors, MEMS & Optoelectronics

SECONDARYHDAFALAB

Fiber Optic Cabling (Singlemode/Multimode)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Networking Equipment & Components/Cabling, Patch Panels & Connectivity (Copper/Fiber)

Keywords

• Fiber coupled lasers
• Fiber optic collimators
• Diode laser modules
• Polarization maintaining fibers
• Laser photonics systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Laser Systems Sales: Sale of turnkey fiber coupled lasers including Fermion I (singlemode), Fermion III (multimode), Baryon Series OEM lasers, and Gluon I RGB lasers. These are complete laser instruments with integrated power supplies, drivers, and safety features.
2. Fiber Optic Components: Sales of fiber collimators (adjustable, fixed, large aperture, SWIR, Mid-IR, Fused Silica, Non-Magnetic variants), fiber focusers, fiber receivers/collectors, and fiber assemblies including singlemode, multimode, and polarization-maintaining fibers.
3. Fiber Splitters and Couplers: Singlemode and polarization-maintaining fiber splitters/couplers for visible to NIR wavelengths, available in various split ratios and configurations.
4. Optical Accessories: Sales of optical accessories including ZPol radial polarizers, speckle reducers, optical isolators, focusing lens assemblies, LIBcell environmental cells, and other optical elements.
5. Custom/OEM Solutions: Customized laser systems, fiber collimators, and integrated optical solutions designed and manufactured to customer specifications for specialized applications.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Micro Laser Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures high-performance fiber-coupled diode lasers and complementary fiber optic components (collimators, focusers, receivers, splitters/couplers, fiber assemblies, and accessories) covering 240nm to 6000nm. Products are sold as standard catalog items as well as customized OEM subsystems for biomedical, military/defense, aerospace, industrial, and research customers.

Product overview

Micro Laser Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures high performance fiber coupled lasers and fiber optic systems for biomedical, military, and industrial applications. The product portfolio centers on four main laser families: the Fermion I (singlemode fiber, 405nm-1550nm) and Fermion III (multimode fiber, 375nm-1064nm) turnkey systems, the Baryon I Series OEM modules, and the Gluon I RGB multi-wavelength laser. Complementing the lasers is an extensive fiber optic component suite including adjustable and fixed fiber collimators (FC3-FC100 series covering 200nm-6000nm), fiber focusers, receivers/collectors, singlemode/PM/multimode fiber assemblies, and couplers/splitters. Optical accessories include the ZPol radial polarizer for Raman spectroscopy, SK11 speckle reducer for illumination, and LIBcell environmental cell for battery analysis. The company also offers customization services for specialized wavelength ranges, environmental conditions, and application-specific requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fermion I Series Singlemode Fiber-Coupled Lasers Turnkey singlemode fiber-coupled laser systems covering 405nm to 1550nm with output up to 200mW, temperature controlled for high stability and low noise, supporting CW, modulated, or pulsed operation. Designed for biomedical, life science, and R&D customers needing diffraction-limited, wavelength-stable sources.
• Fermion III Series Multimode Fiber-Coupled Lasers Turnkey multimode fiber-coupled laser systems spanning 375nm to 1064nm with output up to 450mW coupled to 100µm core fiber, with integrated power supply and safety features for ease of use.
• Baryon I Series OEM Laser Modules OEM laser modules coupled to singlemode or polarization maintaining fiber covering 405nm to 1550nm, featuring integrated temperature controller and drivers for high stability operation.
• Gluon I RGB Laser All-fiber RGB diode laser module combining 450nm, 520nm, and 640nm wavelengths into a single fiber with individual laser control and modulation capability for display and biomedical applications.
• Fiber Collimators (Adjustable, Fixed, Large Aperture, SWIR, Mid-IR, Fused Silica, Non-Magnetic, Small, RGB variants) High performance fiber collimators including the FC3, FC5, FC7, FC10, FC20 adjustable focus series (beam sizes 1mm to 11mm), FC40/FC45/FC100 large aperture collimators (49mm to 95mm apertures), SWIR coated collimators (1500nm to 2300nm), Mid-IR collimators (2.5µm to 6µm), Fused Silica UV/high power/radiation-hardened collimators (200nm to 2100nm), Non-Magnetic titanium-housed collimators for high magnetic field environments, small compact collimators, and a fixed wavelength RGB collimator.
• Fiber Focuser Multi-element fiber focuser providing tightly focused diffraction-limited spots with long working distances, compatible with singlemode, LMA, and multimode fibers.
• Fiber Receiver/Collector (FR10) Fiber receiver designed to collect light and inject it into 100µm core fiber with >90% efficiency, covering 400nm to 700nm wavelength range.
• Singlemode Fiber Assemblies High performance singlemode cable assemblies covering 370nm to 2000nm with FC or FC/APC connectors, featuring low insertion loss (<0.1 dB) and high return loss (-57 dB standard, -72 dB for FC/APC).
• Polarization Maintaining (PM) Fiber Assemblies Polarization maintaining fiber assemblies using Panda type fiber covering 375nm to 2000nm with high extinction ratio (27dB or better) and low insertion loss (<0.3 dB).
• Multimode Fiber Assemblies Multimode fiber assemblies with graded or step index profiles, core sizes from 50µm to 200µm, covering 180nm to 1900nm wavelength range.
• Singlemode Couplers/Splitters Singlemode fiber splitters available from 405nm to 2000nm with standard 50:50 split ratio, featuring low insertion loss and FC/UPC or FC/APC connections.
• Polarization Maintaining Coupler/Splitter Polarization maintaining fiber splitters for visible and NIR wavelengths, preserving polarization with >15dB extinction ratio and 50:50 split ratio.
• ZPol Radial Polarizer Multi-order quartz waveplate optical device that converts any linear polarized laser beam to radially or azimuthally polarized beam, enabling Z polarization for 3D molecular orientation analysis in Raman spectroscopy.
• SK11 Speckle Reducer Passive optical device reducing laser speckle by using fiber bundles of different lengths exceeding laser coherence length, covering 450nm to 950nm with apertures of 2mm, 3mm, and 5mm and no moving parts.
• LIBcell Environmental Cell Environmental cell with quartz windows and gas-tight corrosion-resistant stainless steel construction for inert atmosphere analysis of air-sensitive samples such as lithium-ion batteries using Raman spectroscopy.
• Custom/OEM Laser and Fiber Optic Solutions Customized laser systems, fiber collimators, and integrated optical solutions designed and manufactured to customer specifications for specialized applications including unique wavelength ranges, environmental conditions, and OEM integration requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wavelength stability to ±1nm for stabilized versions with spectral widths as narrow as <10 MHz
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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Warsash ScientificminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for Australia. Located at PO Box 1685, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012. Contact: [email protected], web: warsash.com.au
• Shanghai Weining Technology Development Co., Ltd.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for China. Located at 888 East Daming Road, Building 1, Suite 1403, 200082 Shanghai. Tel: +86 21 6325 1916.
• Opton Laser InternationalminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for France. Located at 29 rue J. Rostand, 91893 Orsay Cedex. Tel: +33 (0)1 6941 0405.
• Crisel InstrumentsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for Italy. Located at Via Mattia Battistini, 177, 00167 Roma. Tel: +39 06 3540 2933.
• FIT Leadintex, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for Japan. Located at 10 Mikuracho Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0038. Tel: +81 3-6260-8880.
• Qbic Laser System Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for Korea. Located at Technopark 303-901, Samjeong-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon-city, Gyeonggi-do, 421-741. Tel: +82 32 325 4544.
• Toptical Scientific Corp.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for Taiwan, R.O.C. Located at 7F-2, No. 421, Sung Shan Rd, Taipei 11083. Tel: +886 2 2346 1510.
• Elliot Scientific Ltd.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for the United Kingdom. Located at 3 Allied Business Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4UT. Tel: +44 (0) 1582 766300.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Thorlabs: Thorlabs is the dominant catalog supplier of fiber-coupled lasers, fiber collimators, couplers/splitters, and polarization-maintaining fiber assemblies across UV to Mid-IR wavelengths. It overlaps MLS almost product-for-product and serves the same biomedical, defense, and R&D customers, making it the closest comparable.
• Schäfter+Kirchhoff: Schäfter+Kirchhoff specializes in fiber collimators, fiber couplers, and laser-to-fiber coupling modules with strong emphasis on diffraction-limited performance and OEM customization. Their focus on matched laser-fiber-collimator systems directly parallels MLS's Fermion/collimator portfolio.
• Toptica Photonics: Toptica manufactures fiber-coupled diode and tunable lasers for biophotonics, quantum optics, and spectroscopy, with extensive wavelength coverage from UV to IR. Their lasers and accessories share the same OEM-and-research customer base and wavelengths as MLS's Fermion and Baryon series.
• SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques: SEDI-ATI manufactures fiber optic components including couplers, splitters, and collimators for laser and sensing applications, with a strong focus on customized fiber assemblies. Their product mix and specialization in fiber delivery overlap tightly with MLS's collimator, coupler, and PM fiber business.

Broad incumbents

• Coherent (formerly II-VI): Coherent is a large diversified photonics manufacturer offering laser diodes, fiber-coupled modules, and optical components across industrial, biomedical, and defense markets. It competes with MLS in OEM laser modules and fiber-coupled sources but at vastly greater scale and broader portfolio breadth.
• IPG Photonics: IPG Photonics is the global leader in high-power fiber lasers and fiber-delivered laser sources for industrial and directed-energy applications. While focused on much higher power regimes, IPG competes with MLS in fiber-coupled diode laser modules for OEM integration and select research applications.
• MKS Instruments (Newport / Ophir): Through its Newport, Ophir, and Spectra-Physics brands, MKS supplies fiber-coupled lasers, optical components, and instrumentation for research, biomedical, and industrial customers. It overlaps MLS in fiber-delivered laser sources and optomechanical assemblies but with much wider product depth.
• NKT Photonics: NKT Photonics develops supercontinuum and fiber lasers plus photonic crystal fibers used in biophotonics, quantum, and sensing. Their fiber-delivered laser offerings and specialty fibers compete with MLS in the OEM biomedical/quantum segment, though NKT is significantly larger and more vertically integrated.
• Edmund Optics: Edmund Optics is a major catalog distributor and manufacturer of optical components including lens assemblies, fiber optics, and laser components. It competes with MLS on catalog fiber collimators and optical assemblies and shares the same R&D, biomedical, and industrial customer base.

Emerging players

• QPhotonics / Qlibri: QPhotonics is a smaller specialist in fiber-pigtailed laser diodes and PM fiber components for sensing and biomedical instrumentation. They overlap MLS in OEM-style fiber-coupled laser modules and accessories but at a smaller scale and narrower product breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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