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M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)

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Research works
47
▼ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
565
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 86% of research at M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Physics and Astronomy (33%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 86.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 39.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 33.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 33.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 29.3% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKM Squared Lasers(United Kingdom)47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1839.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1533.0%
    3. Chemistry47.5%
    4. Computer Science12.1%
    5. Materials Science11.7%
    6. Environmental Science01.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology510.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Decision Sciences00.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Medicine00.7%
    2. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 18.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 7.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 18.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy18.17×2 works
  2. Decision Sciences7.79×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.40×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.96×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.94×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.08×0 works
  7. Engineering1.02×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.76×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×0 works
  10. Medicine0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Graeme P. A. Malcolm, Gareth T. Maker and Keith Ruxton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Graeme P. A. Malcolm United Kingdom · #3,835,226 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Gareth T. Maker United Kingdom · #3,851,724 worldwide 1k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Keith Ruxton United Kingdom · #4,174,781 worldwide 321 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 James R. P. Bain United Kingdom · #4,179,538 worldwide 150 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Nils Hempler United Kingdom · #5,646,228 worldwide 521 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) is "Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera" (Graham M. Gibson, Baoqing Sun, M. Edgar et al., 2017), with 254 citations. Next come "Harnessing speckle for a sub-femtometre resolved broadband wavemeter and laser stabilization" (128) and "SESAM‐free mode‐locked semiconductor disk laser" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera Graham M. Gibson, Baoqing Sun, M. Edgar et al. · Optics Express Open access 6 Feb 2017 254
2 Harnessing speckle for a sub-femtometre resolved broadband wavemeter and laser stabilization Nikolaus Klaus Metzger, Roman Spesyvtsev, Graham D. Bruce et al. · Nature Communications Open access 5 Jun 2017 128
3 SESAM‐free mode‐locked semiconductor disk laser Łukasz W. Kornaszewski, Gareth T. Maker, Graeme P. A. Malcolm et al. · Laser & Photonics Review 27 Aug 2012 85
4 Compact ultrafast semiconductor disk laser: targeting GFP based nonlinear applications in living organisms Rodrigo Avilés‐Espinosa, George Filippidis, Craig J. Hamilton et al. · Biomedical Optics Express Open access 28 Feb 2011 75
5 Recovery of Absolute Gas Absorption Line Shapes Using Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy With Wavelength Modulation—Part 2: Experimental Investigation James R. P. Bain, Walter Johnstone, Keith Ruxton et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology 21 Jan 2011 62
All 86 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Optics, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Raman Lasers, Fiber Lasers, Microresonators, Optical Frequency Combs and Ultrafast Lasers.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Nonlinear Optics7▲ 83×4 topics
  2. Optical Interconnects6▲ 165×1 topic
  3. Semiconductor Lasers6▲ 136×1 topic
  4. Fiber Lasers6▲ 89×2 topics
  5. Microresonators6▲ 101×2 topics
  6. Raman Lasers6▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Optical Frequency Combs6▲ 156×1 topic
  8. Ultrafast Lasers6▲ 156×1 topic
  9. Frequency Conversion5▲ 105×3 topics
  10. Optical Modulators4▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Quantum Information4▲ 63×3 topics
  12. Biosensors4▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Crystal Growth3▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Microcavities3▲ 46×1 topic
  15. Silicon Photonics3▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Breath Analysis3▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Gas Sensing3▲ 72×2 topics
  18. Solid-State Lasers3▲ 189×1 topic
  19. Vibrational Spectroscopy3▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Ytterbium3▲ 189×1 topic
  21. Cancer Detection3▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Quantum Simulation2▲ 63×2 topics
  23. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Biomedical Imaging2▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Infrared Spectroscopy2▲ 152×1 topic
  26. Bose-Einstein Condensation2▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Entanglement2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Ultracold Gases2▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Spectroscopic Databases2▲ 84×1 topic
  31. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers2▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Electric Discharge2▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Laser Oscillation2▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Imaging2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Spectroscopy2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Bell Inequality1▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Decoherence1▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Machine Vision1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Fluorescent Proteins1▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Super-Resolution Imaging1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Advanced Frequency and Time Standards and Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques.

Cold Atom Physics and Bo…1Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 1 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Frequency and Time Standards: 0 fractional worksRadioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques: 0 fractional worksScientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 0 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…0Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 0 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 0 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceRadiationStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  4. 4 Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques Radiation 0 works
  5. 5 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)0.000013% in 202520102020

Fractional works of M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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