Company · Edinburgh
Skylark Lasers, based in Edinburgh, builds single-frequency diode-pumped solid-state lasers, and for quantum users its main product is a 780 nm laser tuned to rubidium, the atom used in many interferometers and quantum memories. Its largest quantum project was NX Micro (August 2023 to February 2025), a £2.3 million Innovate UK programme with Heriot-Watt and Glasgow universities to bring a solid-state laser for quantum gravity sensors close to the price of cheaper diode lasers, validated with Birmingham spin-out Delta g. The company raised $5 million in October 2023 to push laser miniaturisation further.
Skylark Lasers is an Edinburgh company working on quantum components, photonics and sensing, founded in 2013. It is a partner in 2 UK projects: QT Assemble and Gravity Pioneer. Profiled here: Chris Madin (CEO).
Sources: Skylark Lasers · NX Micro COTS laser system for quantum gravity gradiometry (UKRI Gateway to Research) · Skylark Lasers news
QT Assemble
A three-year Fraunhofer CAP-led consortium to make quantum technology components smaller, more robust and easier to build.
Role: Partner
Themes: Materials and components, Sensing
Gravity Pioneer
An RSK-led consortium that built and tested a cold-atom gravity sensor for surveying what lies underground.
Role: Partner
Funding: £6m
Themes: Sensing
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