Welcome to the Central Laser Facility

The Central Laser Facility (CLF) is a partnership between its staff and the large number of members of UK and European universities who use the specialised laser equipment provided to carry out a broad range of experiments in physics, chemistry and biology. We hope these web pages can convey some of the excitement and achievement of this community.

Astra laser

Latest News

16 May 2013

Calls for access to Vulcan, Gemini, Artemis and Orion (AWE)
Calls for access to the Artemis, Vulcan, Astra-Gemini and AWE's Orion laser systems are now open. Deadlines are 14th June for high power lasers and 21st June for Artemis....
10 May 2013

Professor Alan Michette obituary
Professor Alan Michette, Kings College London passed away suddenly on Wednesday May 8 2013 following a heart attack....
09 May 2013

Gemini laser shows that Einstein's flying mirror thought-experiment is the real deal
Experimental results obtained using the Gemini laser are the first to demonstrate that laser light reflected from an ultrathin foil mirror moving close to the speed of light can be upshifted in energy, a demonstration of one of Einstein’s special relativity concepts...

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Welcome to the Central Laser Facility

Latest News

Calls for access to Vulcan, Gemini, Artemis and Orion (AWE)

Professor Alan Michette obituary

Gemini laser shows that Einstein's flying mirror thought-experiment is the real deal