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.

Latest News

07 July 2010

3rd European Target Fabrication Workshop
Further to the success of the 2008 Laserlab funded 2nd European target Fabrication Workshop, you are invited to the 3rd European Target Fabrication Workshop hosted by the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's Central Laser Facility on 29th September - 1st October 2010....
22 June 2010

Annual Report article submissions
The deadline for submission of articles for the 2009/10 CLF Annual Report is 30th June 2010...
16 June 2010

Changes in the Lasers for Science Facility
The head of the LSF, Tony Parker, is giving up his management duties to spend some time concentrating on his scientific research as an STFC Fellow...