Our Users

Artemis is the CLF’s facility for ultrafast science, using extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses produced through high-harmonic generation for time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, photoemission, transient absorption and ptychographic imaging.

Gemini is a high power, ultra-short pulse laser system delivering dual beams of 15J, 40fs laser pulses, at a rate of one shot every 20 seconds. 

Octopus is a unique user facility with a suite of advanced light and electron microscopes for use in the life, environmental, and materials sciences.

Ultra is a time-resolved spectroscopy facility, offering a range of pump–probe techniques. Key focuses are on vibrational spectroscopies, non-linear spectroscopy and femtosecond to second timescales measurements.

The Extreme Photonics Applications Centre (EPAC) is a new national facility to support UK science, technology, innovation and industry. First light is planned for 2026.

Support requests can be for targetry, some travel and subsistence costs, and the loan of diagnostics.