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Science Highlight
PRL front cover for rapidly spinning laser beams theory
An international research team led by researchers at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal and the CLF Plasma Physics Group has unravelled a concept to generate photons that whirl at high speed.
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CLF 40th anniversary
Artemis, Octopus and ULTRA User Meeting 2017
Workshop on Advanced Characterisation of Functional Materials
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Cobalt Light Systems Ltd
L3 Technology Ltd
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Our laser facilities
Gemini
Gemini is a high power, ultra-short pulse laser system delivering dual beams of 15 J, 30 fs laser pulses, at a rate of one shot every 20 seconds, focused to intensities in excess of 1021 W cm-2.
Artemis
Artemis is the CLF's facility for ultrafast XUV science. Experiments on Artemis investigate ultra-fast electron dynamics in condensed matter and gas-phase molecules.
Vulcan
Vulcan is a petawatt laser system, used for experiments researching fusion energy, electron and ion acceleration, laboratory astrophysics and plasma physics.
Ultra
ULTRA combines laser, detector and sample manipulation technology to probe molecular dynamics on the femtosecond to microsecond timescales.
Octopus
The OCTOPUS (Optics Clustered to OutPut Unique Solutions) imaging cluster offers a range of imaging techniques including multidimensional single molecule microscopy, confocal microscopy and optical profilometry.
How to find us
Central Laser Facility
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Campus
Didcot
OX11 0QX
UK
Events
Artemis, Octopus and ULTRA User Meeting 2017
Registration is now open for the CLF’s Lasers for Science (Octopus and ULTRA) and Artemis user meeting: 5-7th Sept 2017 at St Catherine's College Oxford.
