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Science Highlight

  • Groundbreaking Advance in Targeted Cancer Therapy: Near-Infrared Light Halts Cancer Cell Growth Without Harming Healthy Tissue
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News

  • Groundbreaking Advance in Targeted Cancer Therapy: Near-Infrared Light Halts Cancer Cell Growth Without Harming Healthy Tissue
  • Upcoming X-lites Early Career Opportunity at the 2025 ELI User Meeting
  • New X-ray experiment could solve major physics puzzles
  • UK Catalysis Hub III launches with £12.5m EPSRC investment
  • New Methods Identify Preservation Fluids Without Opening Artefacts
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Our Latest Projects

  • EPAC | Extreme Photonics Applications Centre
  • HiLUX upgrades to Ultra and Artemis
  • UK XFEL - Scientific Case Project
  • Vulcan 20-20 Upgrade
 

  • Artemis laser
    Artemis
    Artemis is an ultrafast XUV science facility, using high harmonics to investigate electron dynamics in condensed matter and gas-phase molecules, and for lensless imaging.
  • Gemini laser
    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
  • Someone looking into a microscope in Octopus.
    OCTOPUS
    The OCTOPUS (Optics Clustered to OutPut Unique Solutions) imaging cluster offers a wide range of imaging techniques.
  • Ultra laser
    ULTRA
    ULTRA combines laser, detector and sample manipulation technology to probe ultrafast molecular dynamics for innovative research in the physical and life sciences in academia and industry.
  • Vulcan laser
    Vulcan
    Vulcan is a petawatt laser system, used for experiments researching fusion energy, electron and ion acceleration, laboratory astrophysics and plasma physics.

Events

  • Joint Target Fabrication Workshop 9 and TARG 6
  • STFC CLF Artemis, Octopus, and ULTRA User Meeting 2024
  • Network on Extreme Intensity Laser Systems (NEILS) Meeting 2024
  • Beautiful pink evening sky above a silhuetted Abingdon School grounds
    2023 High Power Laser Christmas Meeting Summary
    Once again, just before the Lab’s Winter Break, the Central Laser Facility (CLF) hosted its annual High Power Laser (HPL) Christmas Meeting.
  • A tiny tree and butterfly, the hand-made laser target sized trophies given to the winners of the CLF impact awards
    2024 CLF Impact Awards: Applications Open Soon!
    Applications for the 2024 CLF Impact Awards will open soon!
 

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