Lund Laser Centre Laboratories
The Lund Laser Centre (LLC) is an organization for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in the fields of optics, spectroscopy and lasers at Lund University. LLC Laboratories comprise approximately 35 advanced laser research laboratories that are open for access.
The lasers include:
- Terawatt laser 10 Hz, up to 250 mJ/pulse, 10 fs pulse duration, 850 nm, CEP-stability, peak power 25 TW
- Terawatt laser 100 Hz, up to 50 mJ/pulse, 10 fs pulse duration, 850 nm, CEP-stability, peak power 5 TW
- Ti:sapphire CPA 3 kHz, 5 mJ/pulse, 20 fs pulse duration with tunable center wavelength (780-820 nm).
- Yb CPA 1-200 kHz, average power 7 W, 200 fs pulse duration, 1030 nm, available with a TOPAS to obtain different wavelengths.
- Yb CPA 1-2000 kHz, up to 2 mJ/pulse, average power 80 W, 250 fs pulse duration, 1037 nm.
- OPCPA 200 kHz, 15 μJ/pulse, 6 fs pulse duration, 850 nm, CEP-stable.
- CW lasers, tunable in the visible and near IR, with high frequency stability (sub MHz)
- A range of commercial femtosecond laser systems
- Tunable femtosecond and picosecond lasers
- High repetition rate nanosecond lasers
- Mobile laser systems for remote sensing
The pool of spectroscopic and imaging equipment includes:
- Fiber-optic system for time resolved spectroscopy in the visible and near-infrared wavelength range for characterization of scattering samples.
- Fiber-optic systems for fluorescence spectroscopy of solid or liquid samples
- Fiber optic systems for reflectance spectroscopy in the visible and near-infrared wavelength range of highly scattering solid or liquid samples
- Spectrophotometric setup for transmission spectroscopy in the visible and near-infrared wavelength range of non-scattering samples
- Multispectral imaging system based on electron-multiplying CCD for fluorescence and reflectance imaging of samples
We are located at the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry in Lund.
In-house expertise
We are experts in optics, lasers, optical spectroscopy and laser-matter interactions
User skill requirements
The lasers mentioned above represent advanced state-of-the-art research equipment and their operation requires skilled staff. Such staff is available, both for laser operation and for assistance in the various specific applications, depending on your precise requirements. The users are thus not required to be able to operate the lasers themselves.
Fees
Information about fees for equipment and technical support are available on request.
Laser safety
All users must undergo a laser safety instruction (2 h) and sign a safety agreement before working with any of our laser beams.
Contact information
Cord Arnold
Senior lecturer, Atomic Physics
