Partners - Pals

Description: The PALS infrastructure operates one of the largest laser facilities in Europe, a kilojoule-class
pulsed subnanosecond iodine photodissociation laser system. Its high-quality infrared beam (wavelength
1315 nm), reliable and stable operation, and versatile target facilities with rich diagnostic equipment, make
the laser a highly demanded instrument for basic and applied studies of laser interaction with matter. The
PALS offers its Users also an optional experimental X-ray beam line driven by the record-brightness
plasma–based zinc soft X-ray laser (wavelength 21.2 nm). The PALS research facilities include further a
smaller pulsed iodine laser with a solid-state oscillator, and two high-repetition-rate femtosecond Ti:Sapphire
lasers. The PALS Users are provided with full scientific, technical and logistic support.

Excellence: Research with high-power kJ-class Iodine lasers and high-repetition rate fs lasers. Development
and applications of plasma based XUV lasers. Physics of laser produced plasma and WDM. Interaction of
high intensity laser radiation with matter.

Main tasks: Infrastructure providing Access, participant in the SFINX JRA and Networking activities.
Previous experience: PALS Research Infrastructure Access project in FP5. An infrastructure taking part in
Access, JRA, Management, and Networking activities of the LASERLAB-EUROPE project in FP6.

>>> Access facility PALS

Address:

Prague Asterix Laser System
Na Slovance 2
182 21 Prague 8
Czech Republic

Phone (+420) 2 66052656

www.pals.cas.cz