Laserlab-Portugal
Facilities
Laserlab-Portugal brings together an impressive number of state-of-the-art laser facilities with applications in science, technology and industry. For detailed information about the capabilities of each facility please follow the links below. In case you wish to discuss the feasibility of your project before submitting an application for laser time, the name of the contact persons is provided.
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The Laboratory for Intense Lasers (L2I) is the largest laser laboratory in Portugal and the most important hub for high intensity laser technology and applications. Currently it hosts the following lasers systems:
- mid-infrared (3.2 µm) OPCPA: 80 µJ, 40 fs, 100 kHz, CEP-stabilized
- near-infrared (800 nm) OPCPA: 5 mJ, 25 fs, 10 Hz
- diode-pumped high power near infrared (1030 nm): 1 mJ, 100 kHz (100 W average power), 1 ps (compressible to ~150 fs)
- diode-pumped Yb:glass amplifier (1030 nm): 100 mJ, 1 ps, 10 Hz system, which can be used as a primary source of for pumping additional laser amplifiers
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The laboratory has four main working stations and is linked to auxiliary preparative laboratories, cell culture laboratory and office space. Two of the main working stations are dedicated to Photoacoustics and the other two to Transient absorption. The Photoacoustic working stations comprises instrumentation for ms/ns/ps time resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry and Photoacoustic Tomography. For Transient absorption the laboratory has ns laser flash photolysis and fs pump-probe spectroscopy set-ups. The laboratory is equipped with pipes for handling laboratory gases and accessories for working at distinct temperatures and deal with solid and liquid samples. Singlet oxygen detection is also possible in the Laboratory. A fifth working station, in a separated room, is dedicated to the preparation and characterization of solar cells. The laboratories are acclimatized and are located close to each other as well as to the work offices of the research team members. read more
Research areas:
The laboratory has four main working stations and is linked to auxiliary preparative laboratories, cell culture laboratory and office space. Two of the main working stations are dedicated to Photoacoustics and the other two to Transient absorption. The Photoacoustic working stations comprises instrumentation for ms/ns/ps time resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry and Photoacoustic Tomography. For Transient absorption the laboratory has ns laser flash photolysis and fs pump-probe spectroscopy set-ups. The laboratory is equipped with pipes for handling laboratory gases and accessories for working at distinct temperatures and deal with solid and liquid samples. Singlet oxygen detection is also possible in the Laboratory. A fifth working station, in a separated room, is dedicated to the preparation and characterization of solar cells. The laboratories are acclimatized and are located close to each other as well as to the work offices of the research team members.
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Two home-made independent apparatus (with ns- and ps-time resolution) are available for time resolved fluorescence studies; two fluorimeters (Horiba-Jobin Yvon) are also available, with optional phosphorimetry option for spectra and lifetime measurements. Two UV-Vis spectrophotometers are also available. The laboratory is equipped with a cryostat for measurements (absorption, emission spectra and lifetimes) with temperature, a thin-film making facility together with a integrating sphere for solid state studies and a variety of accessories for solution and solid state studies. A multidisciplinary team is present with expertise not only in the singlet state but also in triplet excited state characterization. read more