Atmosphere Optics, Spectroscopy and Lasers Laboratory  LOA-SL

Complex laser ablation installations and tools for obtaining thin layers in various experimental conditions regarding the working gas atmosphere, temperature, geometry, etc.

Unique experimental installations in the country of characterization of the laser ablation plasma in real time by the spatio-temporal solving of the laser ablation transitory plasma. Characterization and sampling of plasma structures at a time level of 2 ns and spatial width of up to 0.2 mm

High power Nd: YAG laser installations with a pulse duration of 10 ns and various wavelengths (1064 nm @ 1600 mJ, 532 nm @ 820 mJ, 355 nm @ 490 mJ, 266 nm @ 150 mJ)

Parametric Optical Oscillator (OPO) pumped at 355 nm that provides a range of continuous wavelengths for laser-induced fluorescence experiments in the range of 200-750 nm

Mechanical and optical systems for the realization of automated assemblies at atmospheric pressure and under vacuum of irradiation of various targets in different conditions and under different physico-chemical stress (optical radiation, temperature, chemical compounds and aerosols of different sizes, etc)

LASERS installation for remote characterization (LASER remote sensing) of some submicrometric particles and spatio-temporal analysis of the evolution in various environmental conditions through RAMAN technologies.

Computer platform (hardware and software) for characterization, modeling and simulation of physico-chemical processes induced by the interaction of high power pulses with different materials (thin layers, massive bodies, liquid layers, etc.)

Vacuum enclosures, vacuum pumps, guide elements and instruments for simulating physico-chemical processes in a controlled atmosphere

Lidar, sun photometer, IR and UV spectroscopy camera, CO, O3, Dust-track, etc- in situ monitors