Laserlab Umeå (LLUm)

Laserlab Umeå comprises the following laboratories:

• The Relativistic Attosecond Physics Laboratory (REAL)
  A laboratory for generating, characterizing, and applying intense isolated attosecond electron and light pulses for laser-plasma and attosecond physics.
• The Laser Physics Group
  Develops novel methodologies for highly accurate assessments of refractometry, molar density, and pressure of gases.
• The Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy Group
  Develops and utilizes optical frequency comb spectroscopy for trace gas detection, high-precision molecular spectroscopy, and combustion diagnostics.
• The Applied Laser Spectroscopy Group
  Develops and uses laser based techniques for combustion diagnostics and breath gas analysis.
• The Biophysics and Biophotonics Group
  Utilizes lasers for single cell manipulation and single macro-molecule force spectroscopy.
• The Ultrafast Nanophotonics and Advanced Functional Materials Group
  Works within the field of ultrafast nanophotonics.
• The Microphotonics Group
  Develops and utilizes hollow optical fibres for high-power laser delivery and pulse reshaping.

Within these laboratories, Laserlab Umeå provides the following experimental stations for experimental studies:

• Attosecond Beamline
• Electron Acceleration Beamline
• Surface Science Station
• Optical Tweezers

The research is supported by a number of agencies and foundations, including the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the Wallenberg Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Kempe Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge their support.

Laserlab is a part of Laserlab Sweden, which you can read more about here.