The PALS laser celebrates 10th anniversary

 September 22 – 24, 2010

The Research Centre PALS organized a festive workshop on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the PALS facility launching.

For the programme, list of participants, invited talks, and photo gallery please see here. PALS 10th Anniversary flyer can be downloaded here (pdf 2,5 MB).


Meaningful data of the Prague Asterix Laser System:

  • Agreement on the ASTERIX laser transfer from Germany – June 27, 1997
  • PALS launching – June 6, 2000
  • Beginning of European users experiments at PALS – September 1, 2000


Building Asterix IV, Garching 1986

Asterix IV laser hall in Garching (1986)


PALS laser hall (September 1999)


PALS laser hall (January 2010)