About PALS

The PALS laser facility is a joint research laboratory of the Institute of Physics (IP) and the Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Under the name “PALS Research Centre“ it was established by agreement of both the Institutes on November 6, 1998.

The Research Centre PALS is  a key laboratory of the Laser Plasma Research Centre, supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in the framework of the “Research Centres“ programme.

The PALS Laser Laboratory is a constituent member of the network of European laser laboratories and a founding member of the virtual integrated European laser infrastructure – the LASERLAB-EUROPE Consortium, which has been performing coordinated laser research since 2004.