Centre Laser Infrarouge of Orsay (CLIO)
http://old.clio.lcp.u-psud.fr/clio_eng/clio_eng.htm
Core Data
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
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French National Center for Scientific Research / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Address:
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3 Michel-Ange street, CNRS, Paris, PO: 75794, Ile-de-France (France)
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Location
15, avenue Jean Perrin, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Paris Sud, Bât. 349, Orsay, PO: 91405, Île-de-France (France)
Structure
Type Of RI
Single-sited
Coordinating Country
France
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational
since 1995
Scientific Description
Mission and objectives
CLIO (Centre Laser Infrarouge d’Orsay) is a pulsed free-electron laser user facility producing a high peak power and continously tunable wavelength laser beam in the mid-infrared spectral range between 3 and 120 µm. It has a double pulsed structure: "macro-pulses" 10 µs long (at 1 to 25 Hz) contain "micro-pulses", of length adjustable from 0.3 to 5 ps (with Fourier transform spectral width). The micropulse interval is 16 ns. A purged beam line transports the optical beam to eight user rooms. They include various equipment : mirrors, detectors, optical mounts, monochromators, cryostats, etc. Users have computer control of the laser wavelength and spectral scans. In addition, four different set-ups are operated by permanent scientists and are open users : surface spectroscopy; ultrasensitive molecular spectroscopy (2); near-field microspectroscopy.CLIO is open to the scientific community. Proposals are selected on the basis of scientific merit through an independent peer-review process. The use of CLIO is free of charge for the academic community. The projects have to be submitted by the end of each year.
RI Keywords
Free electron laser, Infrared, Non-linear studies, Spectroscopy
Classifications
RI Category
Intense Light Sources
Scientific Domain
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mathematics
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mathematics
ESFRI Domain
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Services
User support
information at accueil.clio@upsud.fr.
Access to laser facilities
free of charge for the academic community.
Equipment
Pump-probe experiments
Contact: rui Prazeres.
AFMIR microscopy
Contact: Jean-Michel Ortega.
Infrared spectroscopy of molecular ions and mass spectrometry
Contact : Philippe Maitre (FTICR) or Debora Scuderi (RF trap).
Beamlines
tunable between 3 and 120 µm.
Sum-frequency generation
Contact: Bertrand Busson or Christophe Humbert.
Additional Data
Collaborations
Networks
CALIPSO