Laserlab Europe is a consortium created in 2004 with the goal of making Europe the leading continent in research with lasers. Currently consists of 28 laboratories of excellence located in 16 countries of the European Union.

Laserlab The purpose is to coordinate the access to excellence laser facilities to research groups across Europe, typically for a period of 1-6 weeks, covering travel expenses and subsistence. Laserlab laboratories cover all applications of lasers: spectroscopy, photochemistry, reaction dynamics, biophysics, laser cooling and trapping, materials processing, surface processing and analysis, remote sensing, multifotónicos processes, ultrafast dynamics, quantum electronics, plasma physics, x-rays, and many others.

The requirements to use these infrastructures through Laserlab are twofold: (i) both the principal investigator and the majority of the members of the research team must work in an EU country other than that in which is located the installation that you want to access, and (ii) may request access to a facility associated with those research groups that have permission to publish the results of the project in these facilities.

The application period is permanently open and the procedure is to complete an on-line application, which is equal for every member and can be downloaded from its website (https://laserlab.mbi-berlin .de/access/). New applicants have priority, however, all projects are evaluated by an independent external committee consistent of two referees (the network has more than 100 experts from different areas). If the project is accepted it has 18 months to specify the design and timing of realization. Laserlab organization itself is responsible for allocating the most appropriate facility to carry out the project, however it is possible to contact the appropriate host laboratory prior to the request for access to discuss the feasibility of the project. To identify the laboratory that best suits your interests, the potential user can Laserlab contact, directly or through its 'National Contact Points'.

Laserlab has a network of 'National Contact Points' to promote national user communities and facilitate access to their services. In Spain are: the Institute of Biosciences Fotòniques (ICFO) in Barcelona [contact: Stewe Bekk, International Project Manager, laserlab@icfo.es] and pulsed lasers Center (CLPU) in Salamanca [contact: Ricardo Torres, Chief Scientific Area, rtorres@clpu.es]. Laserlab user also has representatives in Spain: Marta Castillejo [Rocasolano Physical Chemistry Institute (CSIC) - marta.castillejo @ iqfr.csic.es] and Rosa Weigand [Dept. Optics. Universidad Complutense de Madrid - weigand@fis.ucm.es]. For more information, please see the website: http://www.laserlab-europe.eu/.