The
CLIO Free-Electron
Laser (FEL) is a user
facility producing a high peak power and tunable wavelength laser beam,
in the mid-infrared spectral range.
Five rooms are supplied with the infrared
laser beam for application experiments in various fields : surface
spectroscopy, molecular physics, near-field infrared microscopy,
quantum
wells, ...
CLIO used to be one of the light sources of the
LURE laboratory, the French national synchrotron centre. After the
closing of LURE, CLIO has
become part of the LCP laboratory - operating also ELYSE, a
photo-chemistry dedicated 9 MeV electron accelerator.
As CLIO is a member of the
European LIght Sources Activities
network,
access
can also be granted
to national scientists from the European Union:
- In most cases, the
beamtime is free of charge and includes all the infrastructural,
technical and scientific support that is normally provided to external
users. Travel and living expenses may be reimbursed [03/23/2016 : if a new contract starts in 2017].
- The users must refer to CLIO, the beamline team and the
contracts.
Proposals are selected on the basis of
scientific merit through an
independent peer-review process. Project forms are available
here. The annual program committee
usually meets in January to rule on the
requests.
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