News and Events

The optical pump, terahertz probe spectrometer is up and running! Thanks to Maurizio and Mick for their hard work on the setup for this beamline and for testing it. Currently we can pump between 2.5um and 9um wavelengths, and shorter wavelengths will be available soon. Samples can be measured in vacuum with the option for cryogenic temperatures also to be implemented soon. The conductivity dynamics can be probed up to 3ns after photoexcitation.

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Wcus Launch Day went off without a hitch. Excellent talks from Helen Fielding, Dan Murdock and James Lloyd-Hughes. Great to see Spectra Physics there and everyone had a good time. Let the Science! begin.

To celebrate the completion of the new laboratory hosting the WCUS, we are hosting a launch event on Thursday 15th December. The day will feature keynote talks from three prominent experts on ultrafast spectroscopy from across the UK, along with a poster session showcasing some of the work already going on at Warwick in this area. We will also have an official opening of the new laboratory.

The Fluorolog in WCUS has collected its first real experimental data and the laser system installation is complete. Next step TOPAS installation and ultrafast beamline building!

John Bampton joins us at WCUS to begin the installation of our laser system. It's been a long and arduous road but soon we'll be an up and running laser lab. Next step - Light Conversion install the TOPAS. Stay tuned!

The laser tables for the new WCUS facility have now been installed. It took a whole day to move all three or four tonnes of optical bench, but they are all in the right place and to the design. Next step - laser installation.