Success stories
At HiLASE Centre, we transform advanced laser research into real-world industrial breakthroughs. Partnering with leaders in aerospace, semiconductors, energy, and advanced manufacturing, we deliver solutions that improve efficiency, enhance quality, and open the door to entirely new capabilities. Each success story demonstrates how our unique laser technologies, deep expertise, and tailored approach help industry partners solve complex challenges, stay ahead of the competition, and accelerate innovation.

New record on the BIVOJ laser: 146.5 J in 10 ns pulses with a repetition rate of 10 Hz at a wavelength of 1030 nm
A team of HiLASIANS from the High Energy Slab Lasers group, in collaboration with researchers from the Central Laser Fac

Succesful operation of Bivoj 10 J laser
The Bivoj team has successfully provided more than 2.5 × 10^7 pump pulses resulting in reliable, stable and high-energy

High energy third harmonic generation with 10 J Bivoj
The Bivoj team, led by Dr. Martin Divoky, and Dr. Jonathan Phillips from STFC have successfully demonstrated high energy

High energy second harmonic generation with 10 J Bivoj
The Bivoj team, led by Dr. Martin Divoky, and Dr. Jonathan Phillips from STFC have successfully demonstrated high energy

The most powerful picosecond UV (257 nm) coherent light source demonstrated
In the HiLASE Centre we have succeeded to achieve the highest output power for picosecond pulses at a repetition rate of

Commissioning of the compact picosecond 0.5 kW laser system PERLA C
The laser system PERLA C, commissioned at HiLASE Centre in 2018, combines half-kilowatt average power, high repetition r

The construction of the casing for the optical part of the Perla C laser system
The technical team in the HiLASE Centre implements tailor-made design solutions according to the requirements of our sci

HiLASE PERLA C laser enabled scientific breakthrough: crystallization of amorphous TiO2 nanotube layers into a pure anatase phase
Researchers from the HiLASE Centre and the Centre of Materials and Nanotechnologies, the University of Pardubice, Czech

Laser Space Propulsion and Space Debris Removal
Succesful experiment in the frame of the HiLASE Centre Open Access Project was aimed at studying the optimization and ef





