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.

ESTER: A versatile laser platform arising from a Czech industry-resear...
An article published in the recent Laserlab Forum highlighted the cooperation betwee...

Record in the number of laser beams simultaneously modifying a surface
The HiLASE Centre Laser Micromachining (LMM) team has reached another exciting succe...

World record in the speed of production of laser-induced periodic nano...
The HiLASE Centre Laser Micromachining (LMM) team has achieved a new world record! I...

New micro-processing station
Success test of designed interference processing station suitable for interference m...

Succesful design and fabrication of functional structures by laser
A team of HiLASE Centre researchers managed to succesfuly design and fabricate funct...

Our LIDT laboratory received the ISO 9001 certification
The HiLASE Centre laboratory used for measuring Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT...

Laser Shock Peening technique can dramatically improve materials used...
The application team of the HiLASE Centre has successfully applied the Laser shock p...

Another world record on the BIVOJ laser while converting to second har...
The world record on the BIVOJ laser system was surpassed by 40% in the beginning of...

A record on the BIVOJ laser when converting to second harmonic frequen...
The third world record on the BIVOJ laser was achieved when converting to second har...

New record on the BIVOJ laser: 146.5 J in 10 ns pulses with a repetiti...
A team of HiLASIANS from the High Energy Slab Lasers group, in collaboration with re...

Succesful operation of Bivoj 10 J laser
The Bivoj team has successfully provided more than 2.5 × 10^7 pump pulses resulting...

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

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

The most powerful picosecond UV (257 nm) coherent light source demonst...
In the HiLASE Centre we have succeeded to achieve the highest output power for picos...

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-kilow...

The construction of the casing for the optical part of the Perla C las...
The technical team in the HiLASE Centre implements tailor-made design solutions acco...

HiLASE PERLA C laser enabled scientific breakthrough: crystallization...
Researchers from the HiLASE Centre and the Centre of Materials and Nanotechnologies,...

Laser Space Propulsion and Space Debris Removal
Succesful experiment in the frame of the HiLASE Centre Open Access Project was aime...

Pockels cell holder patent
The Industrial Property Office awarded the members of the HiLASE Centre Scientific T...

High-energy and compact unstable resonators ready for industrial appli...
The HiLASE Centre team, in collaboration with Dr. Koerner from the Institute of Opti...

HiLASE team tested new magneto-optical materials for advanced high-pow...
Many industrial and scientific laser systems require high-performance optical isolat...

Ready to build a new customized laser
The thin-disk laser team, led by Dr. Martin Smrž, has successfully demonstrated the...