Info for Artemis users

Proof of concept time (1 to 2 days) can be awarded to carry out preliminary experiments to support applications. Please contact a member of staff and we will do our best to accommodate your request. If it’s feasible, we will ask you to fill out a short application form.

There are specific pathways for non-UK users. International access, funded by lasers4eu, may be available, but weeks are limited.

Alternatively, you can collaborate with a UK academic. In this case, we can cover travel costs for users travelling within Europe, but we can’t cover long-haul flights. We will also fund accommodation and food for non-UK users, up to the maximum of four users at any one time.

During experiments, we recommend that four people from your team are present each day, and that two of these are experienced enough to lead the work. We strongly recommend that the PI is present and steering the decision-making. However, we do provide compute resources to allow your team to analyse data and participate in discussions remotely.

If you want to work in the lab after regular business hours or at weekends, you will need at least two people. One of these must be an academic or post-doc (i.e. not a student).

The facility is fully supported Monday to Friday during regular business hours. At evenings and weekends, the facility is operated in data collection mode with limited support. We are required to stay out of the lab and the building between 10 pm and 7 am, but you can usually carry on taking automated scans overnight.

Some Artemis experiments run with the lasers fully enclosed, so users will not need laser goggles. However, you will still need to wear goggles for materials science experiments. In the lab, you will need sufficient distance vision to not trip and to read the interlock screens and safety signs. We don’t permit people to take off their goggles in the lab to change their spectacles. Varifocals are the best option (and you can get these even if your distance vision is fine). If this is not practical, you will not be able to do detailed work in the lab when the laser is on.

Please contact your link scientist to discuss this first. If the change affects the science goals, the choice of sample, leads to an increase in the amount of preparatory work we need to do for you, or changes the safety plan, then you will need approval from the Artemis group leader.

Please ask your link scientist, who will consult with the Artemis group leader. We prefer not to extend beamtime, as it impacts on preparations for our next experiments and makes it hard to keep on top of lab maintenance.