LULI. Intense Lasers Laboratory A joint research unit CEA, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, École polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France. Physics Research areas Laser physics Hot plasma properties Laboratory astrophysics Laser-matter interaction in the picosecond regime Key figures 19 Permanent researchers 5 Postdoctoral students 15 PhD students 63 Average number of publications per year > read more > Read more LULI’s main activity is the study of dense and hot plasmas created by intense lasers. Research interests rangefrom atoms to stars. discover LULI website > discover LULI website > They include relativistic and non-relativistic plasmas and their applications ranging from inertial confinementfusion to quantum electrodynamics. Astrophysical phenomena (supernovae, planetary interiors etc.) can also be reproduced at a smaller scale using high-power lasers. LULI is the only civil laboratory in France to use high-energy(LULI2000 and HERA) and high-power lasers (APOLLON), facilities which are open to the global scientific community.