page_title: European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
section_title: European Laserlab consortium
hierarchical_section_title: European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy / European Laserlab consortium
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Sede del it:LENS presso il Polo Scientifico di it:Sesto Fiorentino English: en:LENS main building at Polo Scientifico in en:Sesto Fiorentino
context_page_description: The European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy is an interdisciplinary research center established by the Italian Ministry of Education in 1991 within the University of Florence thanks to the initiative of Prof. Salvatore Califano.
context_section_description: As laser facility, LENS is part of Laserlab-Europe consortium since its foundation, providing access to its labs within the Transnational Access To Research Infrastructures Programme  of the European Commission. Main research interests are represented by five Joint Research Activities , two of which involve LENS: ALADIN  and OPTBIO .
caption: LENS main building at Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico of the University of Florence in Sesto Fiorentino
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