The Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers was established in December 2007 as a Consortium composed of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (former Ministry of Science and Education), the Regional Government of Castilla y León, and the University of Salamanca. It was created as part of the implementation of the Spanish Roadmap for Unique Research and Technology Infrastructures [1](ICTS by its Spanish initials).

The main founding objectives of the Consortium are:

• To design, build and operate a Petawatt laser in Salamanca.
• To develop ultrashort pulses technology in Spain.
• To make important advances in compact and intense laser technology.
• To promote the use of this technology at several fields: Physics, Engineering, Biology, Medicine, etc.
• To open the facility to the national and international scientific community.

As a Consortium the Centro de Láseres Pulsados has a specific structure, showed in the chart above.