The Institute of Laser Spectroscopy is the first-level academic research institution of Shanxi University, which is a part of the State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics Technologies and Devices. In 1989, the academic leader Prof. Suotang Jia, who conducted research on laser spectroscopy and established the laser spectroscopy laboratory in 2000. The laboratory was upgraded to the first-level academic research institution of Shanxi University in June 2010 and renamed the Institute of Laser Spectroscopy of Shanxi University in June 2013.