FLUX
Femtosecond Lasers for the generation of Ultrafast XUV pulses
| Coordinatore | STICHTING VOOR FUNDAMENTEEL ONDERZOEK DER MATERIE - FOM
Organization address
address: Van Vollenhovenlaan 659 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Totale costo | 682˙490 € |
| EC contributo | 682˙490 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IAPP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-11-01 - 2012-10-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
STICHTING VOOR FUNDAMENTEEL ONDERZOEK DER MATERIE - FOM
Organization address
address: Van Vollenhovenlaan 659 contact info |
NL (UTRECHT) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
AMPLITUDE TECHNOLOGIES SA
Organization address
address: "Rue du Bois Chaland 2/4, Espace du Bois Chaland" contact info |
FR (LISSES) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
FR (PARIS 15) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
FASTLITE SARL
Organization address
address: rue Croulebarbe 45 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS
Organization address
address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 contact info |
EL (HERAKLION) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'We propose a IAPP project bringing together three Academic teams that are involved in the development and application of attosecond techniques, and two Industrial partners that produce high intensity femtosecond laser equipment and diagnostics instrumentation. This project will lead to the realization of unique femtosecond amplifier systems and the development of new attosecond XUV and single/few-cycle UV pulse generation schemes in the laboratories of the Academic partners, that are significantly beyond the present state-of-the-art. On the other hand, successful realization of these objectives will allow the Industrial partners in the project to bring these new approaches to market as part of or in connection with the high-intensity ultrafast femtosecond lasers that they produce, giving them a significant competitive edge in the rapidly evolving market, while at the same time significantly increasing the potential size of their customer base.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Research institutes collaborated with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop and rapidly commercialise attosecond lasers. These ultrafast light sources will prove useful in addressing major scientific and technological challenges.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Very short light pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) part of the light spectrum are needed to study and manipulate electrons that are spinning around atomic nuclei. Recent advances in laser production have brought attosecond light pulses to an unprecedented level of maturity. These light pulses only last a millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a second ( namely 10^-18 s.
Prior to initiation of the 'Femtosecond lasers for the generation of ultrafast XUV pulses' (FLUX) project, attosecond laser pulses were demonstrated in proof-of-concept experiments. However, the weak intensity of the laser pulses needed to be resolved, requiring the development of carrier envelope phase and high-harmonic generation technology.
During the course of the FLUX project, researchers worked on developing laser pulses combining short pulse duration with sufficient pulse energy. The FLUX researchers successfully performed the first attosecond XUV pump-attosecond XUV probe experiment with attosecond resolution. They resolved jitter issues and improved intensity of laser pulses. The developed technologies were subsequently used in atomic experiments for tracking time-dependent electron dynamics.
On the other hand, sSuccessful realisation of the attosecond laser pulses has allowed industrial partners in the FLUX project to bring the new laser system to market. This technology should give them a significant competitive edge in the laser systems market.