Final Report Summary - EUROFEL (European FEL Design Study)
The 'European free electron laser design study' (Eurofel) was a coordinated, joint effort of 16 European organisations to develop key technologies required for the design and construction of next generation free electron laser (FEL) sources that have been proposed as new European research infrastructures in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The overall objective of the Eurofel project was to combine the European efforts towards new research infrastructures based on free electron lasers into a coordinated, joint activity, and to develop the key technologies required for their design and construction.
The project focused on six areas: electron injectors, beam dynamics, synchronisation, seeding and harmonic generation, high duty-cycle superconducting accelerators, and technology transfer to industry for the production of complete superconducting accelerator modules. 223 person-years were spent on this work, 139 of which were funded by the European Commission giving many young scientists the opportunity to participate in exciting fore-front research in an international collaboration.
The project has produced 23 publications in refereed journals, about 230 presentations on conferences and workshops, and 103 deliverables; several further publications are in preparation.
The project focused on six areas: electron injectors, beam dynamics, synchronisation, seeding and harmonic generation, high duty-cycle superconducting accelerators, and technology transfer to industry for the production of complete superconducting accelerator modules. 223 person-years were spent on this work, 139 of which were funded by the European Commission giving many young scientists the opportunity to participate in exciting fore-front research in an international collaboration.
The project has produced 23 publications in refereed journals, about 230 presentations on conferences and workshops, and 103 deliverables; several further publications are in preparation.
