ELETTRA

is a multidisciplinary international research center, specialized in generating high quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light and applying it in materials science.

Its mission is to promote cultural, social and economic growth through: The main assets of the research centre are two advanced light sources: the Elettra synchrotron (third generation electron storage ring, working at 2 and 2.4 GeV, in operation since October 1993) and the free-electron laser (FEL) FERMI, continuously (H24) operated supplying light of the selected energy and quality to more than 30 experimental stations on 28 beamlines.

[1] The FERMI FEL work in a SRHG method, operating at 2 GeV and producing coherent femtosecond light pulses with variable polarization, in an ultraviolet energy range.

[3][4] These facilities enable the international community of researchers from academy and industry to characterize material properties and functions with sensitivity down to molecular and atomic levels, to pattern and nanofabricate new structures and devices, and to develop new processes.

These are selected by peer-reviewed by panels of international experts on the basis of scientific merit and potential impact, and the winners are granted valuable access time as a contribution to their research.