IPAC'23 - Particle Accelerator Projects and Upgrades

IPAC’23 / PARTICLE ACCELERATOR PROJECTS AND UPGRADES 25 Project Region EMEA Project Location Trieste, Italy Project Type New Project Project Description FERMI is the free electron laser (FEL) facility in operation for external users at the Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste research institute. FERMI began user operation in 2012 with a scientific impact that has been one of the most successful of any new research facility, with an intense effect on different scientific fields, ranging from nonlinear optics to atomic and molecular science and from extreme thermodynamic conditions to ultrafast magnetism. The uniqueness of FERMI, being the first externally seeded free-electron laser, with unprecedented stability in terms of energy and time jitter, full wavelength and polarization tunability, is facilitating the marriage between the world of ultrafast science and that of X-ray spectroscopy and imaging. This resulted in the birth of unprecedented experimental approaches that, over the years, continuously developed through self-improving synergies between the experimental and machine teams at FERMI and the broad range of users, encompassing both synchrotron and ultrafast communities, that nowadays are routinely exploiting them in different contexts. Requirements List Available No Approval Date 01/12/2004 Status of Contracting 100% Construction scheduled to start 01/02/2005 Estimated Project Cost 150M EUR Estimated Construction Duration 5 Type of Equipment to be Purchased Instrumentation and systems necessary for the realization of the FEL Project Leader(s) Claudio Masciovecchio Affiliation Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. e-mail claudio.masciovecchio@elettra.eu Contact Person(s) Luca Giannessi Affiliation Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. e-mail luca.giannessi@elettra.eu FERMI