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Third party Funding


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Third party Funding


 

In addition to our flagship activities, KALDERA and FLASHForward, we have a diverse portfolio of third-party funded projects supporting our mission to advance the fundamental understanding of plasma accelerators and mature the technology towards applications.

Our projects are funded through a wide variety of sources, ranging from the DFG Emmy-Noether programme (SPLICE), to BMBF-funded projects (BEETLE), to a European network for PhD students (EPACE), and more.

 
 
 

SPLICE

 

APHEX

 
 

BEETLE

EPACE and EuPRAXIA

 
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SPLICE


SPLICE


 

SPLICE (Structured Plasmas for Laser-Driven Control of Electron Beams) is a 6 year DFG funded project to develop plasma sources for generating high-quality and high-energy electron beams that are suitable for driving compact x-ray FELs or for injection into a storage ring.

We optically structure the 3D plasma density profile in the LPA to facilitate both guiding and controlled injection.

Point of Contact: Rob Shalloo

 

The project is funded via the Emmy Noether programme (Project Number: 531352484)

A gas cell used in LPA experiments

Reflective axicons can be used to generate line focii for plasma channel formation

 
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APHEX


APHEX


 

One of our key application-oriented projects is the All-oPtical High-Energy X-ray (APHEX) source. With funding contributed through the Hi-Acts innovation platform, APHEX use inverse Compton scattering to generate X-rays with energies of 100 keV and beyond. APHEX leverages novel methods to tailor both the electron beam and the scatter laser pulse to create X-ray beams with percent-level bandwidth, ideal for non-destructive testing and medical imaging applications.

 
 
 

APHEX is funded through the Hi-Acts network

Layout of APHEX

 
 
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BEETLE


BEETLE


 

BEETLE is a collaboration between TRUMPF Scientific Lasers and DESY, with AFS and UKE as additional partners. Funded through a joint BMBF project, our partnership combines expertise in laser technology, plasma acceleration and medical applications to evaluate the potential of laser-plasma accelerators for cancer research and treatment. The project’s primary goal is to develop a high average power laser-plasma accelerator delivering 100 MeV electrons beams driven by a post-compressed ytterbium laser.

 
 

BEETLE is a BMBF project

Kick-Off Meeting with the BEETLE project team

Simulation of the plasma acceleration process

 
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EU


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EPACE

The EPACE (European compact accelerators, their applications, and Entrepreneurship) is a doctoral network, funded by EU’s flagship funding program for doctoral education and postdoctoral training of researchers; the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

EPACE will launch in January 2025 to educate the next generation of scientists on compact accelerator technologies and explore applications and commercial opportunities. The four-year-long program funds 15 PhD projects to perform research within the consortium and undergo comprehensive training including secondments at partner institutions and companies, network-wide events and summer schools.

 
 
 

The consortium, led by DESY, consists of 9 academic collaborators and 1 private company spanning over 7 EU countries, as well as 22 associated partners worldwide.

 
 

 

EuPRAXIA

EuPRAXIA is a proposal for a future European test facility for plasma accelerator research. We are part of an EU-funded preparatory phase project, EuPRAXIA-PP.

Together with colleagues at CNRS, we are coordinating work package 10 on “Plasma Components and Systems”, assessing the current technical status of plasma components and related systems.