FLUX

Femtosecond Lasers for the generation of Ultrafast XUV pulses

Coordinatore	STICHTING VOOR FUNDAMENTEEL ONDERZOEK DER MATERIE - FOM    more  Organization address address: Van Vollenhovenlaan 659 city: UTRECHT postcode: 3527 JP contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Bart Cognome: Van Leijen Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 6081234 Fax: +31 20 6684106
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

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	STICHTING VOOR FUNDAMENTEEL ONDERZOEK DER MATERIE - FOM  Organization address address: Van Vollenhovenlaan 659 city: UTRECHT postcode: 3527 JP contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Bart Cognome: Van Leijen Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 6081234 Fax: +31 20 6684106	NL (UTRECHT)	coordinator	0.00
2	AMPLITUDE TECHNOLOGIES SA  Organization address address: "Rue du Bois Chaland 2/4, Espace du Bois Chaland" city: LISSES postcode: 91090 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Gilles Cognome: Riboulet Email: send email Telefono: 33169112790 Fax: 33164975817	FR (LISSES)	participant	0.00
3	COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES  Organization address address: RUE LEBLANC 25 city: PARIS 15 postcode: 75015 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anne Cognome: Arrigas Email: send email Telefono: 33169089097 Fax: 33169082199	FR (PARIS 15)	participant	0.00
4	FASTLITE SARL  Organization address address: rue Croulebarbe 45 city: PARIS postcode: 75013 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Thomas Cognome: Oksenhendler Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 69333644	FR (PARIS)	participant	0.00
5	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Zinovia Cognome: Papatheodorou Email: send email Telefono: 302810000000 Fax: 302810000000	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.