The next high-power laser facility, called I-LUCE (Laser-indUCEd Radiation Production), is expected to be fully operational at INFN-LNS (National Institute for Nuclear Physics - National Laboratories of the South) by 2028.
Currently under construction at INFN-LNS, I-LUCE aims to facilitate particle acceleration and the exploration of nuclear reactions in plasma.
The facility will be based on two laser beamlines (50 TW/23 fs and 350–500 TW/23 fs) and ion beams (from H+ to U) accelerated by conventional Tandem and Cyclotron accelerators operating at INFN-LNS.
The realization of this facility is made possible through funding from three Italian programs under the PNRR (EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Sources): EUAPS (EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Sources), Samothrace (Sicilian Micronanotech Research and Innovation), and ANTHEM (Advanced Technologies for Human-centered Medicine).
This workshop is supported by the following companies and institutions:
