Short-term R&D projects
A number of time-limited joint developments will be supported by Lasers4EU, aiming at:
Improving the user friendliness of the tools offered to users
Adding new capabilities to the Lasers4EU portfolio
Short-term R&D projects are initiatives with a maximum duration of 2 years, designed to deliver tangible improvements to experimental set-ups, diagnostics and data handling.
Such projects may address:
- Simplified data acquisition interfaces
- Procedures to more accurately characterise experimental conditions for replicability and reusability
- Standardised diagnostics or detectors and common calibration tools
- Automated acquisition systems for FAIR-compatible data and remote access
- Development of new optical devices (e.g., optical parametric amplifiers)
- Closed-loop stabilisation systems
- Sharable ultra-short-pulse laser diagnostics not commercially available
- Portable devices for joint experiments (e.g., post-pulse compression)
These projects aim to improve the user-friendliness of tools, add new capabilities to the Lasers4EU portfolio within the duration of the project and support developments that benefit the wider research community.
The expected outcomes include openly accessible technical documentation and operating procedures, as well as freely available tools and software published on the Lasers4EU website. In addition, the collaborations fostered through these activities will strengthen knowledge exchange across the Laserlab-Europe network. Collectively, they will expand the technological base and enhance the scientific services offered by Lasers4EU to users and support developments that benefit the wider research community.