Building Light Sources Together
No single laboratory can carry the full weight of a free-electron laser facility alone — the physics is too demanding, the engineering too specialized, and the cost of duplicated effort too high. That is why collaboration sits at the center of how European FEL research actually gets done. Across accelerator physics, photon science, and advanced instrumentation, institutions pool expertise not out of necessity alone, but because the best experiments often emerge where different specialties meet.
Where Partnerships Take Shape
Joint projects within the Eurofel network take many forms, depending on scale and ambition:
- Shared beamtime and coordinated experimental campaigns across facilities
- Co-development of undulator, laser, and detector technology
- Joint PhD supervision and researcher exchange programs
- Cross-institutional proposals for EU-funded infrastructure grants
- Open data initiatives that let results travel beyond one lab's walls
Some collaborations start small — a single beamline experiment or a shared calibration standard — and grow into multi-year infrastructure partnerships once trust and results accumulate.
Interested in Working With Us?
Whether you represent a national laboratory, a university research group, or an industrial partner exploring femtosecond X-ray applications, there is likely a way to engage with the network that fits your goals. Reach out through the contact page to discuss specific proposals, or explore our background and mission to understand how the collaboration is structured before making the first move.