Elettra Sincrotrone Laboratory is a national laboratory located in Basovizza in the outskirts of Trieste (Italy). Its mandate is a scientific service to the Italian and international research communities, based on the development and open use of light produced by synchrotron and Free Electron Lasers (FEL) sources. The light is now mainly provided by a third generation electron storage ring, optimised in the VUV and soft-X-ray range, operating between 2.0 and 2.4 GeV, and feeding over 20 light sources in the range from few eV to tens of keV (wavelengths from infrared to X-rays). New fourth generation light sources based on FEL are now in development.
The light is made available through a growing number of beamlines, which feed several measuring stations using many different and complementary measuring techniques ranging from analytical microscopy and microradiography to photolithography. The spectral brightness available on most beamlines is up to 1019 photons/s/mm2/mrad2/0.1%bw and the peak brightness of the FEL sources is expected to go up to 1030 photons/s/mm2/mrad2/0.1%bw. A number of support laboratories help users to prepare the set-up of their materials for best results.
Elettra Sincrotrone Laboratory in Trieste hosts a theory and simulation program (Theory@Elettra), managed in collaboration with the CNR INFM Democritos national simulation center. This program aims at providing theoretical and simulation support to the users, as well as to develop new simulation techniques, particularly in the field of advanced spectroscopies.
The total operating time of Elettra is about 5000 hours/year providing about 75,000 hours of user time on the individual measurement stations. The beamlines and laboratories are open to scientists at national as well as international level for basic and applied research in biology, physics, chemistry, material sciences, medicine and environmental studies.
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