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  • OVERVIEW
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  • ADONIS
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Milestones

Milestones

2011 April ELI-Beamlines funding approved by EC



2011 August Funding (278 mil. Euro) signed by the CZ’s Ministry of Education



2011 December Technical Design Report completed



2012 July Building documentation completed



2012 September Site excavations start



2013 May Construction Starts



2015 December Phase I completed



2016-2017 Phase II

Lasers & Experiments Installation

Facility Commissioning



2018 Start of First User Operation

Experimental Hall 1 (Material and Biomolecular Applications) using L1 Laser


Oscillator


L1 Compressor



ELI Delivery Consortium ELI Attosecond ELI Nuclear Physics
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          • Structure
          • Milestones
          • Research Programs
          • Financing
        • Education for Competitiveness Operational Program Projects
          ▼
          • LaserSys
          • LaserGen
          • LaserZdroj
          • Postdok
          • TOP management ELI Beamlines
      • ELIBIO
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      • ADONIS
    • ELI White Book
    • International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC)
    • Cooperation
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      • Science
      • Industry
      • Technology Transfer
        ▼
        • Intellectual property
        • ELI Beamlines technology portfolio
        • CITT projects
          ▼
          • Innovative vouchers projects
          • INTERREG DANUBE projects
          • Physics at your service
          • TAČR GAMA project
    • Education
      ▼
      • Outreach
      • Summer School
        ▼
        • ELISS 2017
        • ELISS 2016
        • ELISS 2015
        • ELISS 2014
        • ELISS 2013
      • For Students
      • Educational Materials
      • ELI Beamlines Open Days
      • Talent Academy
    • Careers
      ▼
      • Administrative
      • Technical
      • Scientific
    • Tenders
  • Research
    ▼
    • OVERVIEW
    • Lasers
      ▼
      • Petawatt Lasers
      • DPSSL Technology
      • Nonlinear Laser Amplification
      • Pulse Synchronization
    • X-Ray Sources
      ▼
      • Laser Undulator X-Ray Source (LUX)
      • High-order Harmonic Generation (HHG)
      • Plasma X-Ray Sources (PXS)
      • Laser-driven Betatron and Compton Radiation
    • Particle Acceleration
      ▼
      • Ion Acceleration
      • Electron Acceleration
    • Plasma Physics
      ▼
      • High-Energy Density Physics
      • Warm Dense Matter
      • Plasma Optics
      • Laboratory Astrophysics
      • Gravitational Waves Generated by Laser-Matter Interactions
    • Ultrahigh Intensity Interactions
    • Bio and material applications
      ▼
      • Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI)
      • Atomic, molecular and optical sciences
      • Materials Science
      • X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy
      • X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging (XPCI)
      • Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy
      • Pulse Radiolysis
    • Publications
      ▼
      • Abstracts
      • Publications
  • Facility
    ▼
    • OVERVIEW
    • Location & Architecture
    • Environment, Health & Safety
    • Lasers
      ▼
      • Laser 1 Allegra: 100 mJ, 1 kHz
      • Laser 2 Amos: 1 PW, 20 J, 10 Hz
      • Laser 3 HAPLS: 1 PW, 30 J, 10 Hz
      • Laser 4 Aton: 10 PW, 2 kJ
    • Experimental Halls
      ▼
      • E1: Material and Biomolecular Applications
        ▼
        • Plasma X-Ray Source (PXS)
        • HHG Beam Line
        • MAC
        • ELIps
        • X-ray end-stations
        • Optical probes
        • Pump beams
      • E2: X-Ray Sources
        ▼
        • Betatron/Compton Beamline
      • E3: Plasma Physics Platform
      • E4: Ion Acceleration
        ▼
        • ELIMAIA
      • E5: Electron Accelaration & Laser Undulator X-ray Source
        ▼
        • HELL Experiment
        • LUX Beamline
    • Infrastructure
      ▼
      • Control Systems
      • Performance
      • Alignment
      • Diagnostics
    • Laboratories & Workshops
    • Computing & Simulations
      ▼
      • High Performance Computing Center
      • Virtual Beamline
      • Computer Cluster
      • Simulation Codes
  • News/Events
    ▼
    • OVERVIEW
    • News
    • Press Releases
    • Events
    • Newsletter
    • ELI in Press
    • Graphic manual ELI Beamlines
  • Contact
    ▼
    • I need to manage/contact
    • Laser team
    • Experimental team
    • Management board
    • Technical team
    • Administrative team
    • Building team
  • Users
    ▼
    • Beamtime
    • User portal – application form
    • User Guide
      ▼
      • Basic information
      • Accommodation
      • Travel information
      • General information about public transport
      • Visa regulation and documentation
      • Publications
    • User Safety
      ▼
      • Safety basics
      • Machines and equipment
      • User experiment safety assessment
      • Safety training
    • Industrial Users
    • User office