https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-03720-z
Regular Article
The ELBE infrared and THz facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
1
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
2
TU Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
3
RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
4
Universität Rostock, 18059, Rostock, Germany
Received:
27
July
2022
Accepted:
19
January
2023
Published online:
16
February
2023
The coherent infrared and THz sources driven by the superconducting electron accelerator ELBE are described. The present status of the facility is summarized and a few scientific highlights are mentioned. Finally plans for a successor facility (Dresden Advanced Light Infrastructure, DALI) are outlined along with the most important scientific and technological challenges.
© The Author(s) 2023
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.