The event, held at the IMDEA Nanociencia facilities, gathered experts to address institutional and user management aspects of ELI ERIC, the European infrastructure operating some of the world's most powerful lasers. The day also served to present the research priorities of the Spanish scientific community in relation to ELI.
Representatives from various institutions, including GELUR-RSEF, CLPU, IMDEA, and the Guillermo Velarde Institute of Nuclear Fusion, presented the work of their respective centers. Subsequently, the experimental capabilities of the ELI ALPS and ELI Beamlines facilities were detailed, along with research areas from the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Complutense University of Madrid linked to ELI.
The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), representing an investment of over 850 million euros, comprises three high-power, high-repetition-rate laser facilities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. Its lasers, capable of pulse durations down to attoseconds and peak powers of tens of petawatts, open new avenues for fundamental research in physics, as well as practical applications in materials science and engineering.
