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Inside the super laser research centre of Szeged – video, photos
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In fact, the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) attosecond light pulse source (ELI-ALPS) being built in Szeged will be fully operational only half a year later. However, HVG managed to get into the facility where work is already going on. They even published a video on their experience which you can watch embedded in their article.
A unique place for experiments in Hungary
According to hvg.hu, it is probably not an exaggeration to state that one of the most important scientific investment is being built in Szeged. The result will be the best place to conduct scientific experiments in Europe. Though the centre will only be fully operational from the end of 2018 or from the beginning of 2019, some experiments are already going on in the facility
conducted by foreign and Hungarian experts.
The lasers were placed in hermetically confined “pure spaces” where, thanks to the ventilation system, they are always surrounded by fresh air. The system is so effective that even if somebody allergic to pollen stood at the centre of the so-called pure space he or she would be symptom-free even in the middle of the allergy season.
Watch here a video about the grand scientific opening of the facility last year:
Of course, pureness is extremely important since even a single hair can highly influence the result of an experiment. ‘This is why it is important for everybody to follow the instructions and take on his or her PPE in the airlock’ – said Bálint Kiss, leader of the mid-infrared laser team in ELI-ALPS to HVG.
