Applied Research Center
Applied Research Center front view
The Applied Research Center (ARC) is the flagship research facility (adjacent to the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in the research park, the Jefferson Center for Research and Technology, in Newport News, Virginia. The Applied Research Center, an $18 million, seven-story, 122,000 square foot office and laboratory facility erected by the City of Newport News, serves as a nucleus for a key center in the development of new technologies in the Commonwealth. The ARC is home to industrial, university and Jefferson Lab researchers collaborating in the development of several important technologies and processes.
The cornerstone of this collaboration is the Jefferson Lab Free-Electron Laser (FEL) Program, a collaborative effort to develop lasers based on Jefferson Lab's superconducting electron-accelerating technology.