About the FEL
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Laser Processing Consortium
FEL Wiggler for IR Demo
An industry-led private/public partnership for radically advancing the use of light as a manufacturing and research tool
Free-electron lasers being developed at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia, will offer a wide spectrum of applications in manufacturing and in applied and basic science. Supporting, participating in, and planning to profit from the Jefferson Lab Free-Electron Laser Program are the member institutions of the growing Laser Processing Consortium, or LPC:
- Advanced Energy Systems (AES)
- 3M
- DuPont
- Lucent Technologies
- Armco
- IBM
- Xerox
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Northrop Grumman
- Aerospace Corporation
- Virginia Power
- Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology
- City of Newport News Industrial Development Authority
- U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of the Navy
- Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- College of William and Mary
- Hampton University
- North Carolina State University
- Old Dominion University
- University of Delaware
- Christopher Newport University
- Norfolk StateUniversity
- University of Virginia
- Computer Logic International