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April 20, 2015
The CANDLE Photon Beam & Optics group has designed and successfully implemented a new laser beam delivery scheme, which allows to simultaneously operate the two-photon laser scanning microscope with either AREAL laser driven electron linac […]
April 14, 2015
The new developments on the AREAL facility design and construction have resulted on a number of innovative solutions in accelerator engineering. The group of CANDLE PhD students in accelerator technology ( Vahagn Vardanyan, Artur Gevorkyan […]
April 9, 2015
The research group from the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA) headed by Dr. Norair Martirosyan (Chair of Microelectronics and Biomedical Devices, Faculty of Cybernetics, NPUA) has successfully started a long term experimental program on […]
April 3, 2015
The research group from the Institute of Molecular Biology (National Academy of Sciences of RA) successfully demonstrated the use of Eosin as a fluorescent dye to image the peripheral blood erythrocytes using two-photon microscopy at […]
April 2, 2015
Using the 2nd harmonics of the “S-pulse” laser (a green light with wavelength of 515 nm) the CANDLE team of physicists headed by Tigran Sargsyan has successfully produced the long period (10 micrometers) grating on […]
March 16, 2015
The research group from the Institute for Physical Research (National Academy of Sciences of RA) headed by Dr. Ruben Ovsepyan, successfully demonstrated the usage of DELTA laboratory multi-photon excitation microscopy in their study of the […]
March 12, 2015
The research group from Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) headed by Prof. H. Yeritsyan reported about the new experimental results on the AREAL accelerator within the framework of the project “Study of Electro-physical […]
March 5, 2015
The research groups from the Department of Genetics (Biology Faculty, Head Prof. Rouben Aroutiounian) and the Department of Molecular Physics (Physics Faculty, Head Prof. Eva Dalyan) of Yerevan State University have presented the first experimental […]
February 18, 2015
The first experimental results of DNA comets – human cultured cells with damaged DNA obtained on the AREAL facility. The experimental study is performed within the project “Study of Molecular-genetic Effects of Ultrafast Radiation” headed […]
December 26, 2014
The experimental program at the AREAL facility is gaining momentum. Following the State Committee of Science 2014 User Proposal Call for experimental research on AREAL facility five proposals have been accepted in the fields of […]
November 14, 2014
The first meeting with the scientists from the Molecular Physics (Prof. E. Dalyan) and Genetics (Prof. R. Aroutiounian) Departments of Yerevan State University (YSU) took place at CANDLE. Since December 2014, they will start long-term […]
November 13, 2014
Representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe visited CANDLE. Guests got acquainted with the CANDLE project, AREAL facility and DELTA experimental stations. The highlights of the new facilities and their impact on the […]
November 10, 2014
Тhe meeting of CANDLE institute Board of Trustees headed by the Honorary President of the Board, RA President Serzh Sargsyan took place on 10th November 2014. Board members and guests got acquainted with the status […]
October 31, 2014
During the last decade of October, Open Days for Students of Armenian universities were organized to invite them visit the main research facilities of CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. Students from the Yerevan Medical State University, […]
October 8, 2014
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”. Stefan W. Hell ( Germany) was honored for his work on […]
September 26, 2014
The installation of the two-photon laser scanning microscope (MOM) from Sutter Instruments and laser µFAB Microfabrication Workstation from Newport Co have been successfully completed. Ultrafast, high-pulse-energy solid state IR laser designated for AREAL facility was […]
September 17, 2014
Installation of the main research tools for Bio-medical and Nanotechnology stations of DELTA (Dedicated Experimental Lines for Time-resolved Analyses) laboratory is launched. DELTA experimental stations are driven by ultrafast high pulse energy solid state IR […]
September 16, 2014
In the framework of cooperation between DESY and CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute, CANDLE accelerator engineering division has completed the fabrication of quadrupole magnets coils for the REGAE facility at DESY. The coils performance and tests […]
August 4, 2014
The installation of the new multi-bunch module is started for the AREAL laser system. The installation and measurement activities are performed by representative of the French “Amplitude Systemes” Mr. Vinsent Clet, Dr. Arsham Yeremyan, CANDLE […]
July 22, 2014
On 22 July 2014 the opening ceremony of AREAL laser driven RF photogun linear accelerator was held at the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. AREAL facility was built during 2011-2013 in close international cooperation with German […]
May 27, 2014
On May 27, Armen Grigoryan has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “The Study of Resonant Accelerating Structure with Single-mode Slowly Propagating Wave” at the 024 Professional Council of the Yerevan Physics Institute. Under the […]