Center for the Advancement of Natural Discoveries using Light Emission

On 05-06 February 2014, a meeting was organized to summarize the progress of the AREAL facility performance after receiving the first election beam on December 20th, 2013. The meeting agenda included the overview of RF, […]

On December 20, 2013 at 5:36 pm, all diagnostic monitors in the control room of the AREAL linear accelerator registered first generation and acceleration of the electron beam. The team of scientists and engineers of […]

Mr. Tsugio Makimoto, President of Semiconductor Industry Association, former CEO of the Hitachi Company, Mrs. Kumiko Makimoto and Mr. Anthony Moroyan, CEO and Chairman of Viasphere International, Inc. visited the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. The […]

The meeting of CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute Board of Trustees took place with attendance of the honorary chairman of the Board RA President Serzh Sargsyan. Prior to the meeting’s commencement, the President, Board members and […]

Creation of the new Dedicated Experimental Laboratory for Time-resolved Analysis (DELTA) at the CANDLE Institute is launched. The DELTA will support two experimental stations on fluorescence microscopy and optoelectronics. The stations will be based on […]

The installation and parameter test of High Energy Ultra-fast UV Laser developed by AMPLITUDE SYSTEMES (France) for the AREAL project is successfully completed. Laser light at 258 nm wavelength will illuminate RF gun photocathode in […]

Ultra-high vacuum system for the AREAL project has been successfully completed and verified. The new system will provide a stable pressure of 1nTorr throughout the AREAL vacuum chamber. Mr. Artur Gevorgyan is set to be […]

The high accuracy thermo-stabilization system for the AREAL project is successfully completed and tested by AR&AR Company, Armenia. The system provides the stable temperature control with the accuracy better than 0.05 degree (C).

The dipole and solenoid magnets for the AREAL project along with the power supplies are successfully completed. The installation and system testing are foreseen in September. Dr. Andranik Tsakanian is set responsible for this system.

The cooling system for the RF gun of the AREAL project has been successfully completed. The system has been completely designed and fabricated at the CANDLE SRI. The installation and system testing are foreseen in […]

The novel High Energy Ultra-fast UV Laser developed by AMPLITUDE SYSTEMES Company (France) for the AREAL project is successfully delivered to the CANDLE laboratory. The company engineer representative jointly with the CANDLE specialists performed the […]

The electron RF gun equipments for the AREAL project have successfully arrived at the CANDLE SRI. The equipments were provided by the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) within the framework of cooperation that advances the AREAL performance […]

On 16-18 July 2013, meeting of the AREAL facility International Advisory Committee headed by Dr. Terence Garvey (PSI) was held at the CANDLE Institute. The program of the meeting included presentations, reports and discussions on […]

The CANDLE project Coordinating Board under the leadership of the Prime Minister of Armenia Mr. Tigran Sargsyan held a meeting at the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. The members got acquainted with the progress in the […]

Excursion to laboratories

Excursion to laboratories

On 16 January 2013, the RA President Serzh Sargsyan visited the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute to get acquainted with the status of the CANDLE Synchrotron Light Source Project, the progress on the international cooperation and […]

The diagnostic tools for the AREAL project provided by Paul Scherrer Institute in the framework of cooperation between PSI and CANDLE have successfully arrived at the CANDLE laboratory. The CANDLE team expresses its gratitude to […]

On 08 November 2012 the Vice Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology of People’s Republic of China Dr. Jianlin Cao accepted Armenian official delegation headed by the Chairman of State Committee of Science of […]

On 05-07 November 2012 the Armenian delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Committee of Science (SCS) of the Ministry Education and Science RA Prof. Samvel Haroutiunian visited Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) […]

Chaired by the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the CANDLE Project Coordinating Committee held a meeting at CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute. Prior to referring to the agenda issues, Tigran Sargsyan toured the CANDLE premises to get […]