D-Beam: Commercialization of Beam Diagnostics
Ms Alexandra Alexandrova, a Marie Curie Fellow from the LA3NET project, based at the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool has been awarded a Royal Society/STFC Enterprise Fellowship in summer 2015. These Fellowships are awarded on a highly competitive basis and enable promising science and technology researchers to grow into successful entrepreneurs. Ms Alexandrova is aiming at establishing the highly specialized company D-Beam.
The idea of D-Beam is the provision of optical diagnostics for enhanced characterization of charged particle beams in accelerators, light sources and reactors. Of the thirty thousand accelerators in operation, only 1% is used for fundamental research purposes, whilst the vast majority finds application in healthcare, security, environment, material treatment and production.
Accelerators are a flourishing and expanding industry, underpinning important sectors worth several billions of pounds. Key to the successful operation and optimization of these machines is a powerful diagnostics system that provides comprehensive information about the beam at any moment in time including its profile, position and intensity.
If you have specific instrumentation requirements or simply would like to find out more about D-Beam, please get in touch: