Emerging technologies for crystal-based gamma-ray light sources

Project Information

TECHNO-CLS

Grant agreement ID: 101046458

DOI

10.3030/101046458

EC signature date 22 April 2022

Start date 1 June 2022

End date 31 May 2027

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost

€ 2 643 187,50

EU contribution

€ 2 643 187,50

Coordinated by

MBN RESEARCH CENTER GGMBH
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

DMP Update RP1

DMP update

Validation of multiscale modelling of particles' propagation in various crystalline structures

Validation of multiscale modelling of particles’ propagation in various crystalline structures

DMP update RP2

DMP update

Report with curvature data of BC as a function of PLM parameters.
Validation of modelling of BC and PBC fabricated via different technologies
Plan for dissemination and exploitation
Technical report on acoustically bent crystals
Report on emission spectra from electrons and positrons at DESY, CERN and SLAC
Description of the CLS DB

Description of the Crystal-based gamma-ray Light Sources Database

Results of characterisation of Si-Ge superlattices
Report on emission spectra from electrons and positrons at MAMI
DMP

Data management plan

Roadmap for construction and commercial development of CLS

Roadmap for construction and commercial development of CLSs Workshop with companies interested in TECHNOCLS results

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

TECHNO-CLS website & logo

TECHNOCLS website logo

Exhibition at ESOF 2024
Videos detailing the aims and objectives of TECHNO-CLS

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

Narrowband gamma-ray radiation generation by acoustically driven crystalline undulators

Author(s): Konstantinos Kaleris, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Vasilios Dimitriou, Emmanouil Kaniolakis-Kaloudis, Makis Bakarezos, Michael Tatarakis, Nektarios A. Papadogiannis, Gennady B. Sushko, Andrei V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov'yov
Published in: Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVACCELBEAMS.28.033502

Simulation of deflection and photon emission of ultra-relativistic electrons and positrons in a quasi-mosaic bent silicon crystal

Author(s): Paulo E Ibañez-Almaguer, Germán Rojas-Lorenzo, Maykel Márquez-Mijares, Jesús Rubayo-Soneira, Gennady B Sushko, Andrei V Korol, Andrey V Solov’yov
Published in: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Issue 57, 2025, ISSN 0953-4075
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2312.09927

Dopant concentration effects on Si Ge crystals for emerging light-source technologies: a molecular dynamics study

Author(s): Matthew D. Dickers; Gennady B. Sushko; Andrei V. Korol; Nigel J. Mason; Felipe Fantuzzi; Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: The European Physical Journal D, Issue 78, 2024, ISSN 1434-6060
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2402.10120

R&D on a high-performance electromagnetic calorimeter based on oriented crystalline scintillators

Author(s): Mattia Soldani; Fahad Alharthi; Laura Bandiera; Nicola Canale; Gianluca Cavoto; Iryna Chaikovska; Robert Chehab; Vincenzo Guidi; Viktar Haurylavets; Andrea Mazzolari; Riccardo Negrello; Gianfranco Paternò; Marco Romagnoni; Alexei Sytov; Victor Tikhomirov
Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences, 2025, ISSN 2100-014X
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/EPJCONF/202532000019

Condensed Matter Systems Exposed to Radiation: Multiscale Theory, Simulations, and Experiment.

Author(s): 5. Andrey V. Solov'yov, Alexey V. Verkhovtsev, Nigel J. Mason, Richard A. Amos, Ilko Bald, Gérard Baldacchino, Brendan Dromey, Martin Falk, Juraj Fedor, Luca Gerhards, Michael Hausmann, Georg Hildenbrand, Miloš Hrabovský, Stanislav Kadlec, Jaroslav Kočiše
Published in: Chemical Review, 2024, ISSN 1520-6890
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2311.13402

Multiple scattering of 855 MeV electrons in amorphous and crystalline silicon: Simulations versus experiment

Author(s): Germán Rojas-Lorenzo; Jesús Rubayo-Soneira; Maykel Márquez-Mijares; Andrei V. Korol; Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2024, ISSN 1872-9584
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2308.11657

The impact of ionising collisions on channelling and radiation emission for high-energy electrons and positrons

Author(s): Andrei V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: The European Physical Journal D, Issue 80, 2026, ISSN 1434-6060
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2511.17287

Crystal-based pair production for a lepton collider positron source

Author(s): Bandiera, L.; Bomben, L.; Camattari, R.; Cavoto, G.; Chaikovska, I.; Chehab, R.; De Salvador, D.; Guidi, V.; Haurylavets, V.; Lutsenko, E.; Mascagna, V.; Prest, M.; Ronchetti, F.; Mazzolari, A.; Romagnoni, M.; Sgarbossa, F.; Soldani, M.; Tamisari, M.; Syt
Published in: European Physical Journal C, 2022, ISSN 1434-6079
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10666-6

Atomistic modeling of channeling with radiation reaction force included

Author(s): G.B. Sushko, A.V. Korol, and A.V. Solov'yov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Issue 535, 2023, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.14192

A highly-compact and ultra-fast homogeneous electromagnetic calorimeter based on oriented lead tungstate crystals

Author(s): Bandiera L., Baryshevsky V. G., Canale N., Carsi S., Cutini S., Davì F., De Salvador D., Gianoli A., Guidi V., Haurylavets V., Korjik M., Lobko A. S., Malagutti L., Mazzolari A., Montalto L., Guarnieri P. Monti, Moulson M., Negrello R., Paternò G., Pre
Published in: Frontiers in physics, 2023, ISSN 2296-424X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1254020

Atomistic modeling and characterizaion of light sources based on SASP bent crystals

Author(s): A.V. Korol and A.V. Solov’yov
Published in: Nuclear Instrum. Methods B, Issue 537, 2023, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.02264

Strong enhancement of electromagnetic shower development induced by high-energy photons in a thick oriented tungsten crystal

Author(s): Soldani, M.; Bandiera, L.; Moulson, M.; Ballerini, G.; Baryshevsky, V.G.; Bomben, L.; Brizzolari, C.; Charitonidis, N.; D'Alessandro, G.L.; De Salvador, D.; van Dijk, M.; Georgiev, G.; Gianoli, A.; Guidi, V.; Haurylavets, V.; Lobko, A.S.; Maiolino, T.; Mascagna, V.; Mazzolari, A.; Petrucci, F.C.; Prest, M.; Romagnoni, M.; Rubin, P.; Soldi, D.; Sytov, A.; Tikhomirov, V.V.; Vallazza, E.
Published in: European Physical Journal C, Issue 101, 2023, ISSN 1434-6079
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11247-x

Electron and positron channelling and photon emission processes in boron doped periodically bent diamond

Author(s): Andrei V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 1083, 2026, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2025.171160

A novel tool for advanced analysis of Geant4 simulations of charged particles interactions in oriented crystals

Author(s): R. Negrello, L. Bandiera, N. Canale, P. Fedeli, V. Guidi, V.V. Haurylavets, A. Mazzolari, G. Paternò, M. Romagnoni, V.V. Tikhomirov, A. Sytov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 1074, 2025, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2025.170277

Atomistic modelling of electron propagation and radiation emission in oriented bent ultra-thin Si and Ge crystals

Author(s): Haurylavets, V.V.; Ivanov, V.K.; Korol, A.V.; Solov’yov, A.V.
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, Issue 1058, 2024, ISSN 1872-9576
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2309.09716

High-precision alignment techniques for realizing an ultracompact electromagnetic calorimeters using oriented high-Z scintillator crystals

Author(s): Lorenzo Malagutti, Alessia Selmi, Laura Bandiera, Vladimir Baryshevsky, Luca Bomben, Nicola Canale, Stefano Carsi, Mattia Ciliberti, Davide De Salvador, Vincenzo Guidi, Viktar Haurylavets, Mikhail Korjik, Giulia Lezzani, Alexander Lobko, Sofia Mangiacaval
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 1069, 2025, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2024.169869

From simulation to fabrication: Realizing silicon crystalline undulators with silicon nitride stressor layer patterning

Author(s): L. Malagutti; L. Bandiera; F. Bonafè; N. Canale; D. De Salvador; P. Fedeli; J. Reyes Garrido; V. Guidi; L. Lanzoni; A.V. Korol; F. Mancarella; R. Negrello; G. Paternò; M. Romagnoni; F. Sgarbossa; A.V. Solov’yov; A. Sytov; D. Valzani; A. Mazzolari
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2025, ISSN 1872-9576
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2025.170480

"Observation of narrow-band <mml:math xmlns:mml=""http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML""> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> radiation from a boron-doped diamond superlattice with an 855 MeV electron beam"

Author(s): Hartmut Backe, José Baruchel, Simon Bénichou, Rébecca Dowek, David Eon, Pierre Everaere, Lutz Kirste, Pascal Klag, Werner Lauth, Patrik Straňák, Thu Nhi Tran Caliste
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 8, 2026, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/BP89-S2V1

Atomistic modeling of the channeling process with and without account for ionizing collisions: A comparative study

Author(s): Gennady B. Sushko, Andrei V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Issue 569, 2026, ISSN 0168-583X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2405.07633

Intensive gamma-ray light sources based on oriented single crystals

Author(s): Sushko, Gennady B.; Korol, Andrei V.; Solov'yov, Andrey V.
Published in: Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams, Issue 27, 2024, ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVACCELBEAMS.27.100703

Observation of Fine Structure in Channeling of Particles in Bent Crystals

Author(s): A. Mazzolari, H. Backe, L. Bandiera, N. Canale, D. De Salvador, P. Drexler, V. Guidi, P. Klag, W. Lauth, L. Malagutti, R. Negrello, G. Paternò, M. Romagnoni, F. Sgarbossa, A. Sytov, V. Tikhomirov, D. Valzani
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 135, 2025, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/T4MS-HMDD

Structural effects of boron doping in diamond crystals for gamma-ray light-source applications: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Author(s): Matthew D. Dickers, Felipe Fantuzzi, Nigel J. Mason, Gennady B. Sushko, Andrei V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov’yov
Published in: Diamond and Related Materials, Issue 166, 2026, ISSN 0925-9635
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIAMOND.2026.113714

Planar channeling of 855 MeV electrons in a boron-doped (110) diamond undulator - a case study

Author(s): H. Backe, W. Lauth, P. Klag, Thu Nhi Tran Caliste
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 1073, 2025, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2025.170236

Precise control of high-frequency ultrasounds in thin crystals for the development of tunable narrowband and directional γ-ray sources

Author(s): Emmanouil Kaniolakis - Kaloudis, Nektarios A. Papadogiannis, Yannis Orphanos, Makis Bakarezos, Konstantinos Kaleris
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 158, 2025, ISSN 1520-8524
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
DOI: 10.1121/10.0039880

Efficient ultrafast photoacoustic transduction on Tantalum thin films

Author(s): Konstantinos Kaleris, Emmanouil Kaniolakis-Kaloudis, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Kyriaki Kosma, Emmanouil Gagaoudakis, Vassilis Binas, Stelios Petrakis, Vasilis Dimitriou, Makis Bakarezos, Michael Tatarakis & Nektarios A. Papadogiannis
Published in: Applied Physics A, Issue 527, 2023, ISSN 1432-0630
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-023-06797-6

Simulation of Deflection and Photon Emission of Ultra-Relativistic Electrons and Positrons in a Quasi-Mosaic Bent Silicon Crystal

Author(s): Ibañez-Almaguer, Paulo E; Rojas-Lorenzo, Germán; Márquez-Mijares, Maykel; Rubayo-Soneira, Jesús; Sushko, Gennady B; Korol, Andrei V; Solov'yov, Andrey V
Published in: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys, 2024, ISSN 1361-6455
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2312.09927

Coherent radiation in axially oriented industrial-grade tungsten crystals: A viable path for an innovative γ rays and positr

Author(s): N. Canale, M. Romagnoni, A. Sytov, F. Alharthi, S. Bertelli, S. Carsi, I. Chaikovska, R. Chehab, D. De Salvador, P. Fedeli, V. Guidi, V. Haurylavets, G. Lezzani, L. Malagutti, S. Mangiacavalli, A. Mazzolari, P. Monti-Guarnieri, R. Negrello, G. Paternò, L.
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 1075, 2025, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2025.170342

Investigation of radiation emitted by subGeV electrons in oriented scintillator crystals

Author(s): 7. L. Bandiera, R. Camattari, N. Canale, D. De Salvador, V. Guidi, P. Klag, W. Lauth, A. Mazzolari, R. Negrello, G. Paternò, M. Romagnoni, F. Sgarbossa, M. Soldani, A. Sytov, V.V. Tikhomirov.
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2024, ISSN 1872-9576
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.169022

Radiation in oriented crystals: Innovative application to future positron sources

Author(s): Mattia Soldani; Fahad Alharthi; Laura Bandiera; Nicola Canale; Gianluca Cavoto; Iryna Chaikovska; Robert Chehab; Vincenzo Guidi; Viktar Haurylavets; Andrea Mazzolari; Riccardo Negrello; Gianfranco Paternò; Marco Romagnoni; Alexei Sytov; Victor Tikhomirov
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment,, Issue 1058, 2024, ISSN 1872-9576
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2401.03886

Strain tailoring in heavily Sb-doped Ge via pulsed laser melting

Author(s): Francesco Sgarbossa; Davide Valzani; Filippo Nicolasi; Gianluigi Maggioni; Chiara Carraro; Marco Romagnoni; Thu Nhi Tran Caliste; John P. Sutter; Enrico Napolitani; Davide De Salvador
Published in: Applied Surface Science, 2025, ISSN 1873-5584
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1016/J.APSUSC.2026.166200

Other science opportunities at the FCC-ee

Author(s): I. Agapov, E. E. Alp, K. Andre, S. Antipov, A. Apyan, G. Arduini, L. Bandiera, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, M. Benedikt, S. Bettoni, J. M. Byrd, M. Calviani, A. Camper, C. Carli, S. Casalbuoni, A. Chance, P. Craievich, P. Crivelli, B. Dalena, M. Dickmann, M. Doser, I. Drebot, C. Duchemin, K. Dupraz, A. Frasca, S. J. Freeman, F. Gunsing, J. Jäckel, B. King, M. W. Krasny, A. Lechner, C. C. Lindstrøm, A. Mazzolari, C. Milardi, E. Musa, R. Negrello, F. Nguyen, K. Oide, Y. Papaphilippou, G. Paternò, V. Petrillo, K. Piotrzkowski, B. Rienäcker, G. Schnell, C. Schroer, I. Schulthess, L. Serafini, V. Shiltsev, M. Stampanoni, A. Variola, T. Watson, H.-U. Wienands, M. Wing, F. Zimmermann
Published in: The European Physical Journal Plus, Issue 141, 2026, ISSN 2190-5444
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1140/EPJP/S13360-026-07399-W

Bent Crystal Design and Characterization for High-Energy Physics Experiments

Author(s): Marco Romagnoni, Vincenzo Guidi, Laura Bandiera, Davide De Salvador, Andrea Mazzolari, Francesco Sgarbossa, Mattia Soldani, Alexei Sytov and Melissa Tamisari
Published in: Crystals, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2073-4352
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12091263

Topical issue “Dynamics of systems on the nanoscale

Author(s): A. V. Verkhovtsev, V. Guidi, N. J. Mason, and A. V. Solov’yov
Published in: Eur. Phys. J. D, Issue 83, 2023, ISSN 1434-6079
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00660-2

Other (1)

On planar (110) channeling of 855 MeV electrons in a boron-doped diamond undulator

Author(s): H. Backe, W. Lauth, P. Klag, Thu Nhi Tran Caliste
Published in: No journal title, 2024
Publisher: Cornell University