ILSF
Iranian Light Source Facility
Developing
The Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF) is Iran’s first large-scale accelerator complex and a fourth-generation synchrotron light source, currently under construction in Qazvin, approximately 150 km west of Tehran, Iran. Based on the current design, the 3 GeV storage ring has a circumference of 528 meters, with a beam current of 400 mA and a natural beam emittance of 0.267 nm.rad. Significant progress has been made at the ILSF R&D laboratory, including the development and construction of prototype accelerator components such as high-power solid-state radio frequency amplifiers, low-level RF systems, thermionic RF guns, H-type dipole and quadrupole magnets, a magnetic measurement laboratory, and highly stable magnet power supplies.
| Commissioning: | 2032 |
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, IPM
https://ilsf.ipm.ac.ir/SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS
Particle Accelerator, Materials Sciences
Key words: Light Source, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Nanotechnology, Structural Biology, Condensed Matter Physics
SCIENTIFIC GOALS
- Providing high-brilliance synchrotron radiation for cutting-edge research in materials science, nanotechnology, biology, chemistry, and fundamental physics.
- Enabling studies on atomic/molecular structures, dynamics, and interactions at nanoscale.
- Supporting industrial applications (e.g., advanced materials, pharmaceuticals) and international collaborations in the Middle East and BRICS region.
FACILITIES
3 GeV storage ring (528 m circumference)
Full-energy injector and booster synchrotron
Beamlines for various techniques (imaging, spectroscopy, etc.)
R&D labs for accelerator components)
CHALLENGES
- Advancing Iran’s capabilities in accelerator technology and synchrotron science.
- Addressing needs in energy materials, drug discovery, environmental science, and cultural heritage studies through non-destructive analysis.
- Overcoming technological sanctions by building indigenous expertise in magnets, RF systems, and vacuum technology.
- Providing a regional hub for Middle East scientific collaboration.
PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL
Iranian Government
PARTNERS
EVENTS
12 ILSF Users’ Meetings
CONTACTS
Ehsan Salimi
Head, Users’ Development Division, Iranian Light Source Facility, ILSF, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, IPM