The research at the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen
Rijnhuizen is one of the three research institutes of the Foundation for fundamental research on matter (FOM), the funding organization for physics in the Netherlands. The primary goal of FOM is to promote fundamental research on matter for the advancement of science.
The high-quality scientific research takes place in four main departments.
- Fusion physics
This department comprises both fundamental research aimed at controlled fusion in the framework of ITER and the European fusion research programme for which Rijnhuizen acts as the national home-base, and in-house research in the field of low-temperature plasma physics. The fusion physics department consists of the following scientific groups.
- ITER-NL
- Plasma Diagnostics
- Tokamak Physics
- Computational Plasma Physics HT
- Public Information group
- Plasma surface interactions (PSI)
The PSI department consists of the following scientific groups.
- Computational Plasma Physics LT
- Plasma Surface Interactions - Experimental
- Low Temperature Plasma Physics and Heating
- Plasma Surface Interactions - Operations
- Generation and Utilization of TeraHertz radiation (GUTHz)
This department comprises both in-house research and the exploitation of an international research facility, the free-electron laser for infrared experiments FELIX, for high-quality scientific research of external users. The GUTHz department consists of the following scientific groups.
- FELIX
- Molecular Dynamics
- Nanolayer Surface and Interface physics (nSI)
This department addresses topics in surface science and in thin film and multilayer physics, including the numerous interdependencies between these areas. The nSI department consists of the following scientific groups.
- Surface ion- and photochemistry (SIPC)
- Physics of thin films and multilayers (TFM)
- Advanced applications of XUV optics (AXO)
