Project main objective is to bring up-to-date the existing research fast lasers infrastructure of INFLPR.

The main specific objective is the development until 2009 of a R&D laser system infrastructure with a 20-30 femtoseconds pulse duration, 800 nm central wavelength, 30 mJ energy / pulse, pulse power of terawatt level.

Other objectives regarding TEWALAS:

- Integration in European research projects networks, in particular Extreme Light Infrastructure Project – preparatory phase (ELI-PP), which started on 1 November 2007 on which Romania join other 13 EC countries.

- Development of some laser research and applications for the first time in Romania: plasma physics experiments, non-linear relativistic optics, generation of high order harmonics, fsec duration X beams generation, applications in medicine such as cancer treatment with ions or protons beams; radioactive waste treatment by nuclear transmuting in intense laser field to smaller half-life elements; thin-films depositions in vacuum chambers by fs laser ablation.

- Training of young researchers and graduated students for an area of future research in EC as well as reintegration of young people who studied and worked in prestigious institutes of technology from developed countries in Europe.

During 2007-2009, through TEWALAS Project, INFLPR femtoseconds laser infrastructure will be developed from 0.7 mJ energy/pulse, 200 fsec pulse duration and 3-4 GW power available, to 20 mJ energy / pulse, 25 fsec pulse duration and TW per pulse power range.

Until the end of 2009 we foresee an expansion of the INFLPR laser facility to 400 mJ per pulse energies as well as 15 TW's per pulse power. Further extension of INFLPR femtoseconds laser infrastructure in order to achieve powers over 100-1000 TW per pulse was proposed in the LASERLAB 2 Project as well as CETAL project (National R&D Project 2011-2012).