Project Elara Laser Documentation¶

This is the official documentation for Project Elara's open-source power-transmission laser.

How to use these docs¶

If you are a beginner or a new contributor to the Project Elara team, we recommend starting from the beginning and reading through the pages one-by-one. This will help you get a strong grasp of the basics, which you will need if you are intending to work on the laser (or build it yourself).

If you are an experienced engineer/physicist¹ or are a longtime member of the Project Elara team and just want to use the docs as a reference, here are some quick links:

• Electron gun documentation
• Undulator documentation
• Circuits and sensors documentation
• Firmware documentation
• Control software documentation
• Simulations documentation (TBA, see current simulations docs here)

More information can be found in Project Elara's other documentation:

• Project Elara Research Docs for more information on the design of the laser and its working principles
• The Elara Handbook for a comprehensive reference of all aspects of the Project, as well as its underlying engineering, physics, math, and software engineering

About us¶

Project Elara is a nonprofit research organization that develops open-source technologies. We aspire to build the world's first open-source space-based solar power system, a technology that could revolutionize our society and bring an end to power inequity and power scarcity. To learn more about us, please visit https://elaraproject.org/.

Authors and contributors¶

Project Elara's laser was made possible by the contributions of countless people on the team, as well as the help of many people outside of the Project. Please see a full list of people involved in the research in the authors and acknowledgements page.

Support Project Elara¶

If you'd like to help fund our work, you can support us on OpenCollective: