Louisiana Accelerator Center
The Louisiana Accelerator Center (LAC) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette concentrates on research and development of materials
analysis, microfabrication, environmental studies, radiation biology, and high energy focused ion beam system.
Research and applications of ion beams are the main activities at the LAC.
The Center has more than 12,000 sq. ft. of laboratory, machine shop and office space and has a large research equipment inventory, including a National Electrostatics Corporation 5SDH-2 1.7 MV tandem Pelletron accelerator with duoplasmatron, radio-frequency and cesium sputtering negative ion sources, an Oxford Microbeam Systems triplet lens ion beam focusing system and a JEOL (model 6460LV) Scanning Electron Microscope. Four beam-lines attached to the accelerator are used for ion beam analysis, ion beam modification, and high energy focused ion beam microscopy to provide a variety of ion beam techniques.