![[elara-logo.png|400]] Welcome! This is the Elara Labs research documentation. It is an [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) vault that contains our work, all open-sourced. You can run this locally by downloading the Obsidian software, and opening it as a vault. It is also viewable online on the [Elara Labs documentation website](https://publish.obsidian.md/elara-labs). > **Note:** Be aware that since this vault uses a lot of [Excalidraw drawings](https://excalidraw.com/), you need to install the [Obsidian Excalidraw plugin](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/) to be able to view them. > **Important information for researchers:** Pages in this markdown vault should be **archived** when developed to a level of sufficient detail and completeness to be ported directly to the Elara Handbook. For this, a deprecation/archival notice should be added to the top of the page, stating that the content has been moved to the Handbook and the version currently within the repository is now archived. ## Calculations [[Solar availability at geostationary orbit]] [[Ideal laser beam divergence]] [[Calculation of a hypothetical astrophysical-like artificial maser]] [[Calculation of free electron maser parameters]] [[Calculation of material stress under de-pressurization]] [[Obtaining magnetic field strength]] (no longer updated) [[Vacuum tube Lorentz factor calculation]] [[Computing the theoretical minimum divergence beam]] [[Solving for the fields in a hollow waveguide]] [[Free-electron maser efficiency calculations]] [[Combined system efficiency calculations]] ## Topic guides [[Free-electron maser physics]] [[Solving Maxwell equations with Fourier transforms]] [[Guide to multivariable and vector calculus]] [[Guide to partial differential equations]] [[Guide to common integration techniques]] [[Principles of synthetic apertures]] [[Space Robotics Development Guide]] ## Engineering/designs [[Parabolic reflector engineering]] [[Spacecraft engineering]] [[Parabolic reflector engineering]] [[Solar mirror engineering]] [[Satellite maser engineering]] [[A realistic space-based prototype]] [[A revised concept for improving transmission efficiency]] (no longer updated) [[Wild engineering ideas]] [[Hydrogen production as reserve fuel]] ## Computational work and simulations [[FEniCS setup instructions for FEM]] [[RF cavity simulation with aperture]] [[Electron gun simulation notes]] [[Elara libraries implementation notes]] [[Numerical modelling of electron beams]] [[Numerical modelling of lasers and masers]] ## Prototyping and experimental testing [[Prototype free-electron maser design]] [[Test build of a free-electron maser]] [[Procedure for testing synthetic apertures]] [[Project Elara first light design]] (no longer updated) [[Experimental test of synthetic apertures]] (no longer updated) ## Helpful resources [[Resources and tools]] [[Recommended readings]] ## Guidelines [[Financial sustainability]] [[Open source knowledge]] [[Technical writing guidelines]] [[3D CAD model guidelines]] ## Other [[Merits and Limitations of Maser Technology, Literature Review]] [[List of sources and works consulted]] [[The dynamics of laser-fried chicken (Max you're welcome)]] [[Focusing chamber theoretical analysis]]