The Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion was founded on the 1st January of 1976. Since June, 2001 it has carried its activities under the authority of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland while the research program has been under surveillance and financing of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland.
The IPPLM is an entity which is authorized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to coordinate all the actions in the European Framework for the research in field of thermonuclear fusion in Poland. The Institute on the basis Association Contracted signed with EURATOM Community represented by the European Commission coordinates the works in the framework of EURATOM Program. The EURATOM-IPPLM Association headed by IPPLM consists of eleven Polish science centers which carry on their effort on development of thermonuclear fusion.
The structure of the IPPLM includes two research divisions:
The structure of IPPLM includes also Administration, Accounts and Technical department.- ICDMP (International Centre of Danse Magnetized Plasma), which was created as a result of a agreement between UNESCO and National Atomic Energy Agency of Poland. The basic experimental device is Plasma-Focus (PF-1000) which is shared to other foreign organizations due to Transnational Access to Major European Facilities agreement.
- EURATOM - IPPLM Association,
- National Contact Point - EURATOM.
- LSWA (Lightning Tests Laboratory), with accreditation of Polish Accreditation Center
The main effort of the IPPLM is put into works encompassed by European research programs. In the framework of the EURATOM program the work concerns plasma physics and technology for toroidal thermonuclear devices (tokamaks and stellarators). The research of laser plasma and inertial confinement fusion is carried out as a part of HiPER and LASERLAB-Europe International Programs.
Moreover at the IPPLM the research includes experiments on unique Plasma-Focus devices developed here as PF-100 and PF-6. As an important part of this research the analysis of possibilities of technological plasma application and development of measurement techniques can be highlighted.
Extent of the international cooperation of the IPPLM fruits in the increase of the input of Polish scientists into numerous strategic research programs.
