Ground Breaking
SESAME Formally Came Into Existence
Soft Inauguration
First Beam from SESAME’s Microtron Shows Up
Full Energy Microtron Beam Extracted
Booster Commissioning
Installation of Storage Ring Begins
Pioneering SESAME Light Source Circulates First Beam
Official Opening of the Laboratory
First Monochromatic Light through SESAME’s XAFS/XRF Beamline
First Synchrotron Infrared Spectrum
SESAME Hosts Its First Users
SESAME becomes the World’s First Large Accelerator Complex to be Fully Powered by Renewable Energy
First light for SESAME’s MS beamline
MS is the third beamline of SESAME to start full user operation