Linac coherent light source: status and prospects

John N. Galayda

doi:10.1117/12.621503

30 August 2005 Linac coherent light source: status and prospects

John N. Galayda

Proceedings Volume 5917, Fourth Generation X-Ray Sources and Optics III; 591701 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621503
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Project will be an x-ray free-electron laser. It is intended to produce pulses of 800-8,000 eV photons. Each pulse, produced with a repetition frequency of up to 120 Hz, will provide >10¹² photons within a duration of less than 200 femtoseconds. The project employs the last kilometer of the SLAC linac to provide a low-emittance electron beam in the energy range 4-14 GeV to a single undulator. Two experiment halls, located 100m and 350m from the undulator exit, will house six experiment stations for research in atomic/molecular physics, pump-probe dynamics of materials and chemical processes, x-ray imaging of clusters and complex molecules, and plasma physics. Engineering design activities began in 2003, and the project is to be completed in March 2009. The project design permits straightforward expansion of the LCLS to multiple undulators.

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John N. Galayda "Linac coherent light source: status and prospects", Proc. SPIE 5917, Fourth Generation X-Ray Sources and Optics III, 591701 (30 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621503

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