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MOBP01 |
Status of SACLA, the World First Compact XFEL | |
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| Construction of SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free-electron LAser (SACLA) was started in FY2006 as a five years construction project and it was completed on schedule in FY2011. A strategic and well-prepared beam commissioning procedure immediately achieved the first lasing only three months after the start of the commissioning and broke the world record in the shortest laser wavelength before the summer shutdown in 2011. The target laser intensity is now available over the wide lasing wavelength range and the peak laser power surpasses 10 GW constantly. Through test experiments using XFEL and preparation for the various experiments SACLA will be officially open for user experiments in March 2012. The presentation will review the SACLA construction project, present laser performance and introduce some experimental data if possible. | ||