Author: Malka, V.
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MOOBI2 High Harmonics from Gas, a Suitable Source for Seeding FEL from the Vacuum-ultraviolet to Soft X-ray Region 9
 
  • G. Lambert, J. Gautier, V. Malka, A. Sardinha, S. Sebban, F. Tissandier, B. Vodungbo, P. Zeitoun
    LOA, Palaiseau, France
  • B. Carré, D. Garzella
    CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • O.V. Chubar, M.-E. Couprie, M. Labat
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • M. Fajardo
    IPFN, Lisbon, Portugal
  • T. Hara
    RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan
  • C.P. Hauri
    Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
  • H. Kitamura, T. Shintake
    RIKEN/SPring-8, Hyogo, Japan
  • J. Lüning
    CCPMR, Paris, France
  • Y.T. Tanaka
    JASRI/SPring-8, Hyogo-ken, Japan
  • T. Tanikawa
    PhLAM/CERCLA, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
 
  FEL have been recently evolving very fast in the extreme-ultraviolet to soft X-ray region. Once seeded with high harmonics generated in gas, these light sources deliver amplified emissions with properties which are, for most of them, directly linked to the injected harmonic beam, e.g. the ultrashort pulse duration for FEL and the high temporal and spatial degree of coherence. Since the last two years the developments of techniques for improving the harmonic properties for seeding FEL lead to major results on tunability, intensity, repetition rate and polarization. Actually harmonics are nowadays used for numbers of applications, before limited to FEL facility. Also, FEL based on harmonic seeding can benefit from the natural synchronization between the FEL, the harmonic and the laser used for generation, which makes it a perfect candidate for pump-probe experiment with fs resolution.  
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TUPA06 Seeding Schemes on the French FEL Project LUNEX5 198
 
  • C. Evain, F. Briquez, M.-E. Couprie, M. Labat, A. Loulergue
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • V. Malka
    LOA, Palaiseau, France
 
  LUNEX5 is a single pass FEL project producing coherent synchrotron radiation with, in a first step, an electron bunch accelerated in conventional RF cavities up to 300 MeV. It is planned to work in a seeded configuration where the longitudinal coherence of the emitted light is improved and the gain length reduced, compared to the SASE configuration (Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission). Two seeding schemes are considered: High order Harmonic in Gas seeding and EEHG scheme (Echo Enabled Harmonic Generation). Preliminary simulation results indicate that these two schemes permit to reach the saturation below a wavelength of 7 nm, and with less undulator periods for the EEHG scheme. Finally, the feasibility of plasma acceleration based FEL will also be investigated on this facility.  
 
TUPA09 LUNEX5: A FEL Project Towards the Fifth Generation in France 208
 
  • M.-E. Couprie, C. Benabderrahmane, F. Briquez, J. Daillant, J.-C. Denard, C. Evain, P. Eymard, F. Ferrari, J.-M. Filhol, M. Labat, A. Loulergue, P. Marchand, C. Miron, P. Morin, F. Polack
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • S. Bielawski, C. Szwaj
    PhLAM/CERCLA, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
  • B. Carré
    CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • N. Delerue, R. Roux, A. Variola
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • G. Lambert, V. Malka, A. Rousse
    LOA, Palaiseau, France
  • J. Lüning
    CCPMR, Paris, France
 
  LUNEX5 (free electron Laser Using a New accelerator for the Exploitation of X-ray radiation of 5th generation) aims at investigating the production of short intense and coherent pulses in the soft X rays region (down to 7 nm on the fifth harmonic). It comprises a free electron laser in the seeded configuration (High order Harmonic in Gas seeding and Echo Enable Harmonic Generation) using a conventional linear accelerator of 300 MeV. The FEL beamline including 15 m of in vacuum (potentially cryogenic undulators) of 15 and 30 mm period is designed so as to also accommodate a Laser Wake Field Accelerator (LWFA) ranging from 0.3 to 1 GeV, relying on electron beam parameters produced and accelerated by either the 60 TW laser of LOA or by the 10 PW APOLLON laser of ILE. After the completion and testing of the FEL with the conventional accelerator installed inside the SOLEIL booster inner area, the FEL line can be transported to a LWFA. A laser could alternatively be implemented at SOLEIL for starting testing the principles of a fifth generation light source.