Author: Polack, F.
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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.