Author: Gruen, C.     [Grün, C.]
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TUPD32 Simultaneous Operation of a Multi Beamline FEL Facility 301
 
  • B. Faatz, S. Ackermann, V. Ayvazyan, W. Decking, C. Grün, K. Klose, F. Obier, S. Pfeiffer, M. Scholz, J. Wortmann
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • E. Hass
    Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The FLASH II project will add an undulator beamline and a new experimental Hall to the existing FLASH Facility. In addition to improving the radiation properties of the FEL by using seeding, one of the main goals is to double the beamtime of the facility for users. At the moment, we deliver photon pulses in 10 Hz bursts with up to 800 bunches within each RF pulse. In order not to limit parameter ranges, we will have to give those same tuning possibilities within an RF pulse for each of the users independently. For this purpose, several tests have been performed to determine the limits of the difference in beam parameters which can be delivered. We will show to what extend we can switch fast between two beamlines, how we can change photon pulse length by allowing different charges, have different energy in the two beamlines simultaneously to allow for wavelength scans for the fixed-gap undulator presently built in FLASH, while not interfering with user operation of the new beamline.  
 
WEPD08 Upgrades of the Photoinjector Laser System at FLASH 385
 
  • S. Schreiber, C. Grün, O. Hensler, K. Klose, S. Schulz, T. Schulz, M. Staack
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • M. Groß, G. Klemz, G. Koss
    DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
  • I.H. Templin, I. Will, H. Willert
    MBI, Berlin, Germany
 
  The photoinjector of FLASH uses an RF gun equipped with caesium telluride photocathodes illuminated by appropriate UV laser pulses as a source of ultra-bright electron beams. The superconducting accelerator of FLASH is able to accelerate a 0.8 ms long train of thousands of electron bunches in a burst mode. This puts special demands on the design of the electron source, especially the laser system. The construction of a second undulator beamline FLASH2 has started. The pulse train will be divided into two parts to serve both beamlines simultaneously. Since experiments with the FLASH soft X-ray beam need flexibility, we plan to use two laser systems each serving one beamline. This makes it possible to deliver two trains with different properties in charge, number of bunches, and bunch spacing in the same RF pulse. This also required an upgrades of the laser beamline design. We report on improvements of the laser beamline and first tests operating two lasers simultaneously at FLASH.