Author: Moreno, T.
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WEPD04 Status of the SOLEIL Femtosecond X-ray Source 377
 
  • O. Marcouillé, L. Cassinari, M.-E. Couprie, C. Herbeaux, Ph. Hollander, M. Labat, C. Laulhé, V. Leroux, J. Lüning, L. Manceron, J.L. Marlats, T. Moreno, P. Morin, A. Nadji, P. Prigent, J.B. Pruvost, S. Ravy, P. Roy, M.G. Silly, F. Sirotti, K. Tavakoli, D. Zerbib
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • J.F. Zhang
    LAL, Orsay, France
 
  An electron bunch slicing setup is presently under construction on the SOLEIL storage ring. It is aimed to deliver 100 fs long photon pulses to two undulator-based beamlines operating with soft X-rays (TEMPO) and hard X-rays (CRISTAL). SOLEIL storage ring is equipped with a Ti:Sa laser which produces 30 fs pulses at 800 nm with a repetition rate of 2.5 kHz. The laser beam is splitted into two branches in order to provide 2 mJ to the modulator and 1 mJ as pump pulse for the CRISTAL and TEMPO end stations. Focusing optics and beam path, from the laser hutch to the inside of the storage ring tunnel are presently under finalization. The energy modulation will be done in a wiggler composed of 20 periods of 164 mm. It produces a magnetic field of 1.8 T at a minimum gap of 14.5 mm. The non-zero dispersion function present in all straight sections of the storage ring will enable to easily separate the sliced bunches from the core bunches at the beamlines' location. In this paper, we will report on the specificities of the SOLEIL setup, the status of its installation and the expected performances.