FEL2013 - List of Authors (Boedewadt, J.)

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WEPSO02	Results and Perspectives on the FEL Seeding Activities at FLASH	491
	J. Bödewadt, C. Lechner Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany
	In recent years, several methods of free-electron laser (FEL) seeding, such as high-gain harmonic generation (HGHG), self-seeding, or direct FEL amplification of external seed pulses, have proven to generate intense, highly coherent radiation pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV), soft- (SXR) and hard (HXR) X-ray spectral range. At DESY in Hamburg, the FEL facility FLASH is currently being upgraded by a second undulator beamline (FLASH2) which allows for the implementation of various seeding schemes. The development of high repetition-rate, high-power laser systems allows for the production of seed sources which match the bunch-train pattern of FLASH. Furthermore, the FLASH1 beamline arrangement is well suited for testing various seeding schemes including HGHG, EEHG, HHG-seeding, and hybrid schemes. In this contribution, we* give an overview of latest results and planned FEL seeding activities at FLASH. *Joern Boedewadt on behalf of the FLASH seeding collaboration (DESY, U Hamburg, TU Dortmund, U Uppsala, U Stockholm)

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Results and Perspectives on the FEL Seeding Activities at FLASH

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J. Bödewadt, C. Lechner
Uni HH, Hamburg, Germany

In recent years, several methods of free-electron laser (FEL) seeding, such as high-gain harmonic generation (HGHG), self-seeding, or direct FEL amplification of external seed pulses, have proven to generate intense, highly coherent radiation pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV), soft- (SXR) and hard (HXR) X-ray spectral range. At DESY in Hamburg, the FEL facility FLASH is currently being upgraded by a second undulator beamline (FLASH2) which allows for the implementation of various seeding schemes. The development of high repetition-rate, high-power laser systems allows for the production of seed sources which match the bunch-train pattern of FLASH. Furthermore, the FLASH1 beamline arrangement is well suited for testing various seeding schemes including HGHG, EEHG, HHG-seeding, and hybrid schemes. In this contribution, we* give an overview of latest results and planned FEL seeding activities at FLASH.
*Joern Boedewadt on behalf of the FLASH seeding collaboration (DESY, U Hamburg, TU Dortmund, U Uppsala, U Stockholm)