Author: Schreiber, S.
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TUPEA004 The Free-electron Laser FLASH at DESY 1167
 
  • M. Vogt, B. Faatz, J. Feldhaus, K. Honkavaara, S. Schreiber, R. Treusch
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The free-electron laser FLASH at DESY routinely produces up to several thousand photon pulses per second with wavelengths ranging from 44 nm down to as low as 4.25 nm and with pulse energies of up to 400μJoule. After a significant technical upgrade in 2010, which included an energy upgrade to 1.25 GeV and linearization of the longitudinal phase space by 3-rd harmonic cavities, emphasis was put on consolidation and automatization of operational procedures and better control of the electron/photon beam properties. Some highlights are: on-line measurements of the electron bunch-length in the regime of several 10 fs to 100 fs, reaching into the water window, increased photon pulse energies and the improved machine reproducibility. Moreover, first evidence of HHG seeding was found at the sFLASH experiment in spring 2012. Construction work is ongoing for a 2-nd beam-line (FLASH-2) for which commissioning will start in late 2013.