Author: Calvi, M.
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TUPOPT014 The Status of the SASE3 Variable Polarization Project at the European XFEL 1029
 
  • S. Karabekyan, S. Abeghyan, M. Bagha-Shanjani, S. Casalbuoni, U. Englisch, W. Freund, G. Geloni, J. Grünert, S. Hauf, C. Holz, D. La Civita, J. Laksman, D. Mamchyk, M.P. Planas, F. Preisskorn, S. Serkez, H. Sinn, M. Wuenschel, M. Yakopov, C. Youngman
    EuXFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
  • P. Altmann, A. Block, W. Decking, L. Fröhlich, O. Hensler, T. Ladwig, D. Lenz, D. Lipka, R. Mattusch, N. Mildner, E. Negodin, J. Prenting, F. Saretzki, M. Schlösser, F. Schmidt-Föhre, E. Schneidmiller, M. Scholz, D. Thoden, T. Wamsat, T. Wilksen, T. Wohlenberg, M.V. Yurkov
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • J. Bahrdt
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  • M. Brügger, M. Calvi, S. Danner, R. Ganter, L. Huber, A. Keller, C. Kittel, X. Liang, S. Reiche, M.S. Schmidt, T. Schmidt, K. Zhang
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • D.E. Kim
    PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea
  • Y. Li
    IHEP, People’s Republic of China
  
  The undulator systems at the European XFEL consist of two hard X-ray systems, SASE1 and SASE2, and one soft X-ray system, SASE3. All three systems are equipped with planar undulators using permanent neodymium magnets. These systems allow the generation of linearly polarized radiation in the horizontal plane. In order to generate variable polarization radiation in the soft X-ray range, an afterburner is currently being implemented behind the SASE3 planar undulator system. It consists of four APPLE-X helical undulators. The project, called SASE 3 Variable Polarization, is close to being put into operation. All four helical undulators have been installed in the tunnel during the 2021-2022 winter shutdown. This paper describes the status of the project and the steps toward its commissioning. It also presents lessons learned during the implementation of the project.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOPT014  
About • Received ※ 02 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 13 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 July 2022
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TUPOPT065 Dispersion-Free Steering Beam Based Alignment at SwissFEL 1163
 
  • E. Ferrari, M. Calvi, R. Ganter, C. Kittel, E. Prat, S. Reiche, T. Schietinger
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • C. Kittel
    University of Malta, Information and Communication Technology, Msida, Malta
  
  Micron-level alignment of the undulator line is required for successful operation of linear accelerator based high gain free electron lasers to produce powerful radiation at X-rays’ wavelengths. Such precision in the straightness of the trajectory allows for an optimal transverse superposition between the electrons and the photon beam. This is extremely challenging and can only be achieved via beam-based techniques. In this paper we will report on the dispersion-free steering approach implemented at SwissFEL, that helped achieving improved performance for both the hard and soft X-ray beamlines.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOPT065  
About • Received ※ 16 May 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 23 June 2022  
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