Author: Zholents, A.
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TUPB008 Major Trends in Linac Design for X-ray FELs 489
 
  • A. Zholents
    ANL, Argonne, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
Major trends in the contemporary linac designs for x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) are outlined starting with identification of the key performance parameters, continuing with considerations of the design options for the electron gun and linac, and finishing with electron beam manipulation in the phase space.