Scientific highlights from operation of FLASH and new opportunities with LCLS

Author

Schneider, Jochen R.

Author_Institution

Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci. CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

16-21 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

After a short description of the operation principle of linac driven free-electron lasers based on Self Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE) the performance of the world´s first X-ray FELs, FLASH at DESY in Hamburg and LCLS at SLAC in Stanford, will be presented. Research at FELs is currently focused on understanding the interaction of extremely intense X-ray pulses with matter. Examples of early science include studies of high field physics in atoms, photo-dissociation of molecules and photo-ionization of clusters, as well as investigation of damage issues and materials in extreme conditions. First successful steps towards single particle imaging with atomic resolution have been performed. For an overview see [1].

Keywords

Free electron lasers; High-resolution imaging; Laser theory; Linear particle accelerator; Optical imaging; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-890-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-890-2

Type

conf

Filename

5500378