FLASH - Present status and commissioning results

S. Ackermann; Armin Azima; J. B̈odewadt; F. Curbis; M. Drescher; E. Hass; M. Mittenzwey; T. Maltezopoulos; V. Miltchev; J. Rönsch-Schulenburg; J. Rossbach; R. Tarkeshian; H. Delsim-Hashemi; K. Honkavaara; Tim Laarmann; H. Schlarb; S. Schreiber; M. Tischer; S. Khan; R. Ischebeck

FLASH - Present status and commissioning results

S. Ackermann, Armin Azima, J. B̈odewadt, F. Curbis, M. Drescher, E. Hass, M. Mittenzwey, T. Maltezopoulos, V. Miltchev, J. Rönsch-Schulenburg, J. Rossbach, R. Tarkeshian, H. Delsim-Hashemi, K. Honkavaara, Tim Laarmann, H. Schlarb, S. Schreiber, M. Tischer, S. Khan, R. Ischebeck

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The sFLASH-experiment has been built at the Free- Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH) to study the highgain- FEL amplification of a laser seed from a high harmonic generation (HHG) source. Ideally, the HHG seed can be amplified up to a GW-power level, improving both the shot-to-shot stability and the longitudinal coherence of the FEL-pulse. In 2010/2011 the sFLASH-components and sub-systems have been fully installed and commissioned within about 300 hours FLASH beam time dedicated to the seeding project. Procedures to achieve a full six-dimensional overlap between the seed and the electron bunch have been developed and tested. An important milestone reached in the commissioning period is the sFLASH-SASE lasing mode, which was being achieved on a regular basis. A step forward towards the next milestone - The direct seeding in the XUV-wavelength range - is the sFLASH-upgrade during the planed FLASH-shutdown in autumn 2011. In this contribution the main commissioning results and highlights of the operational experience will be discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IPAC 2011 - 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference
Pages	923-927
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2011 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2011 - Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain Duration: 2011 Sept 4 → 2011 Sept 9

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Name	IPAC 2011 - 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference

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Conference	2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2011
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Kursaal, San Sebastian
Period	2011/09/04 → 2011/09/09

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Ackermann, S., Azima, A., B̈odewadt, J., Curbis, F., Drescher, M., Hass, E., Mittenzwey, M., Maltezopoulos, T., Miltchev, V., Rönsch-Schulenburg, J., Rossbach, J., Tarkeshian, R., Delsim-Hashemi, H., Honkavaara, K., Laarmann, T., Schlarb, H., Schreiber, S., Tischer, M., Khan, S., & Ischebeck, R. (2011). FLASH - Present status and commissioning results. In IPAC 2011 - 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference (pp. 923-927). (IPAC 2011 - 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference).

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