Open AccessA soft X‐ray free‐electron laser beamline at SACLA: the light source, photon beamline and experimental station
Author(s) -
Owada Shigeki,
Togawa Kazuaki,
Inagaki Takahiro,
Hara Toru,
Tanaka Takashi,
Joti Yasumasa,
Koyama Takahisa,
Nakajima Kyo,
Ohashi Haruhiko,
Senba Yasunori,
Togashi Tadashi,
Tono Kensuke,
Yamaga Mitsuhiro,
Yumoto Hirokatsu,
Yabashi Makina,
Tanaka Hitoshi,
Ishikawa Tetsuya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577517015685
Subject(s) - beamline , undulator , physics , linear particle accelerator , free electron laser , laser , optics , advanced photon source , photon energy , particle accelerator , spring 8 , electron , photon , beam (structure) , nuclear physics
The design and performance of a soft X‐ray free‐electron laser (FEL) beamline of the SPring‐8 Compact free‐electron LAser (SACLA) are described. The SPring‐8 Compact SASE Source test accelerator, a prototype machine of SACLA, was relocated to the SACLA undulator hall for dedicated use for the soft X‐ray FEL beamline. Since the accelerator is operated independently of the SACLA main linac that drives the two hard X‐ray beamlines, it is possible to produce both soft and hard X‐ray FEL simultaneously. The FEL pulse energy reached 110 µJ at a wavelength of 12.4 nm ( i.e. photon energy of 100 eV) with an electron beam energy of 780 MeV.