Lunex5: A french fel test facility light source proposal

  • A. Loulergue
  • , C. Benabderrahmane
  • , M. Bessière
  • , P. Betinelli
  • , F. Bouvet
  • , A. Buteau
  • , L. Cassinari
  • , M. E. Couprie
  • , J. Daillant
  • , J. C. Denard
  • , P. Eymard
  • , B. Gagey
  • , C. Herbeaux
  • , M. Labat
  • , A. Lestrade
  • , P. Marchand
  • , J. L. Marlats
  • , C. Miron
  • , P. Morin
  • , A. Nadji
  • F. Polack, J. B. Pruvost, F. Ribeiro, J. P. Ricaud, P. Roy, R. Roux, S. Bielawski, C. Evain, C. Szwaj, G. Lambert, A. Lifschitz, V. Malka, A. Rousse, A. Dubois, J. Lüning, G. Lebec, L. Farvacque, M. Luong, G. Devanz, B. Carré

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Abstract

LUNEX5 is a new Free Electron Laser (FEL) source project aimed at delivering short andcoherent X-ray pulses to probe ultrafast phenomena at the femto-second scale, toinvestigate extremely low density samples as well as to image individual nm scale objects.The proposed machine layout is based on a 400 MeV superconducting Conventional LinearAccelerator (CLA) mainly composed of 2 XFEL type cryomodules together with anormalconducting high brightness photo RF gun. Such a mature and reliable technology isable to deliver high quality electron bunches up to few kHz suitable for user experiments.Furthermore, the last decade improvements in synchronization and stability offer a fertileland to explore the different and innovative seeded FEL operations aiming at producinghigher coherence and energetic X-rays for the pilot user benefits. In parallel of the CLAbranch, the very promising and highly innovative Laser Wake-Field Accelerator (LWFA)enables to produce very short electron bunches in the range of the femtosecond and highpeak current up to few GeV, as a FEL bench test using the same undulator lines. Copyright

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIPAC 2012 - International Particle Accelerator Conference 2012
Pages1611-1613
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012
Event3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference 2012, IPAC 2012 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 20 May 201225 May 2012

Publication series

NameIPAC 2012 - International Particle Accelerator Conference 2012

Conference

Conference3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference 2012, IPAC 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period20/05/1225/05/12

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