The Linac Coherent Light Source Project
The Linac Coherent Light Source Project will make use of the last kilometer of the SLAC Linac to create the world's first ''hard'' x-ray laser. A high-brightness photocathode gun and 150 MeV pre-accelerator will be installed in an alcove adjoining the main linac tunnel. It will provide 1 nanocoulomb electron bunches at 120 Hz. The main linac will be modified to incorporate two chicane bunch compressors. Electron bunches with 230 fsec FWHM duration and 3400 ampere peak current will be delivered to the enclosure presently housing the Final Focus Test Beam Facility. These electron bunches will pass through a 122-meter undulator channel, producing a burst of coherent x-rays with peak brightness ten orders of magnitude higher than is presently available from the brightest third-generation storage ring sources. This extraordinary brightness and coherence is the result of the ''self-amplified spontaneous emission'' (SASE) process. The LCLS Project will include x-ray optics, diagnostics and beamline facilities in two experiment halls, respectively located 40 meters and 322 meters from the source of x-rays. The LCLS will be constructed by a collaboration of US laboratories: Argonne National Labs, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and SLAC. A conceptual design has been completed and funds for a more complete design are expected in October 2002. The Project completion date is September 2008.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 815259
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-10115; TRN: US0304559
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Paper presented at LINAC 2002, Gyeongju (KR), 08/19/2002--08/23/2002; PBD: 11 Aug 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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