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Title	The Potential for the Development of the X-ray Free Electron Laser : Generation of SASE Radiation
Author(s)	Saldin, Evgeny L ; Schneidmiller, Evgeny A ; Yurkov, Mikhail V
Affiliation	(DESY, Hamburg)
Publication	2004
In:	26th International Free Electron Laser Conference and 11th FEL User Workshop 2004, Trieste, Italy, 29 Aug - 3 Sep 2004, pp.e-proc. MOPOS10
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	We present a concept of a universal FEL beamline covering continuously wavelength range from 0.1 to 1.6 nm at a fixed energy of the electron beam. FEL beamline accommodates three undulators (SASE1-3) installed one after another. The first undulator, SASE1, is optimized for operation at the wavelength range 0.1-0.15 nm. Our study shows that such tunability range almost does not affect operation at the shortest wavelength of 0.1 nm. Operation of two other FELs (SASE2 and SASE3) is not so critical, and nominal tunability range is chosen to be by a factor of two (2-4 nm, and 8-16 nm, respectively). The length of the undulators is chosen such that continuous wavelength tunability can be provided by means of extra opening the undulator gaps, or by tuning to the frequency doubler mode of operation. Changing of undulator gaps in different parts of SASE2 and SASE3 undulators allows one to tune the modes with high output power (sub-TW level), or for effective generation of the second harmonic. The latter feature might be important for future pump-probe experiments. Also, recently proposed attosecond SASE FEL scheme is foreseen for implementation.