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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-MOPB021
TitleCommissioning of the soft X-ray variable polarization afterburner at the European XFEL
Authors
  • S. Karabekyan
    European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser
  • E. Schneidmiller, L. Froehlich, N. Golubeva, W. Decking
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
AbstractFollowing the successful commissioning of the soft X-ray planar undulator system (SASE3), the European XFEL user community expressed a strong demand to extend the radiation properties and provide the possibility to obtain variable polarization modes. It was therefore decided to build a helical afterburner behind the SASE3 system in collaboration with Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The final installation of the undulators in the tunnel took place at the beginning of 2024. Since then, a series of measures have been taken to commission four APPLE-X undulators, which form the base for the helical afterburner. The main objective is to maximally suppress the linear polarization of planar undulators in order to obtain the purest radiation from helical undulators. The methods and results of the optimization to achieve a maximum contrast between the pulse intensity generated by planar and helical undulators as well as the operating experience are presented.
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Conference16th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Date01-06 Jun 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board* Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Online ISBN978-3-95450-248-6
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received26 May 2025
Revised01 June 2025
Accepted01 June 2025
Issued05 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-MOPB021
Pages106-109