• M. Böge, M. Aiba, A. Lüdeke, N. Milas, A. Streun
  PSI, Villigen

The application of various optics correction techniques at the SLS allows to reduce the vertical emittance to <3 pm.rad corresponding to an emittance coupling of <0.05 %. Beam sizes can be measured with a resolution of ~0.5 um allowing to resolve vertical beam sizes close to the quantum radiation limit of 0.55 pm.rad. The application of beam-based alignment/ calibration techniques on magnet girders (remotely controlled), quadrupoles and sextupoles can be used to center the beam in all relevant optical elements at a minimum expense of vertical dipole corrector strength. Furthermore a fast orbit feedback based on a high resolution digital BPM system allows to stabilize the closed orbit up to ~90 Hz and to perform precise orbit manipulations within this bandwidth. Furthermore the top-up operation mode guarantees very stable conditions for the various beam-based measurements. These conditions make the SLS an excellent "test-bed" for future damping ring optimization.