• C. Steier, B.J. Bailey, A. Biocca, A. Madur, H. Nishimura, G.J. Portmann, S. Prestemon, D. Robin, S.L. Rossi, F. Sannibale, T. Scarvie, D. Schlueter, W. Wan, L. Yang
  LBNL, Berkeley, California

The Advanced Light Source is one of the earliest 3rd generation light sources. With an active upgrade program it has remained competitive over the years. The latest in a series of upgrades is a lattice upgrade project that was started in 2009. When it will be completed, the ALS will operate with a horizontal emittance of 2.2 nm and an effective emittance of 2.6 nm. Combined with the high current of 500 mA and the small vertical emittance the ALS already operates at this upgrade will keep it competitive for years to come. The presentation will present the status of the upgrade, including beam dynamics studies and lattice optimizations as well as the magnet design and status.

• M.P. Dunning, E.R. Colby, Y.T. Ding, J.T. Frederico, A. Gilevich, C. Hast, R.K. Jobe, D.J. McCormick, J. Nelson, T.O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, G.V. Stupakov, Z.M. Szalata, D.R. Walz, S.P. Weathersby, M. Woodley, D. Xiang
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• J.N. Corlett, G. Penn, S. Prestemon, J. Qiang, D. Schlueter, M. Venturini, W. Wan
  LBNL, Berkeley, California
• P.L. Pernet
  EPFL, Lausanne

In this paper we describe the technical design of an on-going proof-of-principle echo-enabled harmonic generation (EEHG) FEL experiment in the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) at SLAC. The experiment was designed through late 2009 and built and installed between October 2009 and January 2010. We present the design considerations, the technical realization and the expected performances of the EEHG experiment.

• D. Xiang, E.R. Colby, Y.T. Ding, M.P. Dunning, J.T. Frederico, A. Gilevich, C. Hast, R.K. Jobe, D.J. McCormick, J. Nelson, T.O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, G.V. Stupakov, Z.M. Szalata, D.R. Walz, S.P. Weathersby, M. Woodley
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• J.N. Corlett, G. Penn, S. Prestemon, J. Qiang, D. Schlueter, M. Venturini, W. Wan
  LBNL, Berkeley, California
• P.L. Pernet
  EPFL, Lausanne

ECHO-7 is a proof-of-principle echo-enabled harmonic generation* FEL experiment in the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) at SLAC. The experiment aims to generate coherent radiation at 318 nm and 227 nm, which is the 5th and 7th harmonic of the infrared seed laser. In this paper we present the preliminary results from the commissioning run of the completed experimental setup which started in April 2010.

* G. Stupakov, PRL, 102, 074801 (2009); D. Xiang and G. Stupakov, PRST-AB, 12, 030702 (2009).