Author: El Ajjouri, M.E.
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MOP020 Progress of the LUNEX5 Project 133
 
  • P. Marchand, C. Benabderrahmane, L. Cassinari, M.-E. Couprie, J. Daillant, M. Diop, M.E. El Ajjouri, N. Hubert, M. Labat, R. Lopes, A. Loulergue, M. Louvet, O. Marcouillé, J.L. Marlats, C. Miron, P. Morin, A. Nadji, F. Ribeiro, P. Roy, K. Tavakoli
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • S. Bielawski, C. Evain, E. Roussel, C. Szwaj
    PhLAM/CERCLA, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
  • B. Carré, D. Garzella
    CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • N. Delerue
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • G. Devanz, M. Luong
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
  • A. Dubois, J. Lüning
    CCPMR, Paris, France
  • G. Lambert, R. Lehe, A. Lifschitz, V. Malka, A. Rousse, C. Thaury
    LOA, Palaiseau, France
 
  LUNEX5 (free electron Laser Using a New accelerator for the Exploitation of X-ray radiation of 5th generation) aims at investigating the production of short, intense, and coherent pulses in the soft X-ray region. It comprises two types of accelerators connected to a single Free Electron Laser (FEL), enabling the most advanced seeding configurations : High order Harmonic in Gas (HHG) seeding and Echo Enable Harmonic Generation (EEHG) with cryogenic in-vacuum undulators. The 400 MeV Conventional Linear Accelerator (CLA) uses superconducting cavities, compatible with a future upgrade towards high repetition rate for investigating advanced FEL schemes. It will also enable multi-user operation by splitting part of the macropulse to different FEL lines. A 0.4 - 1 GeV Laser Wake Field Accelerator (LWFA) will also be qualified in view of FEL applications, in the single spike or seeded regime. After the Conceptual Design Report, R&D has been launched on a cryo-ready 3 m long in-vacuum undulator, variable strong permanent magnet quadrupoles, Smith-Purcell and electro-optics diagnostics. A test experiment is also under preparation for validating the computed beam transport from the LWFA.