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PV: Plenarvorträge

PV V

PV V: Plenary Talk

Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 09:45–10:30, Stadthalle

The Free-Electron Laser at DESY: Coherent, Short Pulse X-Rays for Structure Research — •Jochen Schneider — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton DESY, Notkestr 85, 22607 Hamburg

Free-electron X-ray lasers driven by linear accelerators open exciting new research opportunities in physics, chemistry, material- and geo-sciences as well as in structural biology.

After a description of the principles of a free-electron laser the results obtained at the FEL at the TESLA Test Facility at DESY will be discussed. In 2004 a user facility will be available for wavelengths down to 24 nm and later down to 6 nm.

Together with a linear collider for particles physics a free-electron X-ray laser laboratory has been presented in March 2001 as part of the TESLA project. The layout of the laser facility and aspects of its scientific case will be presented.