SwissFEL: the Swiss X-ray free electron laser

CJ Milne, T Schietinger, M Aiba, A Alarcon, J Alex… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The SwissFEL X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility started construction at the Paul
Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland) in 2013 and will be ready to accept its first users in …

Cascaded hard X-ray self-seeded free-electron laser at megahertz repetition rate

S Liu, C Grech, M Guetg, S Karabekyan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy in the sub-nanosecond to femtosecond time range
requires ultrashort X-ray pulses and a spectral X-ray flux considerably larger than that …

Photon beam transport and scientific instruments at the European XFEL

T Tschentscher, C Bressler, J Grünert, A Madsen… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This article describes the layout of the European XFEL, a soft and hard
X-ray free-electron laser user facility starting operation in 2017. Emphasis is put on the …

[PDF][PDF] The high energy density scientific instrument at the European XFEL

U Zastrau, K Appel, C Baehtz, O Baehr… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.iucr.org
The European XFEL delivers up to 27000 intense (> 1012 photons) pulses per second, of
ultrashort (≤ 50 fs) and transversely coherent X-ray radiation, at a maximum repetition rate …

KALYPSO: Linear array detector for high-repetition rate and real-time beam diagnostics

L Rota, M Caselle, E Bründermann, S Funkner… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Synchrotrons and modern FEL light sources operate with bunch repetition rates in the MHz
range. The profile of the electron beam inside the accelerator can be characterized with …

[PDF][PDF] Kilohertz serial crystallography with the JUNGFRAU detector at a fourth-generation synchrotron source

F Leonarski, J Nan, Z Matej, Q Bertrand, A Furrer… - IUCrJ, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
Serial and time-resolved macromolecular crystallography are on the rise. However, beam
time at X-ray free-electron lasers is limited and most third-generation synchrotron-based …

Ultrafast X-ray photochemistry at European XFEL: capabilities of the femtosecond X-ray experiments (FXE) instrument

D Khakhulin, F Otte, M Biednov, C Bömer, TK Choi… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Femtosecond X-ray Experiments on photoexcited chemical systems
deliver a portfolio of new observables including electronic, spin and nuclear dynamics. This …

Hard x-ray single-shot spectrometer at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

N Kujala, W Freund, J Liu, A Koch, T Falk… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility in Germany delivers x-ray pulses with
femtosecond pulse duration at a repetition rate of up to 4.5 MHz. The free-electron laser …

Characterization results of the JUNGFRAU full scale readout ASIC

A Mozzanica, A Bergamaschi… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The two-dimensional pixel detector JUNGFRAU is designed for high performance photon
science applications at free electron lasers and synchrotron light sources. It is developed for …

[PDF][PDF] Scientific instrument Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE): instrumentation and baseline experimental capabilities

A Galler, W Gawelda, M Biednov, C Bomer… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL) delivers extremely intense (> 1012
photons pulse− 1 and up to 27000 pulses s− 1), ultrashort (< 100 fs) and transversely …