Name: 8th Hard X-ray FEL Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2016-10-24T08:00:00+09:00
End: 2016-10-26T18:00:00+09:00
Location: Pohang Accelerator Laboratory

8th Hard X-ray FEL Collaboration Meeting

from Monday 24 October 2016 (08:00) to Wednesday 26 October 2016 (18:00)

Monday 24 October 2016
09:00 Welcome - Ki-Bong Lee (PAL)
Welcome
- Ki-Bong Lee (PAL)
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 SwissFEL - Braun Hans (PSI)
SwissFEL
- Braun Hans (PSI)
09:10 - 09:30
09:30 PAL-XFEL - Ko In Soo (PAL)
PAL-XFEL
- Ko In Soo (PAL)
09:30 - 09:50
09:50 European XFEL - Altarelli Massimo (European XFEL)
European XFEL
- Altarelli Massimo (European XFEL)
09:50 - 10:10
10:10 SACLA - Ishikawa Tesuya (SACLA)
SACLA
- Ishikawa Tesuya (SACLA)
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 LCLS - Axel Brachmann (SLAC)
LCLS
- Axel Brachmann (SLAC)
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:20
11:20 New operation modes and on-line diagnostics at FLASH - Stefan Düsterer (DESY)
New operation modes and on-line diagnostics at FLASH
- Stefan Düsterer (DESY)
11:20 - 11:40
11:40 Schedule and plans for European XFEL commissioning - Winfried Decking (European XFEL)
Schedule and plans for European XFEL commissioning
- Winfried Decking (European XFEL)
11:40 - 12:00
12:00 LCLS-II Commissioning schedule and planning - John Schmerge (SLAC)
LCLS-II Commissioning schedule and planning
- John Schmerge (SLAC)
12:00 - 12:20
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 18:00
Contributions

14:00 Injector R&D Program at LCLS - John Schmerge (SLAC)

14:20 LCLS Injector emittance optimization - Feng Zhou (SLAC)

14:40 Development of C-band 2/3 pi-mode CG acceleration structures - Yuji Otake (SACLA)

15:00 Dechirper experience at LCLS - Alberto Lutman (SLAC)

15:50 Performances of PAL-XFEL diagnostics system - Changbum Kim (PAL)

16:10 Overview of collaborations for beam diagnostics with PSI involvement - Nicole Hiller (PSI)

16:30 X-band deflectors for electron pulse length diagnostics - Yuantao Ding (SLAC)

16:50 X-band solid-state amplifier development - Hoon Heo (PAL)

17:10 XLEAP-Attosecond pulse manipulation - Jerry Hastings (SLAC)
14:00 - 18:00
Contributions

14:00 Update: European XFEL optics, diagnostics and operation schemes - H. Sinn (European XFEL)

14:30 X-ray optics - Makina Yabashi

14:55 X-ray Optics - Bill Schlotter (LCLS)

15:45 PAL-XFEL beamline pump laser & timing diagnostics - In Tae Eom (PAL-XFEL)

16:05 Status of the SwissFEL optics - Uwe Flechsig (SwissFEL)

16:25 Temporal diagnostics - Shigeki Owada (SACLA)

16:40 A diamond crystal bender for spectral diagnostics - U. Bösenberg (European XFEL)

16:55 PAL-XFEL GMD photon diagnostics - Soon Nam Kwon ( PAL-XFEL)

17:15 Laser timing and jitter diagnostics tools for SwissFEL experimental stations - Paul Beaud (SwissFEL)

17:35 X-ray diagnostics - Yiping Feng (LCLS)
Tuesday 25 October 2016
08:30 Design strategies for Athos - Sven Reiche
Design strategies for Athos
- Sven Reiche
08:30 - 08:50
08:50 Harmonic lasing in XFELs: results from FLASH - Evgeny Schneidmiller (European XFEL)
Harmonic lasing in XFELs: results from FLASH
- Evgeny Schneidmiller (European XFEL)
08:50 - 09:10
09:10 Reverse taper experiment at FLASH - Evgeny Schneidmiller (European XFEL)
Reverse taper experiment at FLASH
- Evgeny Schneidmiller (European XFEL)
09:10 - 09:30
09:30 Apple-X undulator for Athos and EU-XFEL (SASE 3) - Thomas Schmidt (PSI)
Apple-X undulator for Athos and EU-XFEL (SASE 3)
- Thomas Schmidt (PSI)
09:30 - 09:50
09:50 LCLS Seeding R&D - Jerry Hastings (SLAC)
LCLS Seeding R&D
- Jerry Hastings (SLAC)
09:50 - 10:10
10:10 Self-Seeding implementation at European XFEL - Liu Shan (European XFEL)
Self-Seeding implementation at European XFEL
- Liu Shan (European XFEL)
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Multi-bunch operation at LCLS - Franz-Josef Decker (SLAC)
Multi-bunch operation at LCLS
- Franz-Josef Decker (SLAC)
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 Pulse-by-pulse control of linear accelerator at SACLA - Hitoshi Tanaka (SACLA)
Pulse-by-pulse control of linear accelerator at SACLA
- Hitoshi Tanaka (SACLA)
11:20 - 11:40
11:40 Machine Learning and automated tuning - Daniel Ratner (SLAC)
Machine Learning and automated tuning
- Daniel Ratner (SLAC)
11:40 - 12:00
12:00 High Level Application for commissioning & operation - Raimund Kammering (European XFEL)
High Level Application for commissioning & operation
- Raimund Kammering (European XFEL)
12:00 - 12:20
12:20 Open Discussion
Open Discussion
12:20 - 12:50

12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:30
Contributions

14:00 Beam commissioning of SACLA BL1 SX FEL driven by a compact dedicated linac - Takahiro Inagaki (SACLA)

14:20 Commissioning results from European XFEL injector - Matthias Scholz (European XFEL)

14:40 Experience with high power RF sources and RF conditioning - Florian Loehl (PSI)

15:30 Undulator BBA & FEL commissioning - Heung-Sik Kan (PAL)
14:00 - 16:20
Contributions

14:00 First experiments – SFX & operation schemes - Jae Hyun Park (PAL)

14:20 First Experiments and User operation at SwissFEL - Luc Patthey (SwissFEL)

14:40 Strategy for efficient and robust operation - Kensuke Tono (SACLA)

15:40 Wavefront measurements at the SPB/SFX instrument - P. Vagovic (European XFEL)

15:55 Operations - Diling Zhu (LCLS)
16:30 Site Tour of PAL-XFEL
Site Tour of PAL-XFEL
16:30 - 18:30
Wednesday 26 October 2016
09:00 Summary Report of FEL technology: Source and Beam manipulation - Hitoshi Tanaka (SACLA)
Summary Report of FEL technology: Source and Beam manipulation
- Hitoshi Tanaka (SACLA)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20 Summary Report of FEL technology - Undulator and seeding, and Operation mode - Winfried Decking (European XFEL)
Summary Report of FEL technology - Undulator and seeding, and Operation mode
- Winfried Decking (European XFEL)
09:20 - 09:40
09:40 Summary Report of FEL Commissioning - Axel Brachmann (SLAC)
Summary Report of FEL Commissioning
- Axel Brachmann (SLAC)
09:40 - 10:00
10:00 Summary Report of “Photon - A: optics & diagnostics” - Thomas Tschentscher (European XFEL)
Summary Report of “Photon - A: optics & diagnostics”
- Thomas Tschentscher (European XFEL)
10:00 - 10:20
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Summary Report of “Photon - B: operation logistics'” - Makina Yabashi (RIKEN)
Summary Report of “Photon - B: operation logistics'”
- Makina Yabashi (RIKEN)
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Report on collaboration topics from last meeting - Hans Braun (PSI)
Report on collaboration topics from last meeting
- Hans Braun (PSI)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 Open Discussion
Open Discussion
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Closing - In Soo Ko (PAL)
Closing
- In Soo Ko (PAL)
12:00 - 12:10