23–28 Aug 2026
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Commissioning of X-ray optics and diagnostics for CBXFEL at LCLS

WEP11
26 Aug 2026, 17:00
1h
Poster Presentation Session 11: Undulators and Photon Beamline Instrumentation Wednesday Poster Session

Speaker

Mario Balcazar (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Description

We present results from the commissioning of the X-ray optics motion and photon diagnostics systems for the cavity-based X-ray free-electron laser (CBXFEL) project, a partnership among Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and RIKEN SPring-8. The project aims to demonstrate CBXFEL technology using X-rays produced in the first seven hard X-ray undulators of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). The CBXFEL X-ray optics positioning [1] and diagnostic [2] components have now been installed in the LCLS undulator tunnel and are currently undergoing commissioning. This work focuses on evaluating the performance of the X-ray nanopositioning system and the multiple diagnostic elements distributed throughout the X-ray cavity. Highlighted results include characterization of beam intensity and position diagnostics, multi-axis motion assessment of the X-ray optics for stable operation while maintaining the crystals’ diffraction condition, and joint operation of these subsystems to enable continuous photon transport over multiple round trips within the X-ray cavity.

[1] Deming Shu, et al. "Design of the nanopositioning and mechanical system for cavity-based X-ray free electron laser". J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2022 2380}012029. DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/2380/1/012029
[2] Peifan Liu, et al. "X-ray diagnostics for the cavity-based x-ray free-electron laser project" Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams, 27 (2024) 110701
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.110701

Funding Agency

This work is supported by U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.

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Authors

Alberto Lutman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Aliaksei Halavanau (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Deming Shu (Argonne National Laboratory) Diling Zhu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Giulia Lanza (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Jingyi Tang (Stanford University) Mario Balcazar (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Dr Marion White (Argonne National Laboratory) Peifan Liu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Ryan Lindberg (Argonne National Laboratory) Takahiro Sato (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Yuri Shvyd'ko (Argonne National Laboratory) Zhirong Huang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Co-authors

Andrew Bernhard (Argonne National Laboratory) Davide Bianculli (Argonne National Laboratory) Franz-Josef Decker (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Georg Gassner (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Heinz-Dieter Nuhn (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Jeremy Mock (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Josh Stein (Osprey Distributed Control Systems LLC) Marek Golebiowski (Argonne National Laboratory) Maria Alessandra Montironi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Namrata Balakrishnan (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Wayne Lewis (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) XAVIER PERMANYER (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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