Construction milestones

LINAC infrastructure done

Technical infrastructure in the buildings XHM, XHEE, XSEE, XTL is complete and ready for machine component installation

Injector tunnel closed

Technical commissioning of warm injector done. Injector is ready to be cooled down in order to take beam

First beam to Injector dump

Beam has been passed through the injector from the gun all the way to the injector dump

SASE1/3 infrastructure done

Technical infrastructure in the buildings XHE1, XS1, XS3, XHE3, XSDU2, XTD2, XTD4, XTD9, XTD10 is complete and ready for machine component installation

XHEXP1 infrastructure done

Technical infrastructure in the buildings XHEXP1, XHVAC, XHPSC is complete and ready for machine component installation

SASE2 infrastructure done

Technical infrastructure in the buildings XS2, XHE2, XS4, XHE4, XSDU1, XTD1, XTD3,XTD5, XTD6, XTD7, XTD8 is complete and ready for machine component installation

Linac tunnel closed

Technical commissioning of warm linac done. Linac is ready to be cooled down in order to take beam

SASE1 Instruments ready for beam

The SASE1 instruments are ready to open the beam shutters

First beam to XS1 Dump

Beam has been passed through the linac from injector all the way to the main dump

XTD2, XTD4, XTD9, XTD10 closed

Technical commissioning is complete and this machine section is ready to take beam

Beam to XSDU2

Beam has been passed through the SASE1/3 electron beam line all the way to XSDU2

First Lasing SASE1 possible

First SASE1 (SPB & FXE) Photons in XHEXP1 possible

SASE3 Instruments ready for beam

The SASE3 instruments are ready to open the beam shutters

First Lasing SASE3 possible

First SASE3 (SQS &SCS) Photons in XHEXP1 possible

Start Operation

Sufficient equipment is installed and commissioned. The accelerator and the SASE1 beam line achieve the following parameters:

• Wavelength < 0.2 nm
• Peak brilliance > 10³⁰ Photons/s/mm²/mrad²/0.1 % BW
• Dimension at sample < 1 mm² (FWHM)
• Positional Stability < 50 % of beam size (RMS)
• Photon Energy Stability < 0.1 %
• Shot-to-shot Intensity Fluctuation < 10

SASE1 Instruments users operation

First user experiment at SASE1 (SPB & FXE) possible

XTD1, XTD3, XTD5, XTD7, XTD8 closed

Technical commissioning is complete and this machine section is ready to take beam

SASE2 Instruments ready for beam

The SASE2 instruments are ready to open the beam shutters

Beam to XSDU1

Beam has been passed through the SASE2 electron beam line all the way to XSDU1

SASE3 Instruments user operation

First user experiment at SASE3 (SQS & SCS) possible

XTD6, closed

The SASE2 photon beam line is complete and this machine section is ready to take beam

First Lasing SASE2 possible

First SASE2 (MID & HED) Photons in XHEXP1 possible

SASE2 Instruments user operation

First user experiment at SASE2 (MID & HED) possible

Extended beam delivery

Extended beam delivery specification reached with delivery of full number of hours under user operation conditions