Jun 27 – 28, 2018
Stockholm, Alba Nova
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Scientific Program

Forum on advanced FEL techniques, 2018 (v2)

Wednesday 27/6-18 (Klein Lecture hall)
16:30 Welcome and introduction - Gianluca Geloni, Luca Giannessi, Sverker Werin

Session I: Coherence and photon pulse manipulation Chair: Gianluca Geloni
16:40 FEL techniques for Coherence and photon pulse manipulation - Brian McNeil
17:10 Combining Free Electron Laser pulses with coherent techniques - Giuseppe Sansone
17:40 Coherent x-ray imaging: challenges and opportunities ahead + SXL project discussion - Stefano Bonetti
18:10 Break, refreshments
18:25 Generation of coherent soft x-rays using the EEHG scheme at the FERMI FEL -
Primosh Rebernik
18:40 Discussion I: Moderators Brian McNeil and Giuseppe Sansone
19:30 End

Thursday 28/6-18 (Room FD5)
09:00 Discussion I, recap
Session II: High pulse energy and polarization control Chair: Luca Giannessi
09:15 Techniques for controlling polarization and obtaining a high pulse energy -
James MacArthur
09:45 Using high-energy FEL pulses to create and investigate matter in extreme conditions -
Sam Vinko
10:15 Coffee Break
10:45 Advanced modes of operation and characterization of the radiation properties at FLASH - Mihkail Yurkov
11:00 Discussion II: Moderators James MacArthur and Sam Vinko
12:00 Lunch

Session III: Ultrashort pulses, multiple colors Chair: Sverker Werin
13:15 Overview of Short Pulse and Two-Color Operation of FELs - Sven Reiche
13:45 Scientific applications for ultrashort pulses and multicolour schemes - Michael Meyer
14:15 Sub-femtosecond pulse concepts for the European XFEL - Svitozar Serkez
14:30 Coffe Break
14:45 Transient grating experiments at FERMI - Filippo Bencivenga
15:00 Discussion III: Moderators Sven Reiche and Michael Meyer
16:00 Sum-up
16:15 End of workshop