Commissioning of the Fritz Haber Institute MID-IR FEL


Commissioning of the Fritz Haber Institute MID-IR FEL

Todd, A. M. M.; Bluem, H.; Ditta, J.; Dowell, D.; Jordan, K.; Lange, R.; Loos, H.; Park, J.; Rathke, J.; Young, L.; Gewinner, S.; Erlebach, W.; Junkes, H.; Liedke, A.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G.; Schöllkopf, W.; Zhang, W.; Lehnert, U.; Michel, P.; Seidel, W.; Wuensch, R.

The free electron laser (FEL) at the Fritz Haber Institute (FHI) in Berlin is designed to deliver radiation from 4 to 400 microns. A single-plane-focusing undulator combined with a 5.4 m long optical cavity is used for the generation of mid-infrared (MIR) radiation up to 50 microns. A two-plane-focusing undulator, in combination with a 7.2 m long cavity with a 1-D waveguide for the optical mode, is planned for the far-infrared (FIR). Beam was delivered to the MIR beam dump in October 2011 and first light at 18 microns was achieved on Valentine’s Day, 2012. We describe progress to date and plans to complete the
commissioning of the MIR beamline and the installation of the FIR beamline.

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