First measurements with the K-monochromator at the European XFEL

Integration of the European Xfel Accelerating Modules

The production of the 103 superconducting accelerating modules for the European XFEL is an international effort. Institutes and companies from seven different countries (China, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain), organized in 12 different work packages contribute with parts, capacity for work and facilities to the production of the modules. Currently the series production of the ...

Microbunch Amplification in the European XFEL

Linac-based X-ray-free-electron lasers (XFELs) require very short bunches of highbrightness electron beams with peak currents of the order of kilo-Amperes. These bunches cannot be produced directly in guns because space charge forces would destroy the brilliance within a short distance [1]. Increasing bunch peak currents with longitudinal compression at beam energies high enough to suppress spa...

Development of the DAQ Front-end for the DSSC Detector at the European XFEL

Detector Development for the European XFEL: Requirements and Status

The variety of applications and especially the unique European XFEL time structure will require adequate instrumentation to be developed to exploit the full potential of the light source. Two-dimensional integrating X-ray detectors with ultra-fast read out up to 4.5 MHz for 1024 x 1024 pixel images are under development for a variety of imaging applications. The actual status of the European XF...

Perspectives for imaging single protein molecules with the present design of the European XFEL

The Single Particles, Clusters and Biomolecules & Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SPB/SFX) instrument at the European XFEL is located behind the SASE1 undulator and aims to support imaging and structure determination of biological specimen between about 0.1 μm and 1 μm size. The instrument is designed to work at photon energies from 3 keV up to 16 keV. Here, we propose a cost-effective proo...