AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Novel Trends in Synchrotron and FEL-Based Analysis Focus Topic Monday Sessions
       Session SA-MoA

Invited Paper SA-MoA5
Science-driven Requirements for Soft X-ray Free Electron Lasers

Monday, October 19, 2015, 3:40 pm, Room 112

Session: New Insights in Correlated Materials, Organic Materials and 2D Solids
Presenter: Fulvio Parmigiani, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
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Starting from the archetypal FERMI externally seeded FEL, recent theoretical and experimental progress has shown the possibility of producing fully coherent, variable polarization and tunable, soft-X-ray, ultra-short pulses at high repetition rate. This ultimate achievement will unlock the gate for performing X-ray-based experiments that are qualitatively different from those available at any current or planned X-ray source. Here we will review the experiments and the ideas that represent the science frontier in soft X-ray, time-resolved spectroscopy, coherent imaging and scattering experiments. These studies will lead to an understanding of fundamental dynamics, occurring on the ultrafast time and nanometer spatial scales, needed for addressing a broad range of science essential for resolving our complex and long-term energy challenges, environmentally urgent questions and demanding problems in bioscience and novel materials.