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LCLS Virtual Town Hall Mike Dunne, LCLS Director 12 April 2017

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LCLS Virtual Town Hall

Mike Dunne, LCLS Director

12 April 2017

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The purpose of these Virtual Town Hall meetings

• To provide details of new capabilities ahead of

the deadline for each “Call for Proposals”

• To highlight major new issues and activities that

benefit from user input and consultation

• To provide a new path for general Q&A on any

aspect of LCLS operations and development

Please send in your questions – via the webchat feature

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Agenda

Mike Dunne – Introduction and top-level update (5 mins)

Axel Brachmann – Accelerator Update (10 mins)

Mike Minitti – AMO/SXR Update (10 mins)

Sebastien Boutet – HXR Update (10 mins)

Alan Fry – MEC Update (10 mins)

Clemens Weninger – Controls/Data Update (5 mins)

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Key:

FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

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LCLS has 12 months of experiments (Run 15 and Run 16)

prior to a 12 month shutdown in preparation for LCLS-II

Run 15 and Run 16

(June 2017 – June 2018)

12 month shutdown

(June 2018 – June 2019)

LCLS-II

Commissioning

The Near Experimental Hall is currently under construction, to create additional

space for hutches and support labs. Recent storms may delay the start of Run 15

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The Near Experimental Hall will be optimized for LCLS-II in the

12-month shutdown (2 new hutches, and upgrade of 3 existing)

• 9 instruments available in total for LCLS-II

• Phased delivery over 2020 – 2023, dependent on resources

NEH 1.1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical

NEH 2.1: Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

NEH 2.2: Soft X-ray Research

NEH 1.2: Tender X-ray Instrument

XPP: X-ray Pump Probe

XCS: X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy

MFX: Macromolecular Femtosecond Crystallography

CXI: Coherent X-ray Imaging

MEC: Matter in Extreme Conditions

3 Soft X-ray

5 Hard X-ray

2 Tender x-ray

SXU

HXU

Far

Hall

XCS MFX CXI MEC

Near

Hall

N1.1 N1.2 XPP

N2.1

N2.2

~ 50 m ~ 70 m

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New website to communicate ongoing developments –

and seek feedback – for the LCLS-II instrument capabilities

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Your input is sought on the design

priorities for LCLS-II instruments

and supporting technologies

at each stage of development

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LCLS-II-HE (“High Energy”) received Critical Decision-0

(DOE’s approval of Mission Need) in December 2016

This extends the peak

energy from 5 keV to 12 – 20

keV (at high repetition

rate)

Details of the instrument design options are being derived from a

series of user workshops. Timing is subject to DOE prioritization.

~20 additional cryomodules added to the newly refurbished space in the existing tunnel

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Agenda

Mike Dunne – Introduction (5 minutes)

Axel Brachmann – Accelerator Update (10 minutes)

Mike Minitti – AMO/SXR Update (10 minutes)

Sebastien Boutet – HXR Update (10 minutes)

Alan Fry – MEC Update (10 minutes)

Clemens Weninger – Controls/Data Update (5 minutes)

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Accelerator Update

Axel Brachmann

LCLS Virtual Town Hall, April 2017

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Outline

Capabilities at LCLS

• Increased pulse Energy (mJ and eV)

• Bandwidth and pulse control via new “dechirper” system

• Dual pulses

• Self Seeding

• Polarized x-ray beams

Upcoming Developments (intend to make available for Run 16)

• XLEAP

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Many new modes of operation have been introduced –

See the FAQ on LCLS website, and talk to us!

Mode Parameters

SASE

270 eV – 12.8 keV,

Pulse energy up to ~ 5 mJ,

Pulse length: ~fs to ~ 200 fs

Seeded Beams HXR and SXR seeding schemes operational,

up to ~ 80% efficiency, 1-2 h set-up time as part of Exp. Prep.

Polarization Default is linearly polarized,

Optionally circular (99%), 200 µJ pulse energy

Dual Bunch /

Dual Energy

Femtosecond to nanosecond separation options,

with independent energy separation options (~ 2.5%)

Pulse shape

monitor (XTCAV)

Electron bunch & X-ray pulse profile with fs resolution,

beam-synchronous availability

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Increased Pulse Energy and Energy Reach

Routine per-pulse energy

approximately doubled in last 3 years.

Peak energy extended to 12.8 keV

Many small improvements, plus a step-

function due to ‘Horn-Cutting’

HXR gas detector history Started collimation

5 mJ

‘Horn – Cutting’ flat energy profile of electron bunch leads to improved matching of electron-bunch /

lattice improved beam transport and emittance preservation see Daniel Ratner’s talk.

270 eV 12.8 keV

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Installation of “de-chirper” for precise and

highly flexible control of LCLS pulses

Manipulating the Wakefield effects on the electron bunch chirp control bandwidth control

Two-color spectrum

985 990 995 1000 1005 10100

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Photon Energy [eV]

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X-ray BW at 900 eV

Electron bandwidth control via passive wakefield

device upstream of undulator

• Enables ultrashort and tailored x-ray pulses

• Independent control of color separation (soft x-

ray), time delay (-15 to 900 fs), and polarization

Z. Zhang, et al, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 18, 010702 (2015).

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Accelerator based Dual-Pulse / Dual-Color Modes

• Double Slotted Foil

• Split Undulator

• Injector laser pulse splitting

• Multiple laser pulses at cathode (dual lasers)

• Fresh Slice Technique

Slo

tte

d F

oil

fs – Double Bunch

ns – Double Bunch

-10 ps 0 10 fs 37 fs 82 fs 135 fs 0.35 ns 0.7 ns 1.05 ns 1.4 ns 1.75 ns

Fre

sh

Slic

e (

HX

R)

Many accelerator based

techniques have been developed.

See FAQ and staff for details

Development continues for Multi-bunch (>2 pulse) operation

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Dual – Pulse & Dual – Energy Operation

Table is posted on LCLS FAQ page

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/Lists/machine_faq/FAQ.aspx

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< 0.5 fs pulses with ~50 uJ per pulse

Use space-charge boost for

bandwidth-broadening for non-linear

science applications

6 eV

Recent highlights:

Wiggler delivered

by ANL

Laser amplifiers and oscillator

delivered. System outperforms

our specifications ( > 50 mJ per

pulse!)

New projects:

XLEAP: Attosecond pulses (A. Marinelli)

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Summary

All new LCLS capabilities based on accelerator and FEL including relevant

standard beam parameters are published on the LCLS website:

Machine Parameters and Frequently asked Questions:

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lclscore_public/Pages/Default.aspx

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Soft X-Ray Instruments Update

Michael P. Minitti

Soft X-ray Department Head

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Soft X-Ray Capabilities:

Improved transmission of SXR & AMO beamlines

• Plasma cleaning of AMO KB mirrors in late 2016

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Soft X-Ray Capabilities:

Improved transmission of SXR & AMO beamlines

• Before and after transmission measurements for AMO beamline (below)

• Front-end SOMS mirrors were re-stripped during down

• Will perform full characterization and optimization of AMO focus prior to start of

Run 15

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Soft X-ray Capabilities:

LAMP and Portable Soft X-ray Spectrometer

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Cu Lα1,2

929.7eV Cu Lβ1

949.8eV Cu Ll

811.1eV

Spectrometer mounted on end station

Optimized Cu emission spectrum

Portable Soft X-ray Spectrometer

• Soft x-ray grating spectrometer

• Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS)

• Time resolved chemistry and correlated

electron systems studies

Samples: Gas Jets, Cluster

Detectors: iTOF, pnCCD

LAMP End Station

• Soft x-ray imaging

• Ultrafast chemical dynamics of molecular

gases

Two upgrades motived by successful experiments on user provided equipment

provide new capacities for x-ray imaging and emission spectroscopy to the entire

user community.

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Soft X-ray Capabilities:

Liquid Jet Endstation

Samples: Liquid Jet, Solids

Detectors: Portable grating spectrometer,

APD, MCP

Motivated to provide soft x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy capabilities

for both liquid jet and solid samples. Based on highly productive user provided

station Liquid Jet Station

• Well positioned to explore time

resolved chemical dynamics a

major LCLS-II science driver

• Compatible with portable x-ray

grating spectrometer (wet RIXS)

• Leveraged existing infrastructure

(stand, jets, etc)

• Serves both liquid jet injectors from

LCLS SED group as well as solid

samples.

• Fully commissioned and

operational as a standard

configuration

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Soft X-Ray Capabilities:

DELTA Variable Phase Undulator for Polarization Control

Full control of the polarization state. >99% Circular polarization purity

~200 uJ / pulse

Allows for time-resolved XMCD measurements at LCLS!

NB: Use of DELTA with SXR TSS time-tool may result in lengthy optimization

times due to complexity (use of displaced non-circular light)

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Soft X-Ray Capabilities:

I0 measurements in SXR

New MCP-based I0 gives improved sensitivity to incident pulse energies

enables measurement of low incident pulse energies (such as with circularly

polarized Delta undulator operation).

Without Normalization With Normalization by

MCP I0

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Soft X-Ray Capabilities:

XLEAP sub-femtosecond pulse

(A. Zholents, 2005)

Offered “at risk”

for Run 16

Pulselength = ~0.5 fs FWHM, Epulse ~ 20 to 50 uJ

• 10 x shorter than fastest pulse measured at

LCLS.

• 4 times shorter than typical cooperation length.

Coherent bandwidth ~ 5 eV

• 4 times larger than achieved before at 520 eV

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AMO Standard configuration

Parameter Table for AMO Standard Configuration (LAMP)

Sample Comments

Desired measurement Electrons ☐

Ions ☐

X-ray Energy (eV)

X-ray energy scanning? Yes ☐ Range:

Rate:

X-ray pulse duration (fs)

X-ray focal spot size (h x

w) (µm)

X-ray beam time (# of

shifts)

OPTICAL LASER

PARAMETERS

Pump laser needed? Yes ☐

Wavelength (nm)

Pulse duration range (fs)

Maximum pulse energy

(µJ)

Focal size (FWHM) (µm)

Minimum fluence on

target (mJ/cm2)

TSS time tool needed? Yes ☐

• X-Rays o 280 to 2000 eV o Soft X-ray self-seeding, two-color FEL,

and two-pulse operations allowed • Optical Laser

o ~50 fs, 800 nm, 400 nm, or 267 nm • Time-tool • LCLS supplied pulsed Even-Lavie valve • Delay line detection for charged particle

spectroscopy

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/instruments/amo/Pages/amo-sc-run16.aspx

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SXR standard configuration, LJE

• X-Rays o 250 to 2000 eV o SXR mono (1000-2000 RP), 0th order

• Optical Laser o ~50 fs, 800 nm, 400 nm, or 267 nm o Visible to NIR (480 nm – 2400 nm)

• TSS time-tool • Standard nozzle rods & assemblies • Soft X-ray spectrometer w/ 120 Hz Andor

LJE Standard Configuration Parameter Table

Sample Name Comments

Measurement method(s) Emission ☐

Absorption ☐

Desired sample jet diameter

(µm)

Sample flow rate (µm/min)

Sample delivery method?

Cold trap required? Yes ☐

No ☐

Spectrometer resolution

(E/ΔE)

X-ray energy range (eV)

X-ray energy scanning? Yes ☐ Range:

Rate:

X-ray pulse duration (fs)

X-ray focal spot size (h x w)

(µm)

Need monochromator? Yes ☐

No ☐

Monochromatic bandwidth

(ev)

X-ray beam time (# of 12h

shifts)

OPTICAL LASER

PARAMETERS

Pump laser needed? Yes ☐

No ☐

Wavelength (nm)

Pulse duration range (fs)

Maximum pulse energy (µJ)

Focal size (FWHM) (µm)

Polarization requirements?

Minimum fluence on target

(mJ/cm2)

TSS time tool needed? Yes ☐

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/instruments/Pages/sc_run16.aspx#sxr

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SXR standard configuration, RSXS

Parameter Table for RSXS Standard Configuration

Sample Name Comment

Desired measurement Scattering ☐

Absorption ☐

RIXS ☐

Sample temperature range (C)

Linear degrees of freedom (x,y,z)

for sample

Rotational degrees of freedom

(Θ,χ,Φ) for sample

X-ray Energy (eV)

X-ray pulse duration (fs)

X-ray focal spot size (h x w) (µm)

Need monochromator? Yes ☐

No ☐

Monochromatic bandwidth (ev)

X-ray beam time (# of shifts)

Need DELTA undulator (circularly

polarized X-rays)

Yes ☐

No ☐

Detector positioning range

Pump laser needed? Yes ☐

No ☐

Wavelength (nm)

Pulse duration range (fs)

Maximum pulse energy (µJ)

Focal size (FWHM) (µm)

Polarization requirements?

Minimum fluence on target (mJ/cm2)

Grazing angle of incidence? Yes ☐

No ☐

TSS time tool needed? Yes ☐

No ☐

• X-Rays o 390 to 2000 eV o 700 to 1200 eV with DELTA o DELTA, SXR mono (1000-2000 RP), 0th

order • Optical Laser

o ~100 fs, 800 nm, HE-TOPAS (1150-2400 nm and 4-17 um)

o Time-tool • In-vacuum APDs (2), MCP (1), fully motioned • Soft X-ray spectrometer fixed at 135° in

horizontal plane

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/instruments/Pages/sc_run16.aspx#sxr

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Hard X-Ray Instruments

Sebastien Boutet

Hard X-ray Department Head

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The Hard X-Ray Instruments @ LCLS

HXR Instrument Update, April 12 2017

http://lcls.slac.stanford.edu/Instruments.aspx

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Hard X-ray “HOMS” mirror upgrades now installed to

significantly improve acceptance and beam quality

HXR Instrument Update, April 12 2017

0.15 nm RMS

1515 km ROC

• Substantial impact in HXR near-field quality & efficiency

• New periscope to XCS to create “XPP-like” capability

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

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New Modes of Operation and New Detector Capabilities

HXR Instrument Update, April 12 2017

Creation of multiple options for

2-pulse and 2-color x-rays

Extended photon energy range:

from 0.8–8 to 0.25–12.8 keV

Ir LIII RIXS Se K-edge SAD

Independent control of Dt and DE

ePix100 Detectors for Low Noise

Jungfrau Detector

https://www.psi.ch/detectors/jungfrau

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XPP Standard Configuration:

Time-resolved Pump-Probe Diffraction

• X-rays

• 9.5 keV

• 10-200 micron focus

• Large Offset Double Crystal Monochromator

• Laser wavelength

• 400/800 nm

• OPA from 480-2400 nm

• Time Tool (TT) diagnostics for laser arrival

• Kappa goniometer with 6-degrees of freedom with

standard Huber goniometer head

• Cryostream available for cooling down to 100K

• Detectors

• Ceiling-mounted detector arm with CSPAD 140K

• Diodes 33

Chollet et al., Journal of Synchrotron

Radiation 22, 503-507 (2015)

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/ins

truments/xpp/Pages/xpp-sc-run16.aspx

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XCS upgrade includes: (i) Periscope to allow “pink-beam”

operation, to improve multiplexing (increased user access)

• Delivering pink beam to XCS on offset line

• Allows XPP pink beam experiments to move to XCS - No blocking of the beam to the FEH

• Allows more multiplexing, more beamtime

• No downtime to CXI due to manual moving of XCS beamline

• XPP will become primarily a mono beam instrument

• Switching between all hard x-ray instruments at the press of a button

• Will help scheduling and help avoid rushing preparations

• MFX and XCS pink beam capabilities remove most of the need for pink beam at XPP

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XCS upgrade includes:

(ii) a versatile femtosecond laser system

• Femtosecond laser capabilities similar to CXI and NEH hutches

• Including time tool diagnostic

Control

rack

Split &

Delay

Slits, IPMs,

PIMs, reflaser Potential New

location for

LODCM

Sample

location

Hutch far

end YAG

screen

Be lens

Existing

LADM

YAG

Gas

supply

XCS

Laser

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XCS Upgrade includes:

(iii) New Split and Delay system

• The previous prototype system has

been removed

• New design, with two four-bounce

monochromator branches

• Delayed relative to each other

• Based on experience at SACLA

• Energy Range: 7-12 keV

• Delay range varies with photon

energy

• Delay Range: -5 to 350 ps at 8 keV

• Provides continuous coverage for

each photon energy reaching

beyond 1 ns at 7 keV.

>350ps:nanoseconddoublebunch

mode

<0.5ps:femtosecond

twinbunchmode

accessibleviaSplit-DelayONLYbaseline

extended

Offered “at risk”

for Run 16

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XCS Standard Configuration: Time-Resolved Wide-

Angle Scattering and X-ray Emission Measurements

• X-rays • 9.5 keV

• 2-100 micron focus

• Monochromatic or Pink

• Laser wavelength • 400/800 nm

• OPA from 480-2400 nm

• Time Tool (TT) diagnostics for laser arrival

• Helium purged sample chamber with liquid jet

• Von Hamos Spectrometer

• Detectors • CSPAD 2.3M for scattering

• CSPAD 140K for XES 37

Alonso-Mori et al., Journal of Synchrotron

Radiation 22, 508-513 (2015)

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/ins

truments/xcs/Pages/xcs-sc-run16.aspx

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New Instrument:

“MFX” Dedicated to ‘In Air’ Biological Studies

HXR Instrument Update, April 12 2017

• MFX Provides a Standard Platform for Multiple Endstations

Macromolecular Femtosecond Xtallography

First Light Jan 2016

First Data Mar 2016

First Users July 2016

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MFX Standard Configuration #1:

Fixed Target Crystallography

• X-rays

• 9.5 keV preferred but flexible

• 2-100 micron focus with transfocator

• Pink beam

• No Laser

• SSRL-SMB goniometer and sample exchange robot

• Room temperature or cryo-cooled samples

• Detector

• Rayonix 325 MX (1 Hz readout) 39 https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/ins

truments/mfx/Pages/mfx-sc-run16.aspx

SSRL Goniometer at MFX Additional Required Acknowledgment

“The SSRL Structural Molecular Biology Program is

supported by the DOE Office of Biological and

Environmental Research, and by the National

Institutes of Health, National Institute of General

Medical Sciences (including P41GM103393). The

contents of this publication are solely the responsibility

of the authors and do not necessarily represent the

official views of NIGMS or NIH."

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MFX Standard Configuration #2:

Liquid Jet Crystallography in Helium Environment

• X-rays

• 9.5 keV preferred but flexible

• 2-100 micron focus with transfocator

• Pink beam

• Nanosecond laser available

• 410-2200 nm

• Helium-Rich Ambient (HERA) provides reduce background

• Supports a variety of liquid jets

• Detector

• Rayonix 170 HS (10 Hz readout) 40 https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/in

struments/mfx/Pages/mfx-sc-run16.aspx

Helium Rich Ambient (HERA) Instrument Additional Required Acknowledgment

"The HERA system for in helium experiments at MFX

was developed by Bruce Doak and funded by the

Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research."

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CXI Standard Configuration:

Serial Femtosecond Crystallography with Liquid Jet

• X-rays

• 9.5 keV preferred but flexible

• 1-2 micron focus with KB mirrors

• Pink beam

• Laser wavelength

• 400/800 nm

• OPA from 480-2400 nm

• ns laser possible (410-2200 nm)

• Time Tool (TT) diagnostics for laser arrival

• CXI 1 micron Sample Chamber (SC1) with liquid jet

• Variety of jet systems supported

• Detectors

• Front CSPAD 2.3M

• Back CSPAD 2.3M available if necessary

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Liang et al., Journal of Synchrotron

Radiation 22, 514-519 (2015)

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/lcls_public/instru

ments/cxi/Pages/cxi-sc-run16.aspx

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Serial Sample Chamber in CXI – Will be used to perform

“parasitic” Protein Crystal Screening

• Reuse the “spent” beam into a

second independent

experiment

• Used during almost all

Standard Configuration

primary experiments

Boutet et al., Journal of Synchrotron

Radiation 22, 634-643 (2015)

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Support Labs Planned for the FEH in 2017 – Needed to be Delayed

(will also enable future growth of MEC & optimization of CXI/MFX)

HXR Instrument Update, April 12 2017

• FEH restrooms to be relocated to access

tunnel

• Access tunnel flat pads to be built to house

multiple small lab spaces

• Work planned for 6-month shutdown was

delayed to 1-year shutdown

• For Run 15 and 16, temporary lab space will

be installed upstairs of FEH

• Also completing an improvement to NEH lab

space

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Matter in Extreme Conditions

Alan Fry,

Laser Division Director

MEC Department Head (interim)

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The MEC instrument combines a sub-micron x-ray beam

with a suite of high power and high energy lasers

125 nm

4

5 1011-1012 x-ray photons on target, 4keV < E < 10.5keV, 5 < t < 500fs

High energy laser

focal spot

Short pulse laser

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MEC long pulse laser upgrades: improved energy, stability,

and pulse shaping capabilities (available in run 15)

Existing System • Basic temporal pulse shaping

• Flashlamp pumped front-end laser

• Two 50mm amplifier arms

• Total energy (2J/ns) @ 527nm

• Moderate energy stability (5-10% rms)

Upgrades • Improve temporal pulse shaping (NIF-like pulse shaper)

• Diode-pumped front-end laser

• Two additional 50mm amplifier arms (four total)

• Total energy 4J/ns @ 527nm

• Improve energy stability (targeting 2-3% rms)

• Commission CPPs as alternative to hybrid phase plates

• Develop laser performance model

• Additional diagnostics captured in DAQ

Improved

waveform

generator

Diode-

pumped

front end

SHG 0.2 shot/min

UPGRADED SYSTEM

20J

20J

Total Energy

on Target

40J@ 10ns

80J @ 20ns

20J @ 5ns

8x50mm

amp 0.2 shot/min

25mm

amp

1 shot/min

MEC hired a dedicated Laser Area Manager

• Responsible for consistent, reliable operation of MEC lasers

• Will work with laser scientists on diagnostics improvements and upgrades

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Long pulse laser upgrade commissioning

MEC target chamber

LCLS

Spectrometers

New drive

beam

visar

Original

MEC drive

beam

Measurements:

o Maximum energy on target as a

function of pulse duration

o Laser spot profiles at TCC (with various

phase plates)

o Pulse shapes

o Repetition rate (with interleaving of the

various beams)

o Shock front quality through VISAR

analysis (spatial and temporal)

o Timing jitter

o Laser energy stability

o Laser pointing stability

o Guidelines for expected maximum

pressure

o Guidelines for detector shielding to X-

rays and EMP

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MEC short pulse laser upgrades: improved XPW,

recalibrated deformable mirror (available in run 15)

MEC femtosecond laser

upgrade

• Improve pulse contrast with

new XPW design

• Adding a feedback loop

between deformable mirror

and a wave front sensor to

improve focus and intensity

• Increase beam size to 80

mm to increase maximum

intensity on target and relax

damage threshold

constraint on optics

• Developing a plasma mirror

for highest contrast

experiments

• New third-order

autocorrelator for improved

contrast measurements

MEC target chamber

Deformable

mirror

MPA2

MPA3

MPA1 Energy

limiter

XPW

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Short pulse laser will be commissioned at 100TW using

a 80 mm beam size and a plasma mirror

to Thomson Parabola

To Focal plane

imaging

system To Near/Far field

imaging

OAP2

OAP3

OBJ

Plasma mirror

Measurements

o Energy on target

o Energy on plasma mirror

o PM aligned offline prior to

insertion in the chamber

o Main beam path can be set in

parallel

o Motorized hardware for

alignment

o x20 imaging system with full

energy capability

o Use of questar 1 and 2 at 90°

o Add front high resolution

imaging

o EMP probes

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MEC diagnostics upgrades: PCI & VISAR

Phase contrast Imaging:

• New high resolution optical

system with motorized

vertical adjustment, variable

magnification, alignment

grids

• New Andor NEO 5.5

camera with higher

sensitivity and repetition

rate (100fps)

VISAR:

• Repaired both streak tubes

• Recalibrated both systems

PCI optical systems

Andor

NEO 5.5

Motorized

objective barrel Motorized

vertical

translation

Frame fitting

existing in-air

large translation

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Hutch split mode for laser operations

• Curtains and laser enclosure divide the area into two zones • Laser Area is in class-4 while target area is in class-1

• Improves safety and operational efficiency for staff and users

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Standard Configuration at MEC (runs 15-17)

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Standard configurations – we are creating a system that can be quickly assembled for shock experiments

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Day LL41 He DD

Day IH

Night LK86 Albert SPI

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Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Day DD - SPI IH Coffee LL72 Mankowski LM27 LL82 LM27 LM38 LL82 SPI LL84 SPI LL84 NassSPI LK88 LL22 LL38 LL22

Night IH IH IH Coffee LL28 Glownia LM27 LL82 LM27 LL82 Mon. LL84 SPI LL84 SPI LL84 IH Hartmann LL22

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue

Day LL37 Harmand LL20 Flet. LL36 Harm. McMahon LM23 Seaberg

Night LL09 Coslovich IH IH LL36 IH LL78 LL58 Kraus

Night DD

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Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

Day IH PCS LL02 Cherezov LL86 Neutze PCS LM09 PCS PCS PCS LK99 Chapman LK89 Bean LL25

Day IH IH LM11 Sacchi LK85 Fritz IH LL04 Ulve. LL04 LM04 Robinson

Night LL31 Gorkhover IH IH LL34 Hantke IH IH LM20 Schreck LM47 Weik IH LL25

Night LM01 Reis

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Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Day IH Fuoss LM14 Saut. LL14 PCS LM16 LM51 Yachandra LL94 Pfeifer LL71 LM18 LK96 LM18

Day IH IH LL44 LL44

Night LM52 LL25 LM52 Yano LL13 Dean LL29 Goncharov LL48 Johnson PCS LM18 LK96 LM18

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed

Day PCS LL33 Hansen DD IH

Day LL44 LL23 Fromme

Night IH LL05 Cohen LM48 IH IH IH

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AMO SXR XPP XCS MFX CXI MEC

Day 9 am - 9 pm

Night 9 pm - 9 am

Scheduling LCLS Run 13

Ver 6: 3/14/16

XRD CSPADs

Modular Drive beam and diagnostic system

Schedule : 4 user experiments in 11 days

Diagnostics designed for quick change between

XRD and XRTS set ups

XRD XRTS

• The first two standard configurations XRD and XRD+ TS delivered in May 2016

Be sure to fill out the Standard Configuration parameter table if you

are proposing a Standard Configuration experiment!

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Still Here!

Hae Ja Lee (inst sci)

Bob Nagler (inst sci)

Eric Galtier (inst sci)

Oliver Hickman (area

mgr)

Brice Arnold (engineering)

Shaughnessy Brown

(student)

Frank Sieboth (visiting sci)

Welcome

Michael Greenberg (laser mgr)

Michael Brown (controls)

Tyler Johnson (controls)

Marc Welch (lasers)

Bob Ettelbrick (lasers)

Eric Cunningham

(lasers)

Farewell

Andy Mackinnon (dept head)

Inhyuk Nam (lasers)

Eduardo Granados (lasers)

Searching for…

MEC Department

Head

MEC Laser Scientist

Update on MEC staffing

On leave of

absence

through Jan

2018

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Photon Controls and Data Systems

Amedeo Perazzo

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Analysis and Computing Update

Easier/faster analysis: write code that looks like it runs on 1 CPU, but run (in

real-time) on as many CPUs as you want, producing small HDF5 files:

• https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/PSDM/MPI+Parallelization

• “FFB” real-time analysis faster because spinning disks have been replaced

with flash

• Jupyterhub now supported for “in browser” python analysis: • https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/PSDM/JupyterHub

• Psana is now a package in the world-standard “conda” Python environment: • https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/PSDMInternal/Conda+Release+System

frompsanaimport*

dsource=MPIDataSource('exp=xpptut15:run=54:smd')

cspaddet=Detector('cspad')

smldata=dsource.small_data('run54.h5')

forevtindsource.events():

calib=cspaddet.calib(evt)

ifcalibisNone:continue

cspad_sum=calib.sum()#number

cspad_roi=calib[0][0][3:5]#array

#saveper-eventnumbers/arraystoHDF5

smldata.event(cspad_sum=cspad_sum,cspad_roi=cspad_roi)

smldata.save()

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Analysis update: Support for Crystallography/SPI

Uses graphical tool “psocake”:

Interactively tune peak finding and indexing parameters

Interactively optimize detector position in 3D space

Easy masking of bad pixels / ROI

Quickly jump to interesting events by clicking on a 1D small data plot

Launch peak finding/indexing on arbitrary number of cores using MPI

https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/PSDM/Graphical+Image+Analysis

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Questions ???