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    Status of the Jefferson Lab IR/UV High Average Power Light Source

    Jefferson Lab is in the process of building an upgrade to our Free-Electron Laser Facility with broad wavelength range and timing flexibility. The facility will have two cw free-electron lasers, one in the infrared operating from 1 to 14 microns and one in the infrared operating from 0.25 to 1 micron [1]. In addition, there will be beamlines for Thompson-backscattered femtosecond X-rays, and broadband THz radiation. The average power levels for each of these devices will exceed any other available sources by at least 2 orders of magnitude. Timing of the available laser pulses can be continuously mode-locked at least 4 different (MHz) repetition rates or in macropulse mode with pulses of a few microseconds in duration with a repetition rate of many kHz. The status of the construction of this facility and a review of its capabilities will be presented. Supported by US DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-84ER40150.

    Authors: G.R. Neil, S.V. Benson, G. Biallas, J. Boyce, L.A. Dillon-Townes, D. Douglas, H.F. Dylla, R. Evans, A. Grippo, J. Gubeli, C. Hernandez-Garcia, K. Jordan, M. Kelley, G.A. Krafft, R.Li, J. Mammosser, L. Merminga, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, G. Williams, B. Yunn, S. Zhang



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