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Recent runs bring laser beam to higher powers The Free Electron Laser was back on track during March with record setting days becoming a matter of course. Pictured in the accelerator Machine Control Center as they oversee an FEL run are (back to front) team members Kevin Jordan, Lia Merminga, George Neil and (standing) Court Bohn on a day early in the month when the FEL surpassed its previous records and hit a high of 500 watts. But even that record fell on March 11 when the FEL hit an all time high of 710 watts at 3.6 milliamperes. That doubles the FEL team's last celebrated high of 311 watts achieved on July 30, 1998. The team is well on its way of reaching one of the machine's design goals-1 kilowatt. Congratulations to all of the staff that made this achievement possible!
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