Summary
CompactLight is a Horizon 2020 Design Study conducted by an international collaboration that developed a conceptual design for an innovative, compact, and cost-effective hard X-ray FEL facility with integrated soft X-ray source. The design incorporates state-of-the-art high-brightness electron photoinjectors, very high gradient accelerating structures, and novel short-period undulators to enable operation at pulse repetition rates (1 kHz) beyond current state-of-the-art capabilities. This work aims to establish the technical feasibility and design pathway for next-generation compact, accelerator-based light source facilities.
UK applicability
This design study is not directly applicable to UK farming systems, soils, or agricultural health. It represents foundational infrastructure research for advanced physics facilities that may eventually support agricultural or food science research applications, but contains no findings relevant to UK agricultural practice or policy.
Key measures
Pulse repetition rate (1 kHz), electron photoinjector brightness, X-band accelerating gradient, undulator period specifications
Outcomes reported
The study reports the conceptual design of a compact hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) facility with complementary soft X-ray source, capable of operating at up to 1 kHz pulse repetition rate. The deliverable summarises the technological status and addresses main design challenges for future compact accelerator-based facilities.
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