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Alvra

hard X-ray femtosecond pump-probe (time-resolved XAS / XES / HERFD and serial crystallography) on the SwissFEL Aramis branch; CORA's second XFEL, reinforcing the LCLS-MFX family-fold and acquisition-gap findings from an independent control stack (eco).

Property Value
Facility PSI (EPICS (SLS) + eco / slic (SwissFEL))
Source free-electron-laser
Modelled reverse-engineered, full coverage

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The device handles are read from the facility's public controls configuration and verified against it; vendor parts, energies, and physical positions are not in it and are carried confirm until beamline staff verify them. Source: paulscherrerinstitute/eco.

Enclosures

Enclosure Role Facility Permit signal
Aramis-Optics optics-hutch psi confirm: SwissFEL PPS search-and-secure signal TBD; the Aramis optics are shared across the Aramis stations (TOPO-1, PSS-1)
Alvra experiment-hutch psi confirm: SwissFEL PPS + pump-probe laser interlock TBD (PSS-1, LASER-1)

The beamline

A soft / tender XFEL endstation on PSI's Aramis branch (pump-probe spectroscopy, von Hamos emission); CORA's second XFEL, mined from an independent control stack, confirming the device families fold and the gaps are architectural.

  • Source: the beam, produced and conditioned before the sample.
  • Sample: the sample environment and its positioning.
  • Detector: what records the beam after the sample.
  • Controls: the control plane CORA's edge conducts over.

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