Tanaka, Takashi(D. Eng)
Chief Scientist
The mission of Advanced X-ray Laser Laboratory is to upgrade the light
source performance of SACLA (XFEL: X-ray free electron laser facility)
and SPring-8 (large-scale SR: synchrotron radiation facility), which are
in operation in RIKEN SPring-8 Center (RSC). We are developing magnetic
devices called undulators, which produce intense X-ray laser and highly
brilliant SR by deflecting the high energy electron beam. We also
explore more advanced XFEL and SR concepts that will open up a new
possibility of X-ray science. By promoting these R&Ds, we pursue the
goal of enhancing the light source performances of SACLA and SPring-8,
and establish an “ultimate X-ray laser facility” in RSC, which
eventually leads to creation of a new field of photon science exploiting
X-ray lasers.