09:00 – 09:10 Introduction
Summary of previous activities: WG “Light Polarization”, BINP UC, SAC recommendations
S. Molodtsov (European XFEL)
09:10 – 10:25 Hardware Solutions I
09:10 – 09:35 BINP: Electro-magnetic undulator solution
N. Vinokurov (Budker Institute)
09:35 – 10:00 PSI: New schemes based on permanent magnet technologies
R. Abela (PSI)
10:00 – 10:25 Afterburner options for FLASH II
B. Faatz (DESY)
10:25 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 Hardware Solutions II
10:45 – 11:10 Experience with the Delta polarizing afterburner at SLAC and plans for LCLS-II
H.-D. Nuhn (LCLS)
11:10 – 11:35 Experience with polarization control at FERMI
E. Allaria (FERMI/Elettra)
11:35 – 12:00 Options for a helical permanent magnet afterburner for SASE 3
J. Pflüger (European XFEL)
12:00 – 13:00 Theoretical Considerations
12:00 – 12:30 Reverse undulator tapering for polarization control at SASE 3
E. Schneidmiller & M. Yurkov (DESY)
12:30 – 13:00 Theoretical considerations, retro and new
G. Geloni, V. Kocharyan & E. Saldin (European XFEL/DESY)
13:00 – 14:00 Working Lunch
14:00 – 16:30 Science Cases
14:00 – 14:30 Circular polarization - a MUST for advanced spectroscopy experiments at XFELs
J. Lüning (LCPMR – Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
14:30 – 15:00 Magnetic scattering in reflection geometry at FEL sources
C. Gutt (Uni Siegen)
15:00 – 15:30 Ultrafast magnetism investigated by photoemission
M. Weinelt (FU Berlin)
15:30 – 16:00 Dissociation dynamics of (core-excited) chiral molecules
T. Jahnke (Uni Frankfurt)
16:00 – 16:30 Dichroism in the two-color photoionization of Atoms and molecules
M. Meyer (European XFEL)
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 Round table and closing remarks
(science should be discussed in relation with
hardware and theoretical considerations)
