Name: 25th Anniversary of the First Lasing at TTF (now FLASH) – International Symposium
Start: 2025-11-17T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-18T15:00:00+01:00
Location: DESY

25th Anniversary of the First Lasing at TTF (now FLASH) – International Symposium

from Monday 17 November 2025 (13:00) to Tuesday 18 November 2025 (15:00)

Monday 17 November 2025
13:00 (Session Chair: Hans Weise)
(Session Chair: Hans Weise)
13:00 - 14:40
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

13:00 Welcome - Introduction, Context and Perspective - Wim Leemans & Britta Redlich

13:25 FLASH - a 'historical' perspective - Jörg Rossbach

13:50 The Story of SASE-FEL at DESY (1992-2001) – Strategies and Politics - Gerd Materlik

14:15 Diffraction before Destruction: Imaging with FEL Pulses - Henry Chapman
14:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:40 - 15:10
Room: Auditorium
15:10 (Session Chair: Holger Schlarb)
(Session Chair: Holger Schlarb)
15:10 - 17:15
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

15:10 TTF FEL: Lessons Learned from the First Lasing to Saturation - Mikhail Yurkov

15:35 Development of High-Brightness Photoinjectors for FLASH and European XFEL - Frank Stephan

16:00 Superconducting RF Linacs and FELs - a Successful Partnership - Hans Weise

16:25 Challenges in Numerical FEL Simulations - Sven Reiche

16:50 Advanced FEL Photon Diagnostics and Beamlines - Rolf Treusch
17:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
17:15 - 17:35
Room: Auditorium

17:35 (Session Chair: Jörg Rossbach)
(Session Chair: Jörg Rossbach)
17:35 - 18:45
Room: Auditorium

19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Auditorium
Tuesday 18 November 2025
09:15 (Session Chair: Rolf Treusch)
(Session Chair: Rolf Treusch)
09:15 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

09:15 From FLASH to the Stars - Photochemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Melanie Schnell

09:40 How I Learned to Love Xenon Clusters - Taisia Gorkhover

10:05 THz-Streaking at FLASH - Ulrike Frühling
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 (Session Chair: Winni Decking)
(Session Chair: Winni Decking)
11:00 - 12:40
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 From FLASH to European XFEL - Thomas Tschentscher

11:25 Seeding FELs for Coherent Light: Where We Started and Where We Are Now - Luca Giannessi

11:50 High Repetition-Rate FELs: Technical Advances and Scientific Prospects - Zhentang Zhao

12:15 Future Prospects for FLASH - Lucas Schaper
12:40 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 - 13:45
Room: Auditorium
13:45 (Session Chair: Elke Plönjes-Palm)
(Session Chair: Elke Plönjes-Palm)
13:45 - 14:55
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

13:45 FLASH-ReMi: Light, Electrons/Ions, (Inter-)Action(!) of Atoms and Molecules under the Reaction Microscope at FLASH - Thomas Pfeifer

14:10 Condensed Matter: Charge, Spin and Phonon Dynamics - Hermann Dürr

14:35 FLASH Science Strategy for the Coming Years - Markus Gühr
14:55 Adjourn
Adjourn
14:55 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium

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