XFEL2

[XOPT8-02] The Soft X-ray Monochromator at the SASE3 beamline of the European XFEL

*Natalia Gerasimova¹, Daniele La Civita¹, Liubov Samoylova¹, Maurizio Vannoni¹, Raul Villanueva¹, David Hickin¹, Robert Carley¹, Benjamin van Kuiken¹, Loic Le Guyader¹, Laurent Mercadier¹, Giuseppe Mercurio¹, Justine Schlappa¹, Martin Teichmann¹, Harald Sinn¹, Andreas Scherz¹ (1. European XFEL)

We report on design, implementation and successful operation of the soft X-ray grating monochromator at the SASE3 beamline of the European XFEL. The FEL-specific challenges and prospects towards optimal design performance are discussed.