Superconducting undulator afterburner PRE-SerieS prOtotype (S-PRESSO)

The European XFEL is a research facility of superlatives: it generates ultrashort X-ray flashes 27 000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources. To construct and operate the European XFEL, international partners agreed on the foundation of an independent research organisation - the European XFEL GmbH ("EuXFEL"), a non-profit limited liability Company under German law. The company employs more than 400 people. The subject of this tender was the planning, design, fabrication and delivery of a superconducting undulator afterburner pre-series prototype (S-PRESSO).