SwissFEL is the new X-ray free-electron laser facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. It was inaugurated in December 2016 and saw its first pilot experiments at the end of 2017. We describe the commissioning steps leading to the first phase of pilot experiments and outline the plans towards reaching nominal performance levels in 2018.
(Invited talk to be presented at the 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference 2018 in Vancouver)
for more details contact Mike Seidel, 3378
