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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B xxx (2015) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B journal homepage: www.else /locate/nimb Panorama of new generation of accelerator based short wavelength coherent light sources M.E. Couprie Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, F 91 192 Gif sur Yvette, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The newly developed intense short wavelength light sources (from Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) to X-rays) Received 29 January 2015 have open the path to the exploration of matter for revealing structures and electronic processes and for Received in revised form 1 August 2015 following their evolution in time. After drawing the panorama of existing accelerator based short Accepted 28 August 2015 wavelength light sources, the new trends of evolution of short wavelengths FEL are described, with some Available online xxxx illustrations with the example of the LUNEX5 (free electron Laser a New accelerator for the Exploitation of X-ray radiation of 5th generation) demonstrator project of advanced compact Free Electron Laser. Keywords: 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. Synchrotron radiation Free-Electron Laser Seeding 1. Introduction towards the