Synchrotron Radiation Sources And Instrumentation: Present And Future

The use of electron accelerators as sources of synchrotron radiation for researches in a wide range of disciplines has grown enormously during the past ten years. Concurrent with this growth, the development of instrumentation capable of exploiting the unique properties of the synchrotron radiation from these sources has proceeded apace. It is therefore, useful to review the present "state-of-the-art" and to preview several very likely future developments in synchrotron radiation sources and instrumentation. Included in this presentation are descriptions of the sources and the radiation, examples of presently operating experimental systems and a discussion Wigglers, Undulators and Free Electron Lasers.