The bunch compression system at the TESLA test facility FEL

A SASE-FEL [A.M. Kontradenko and E.L. Saldin, Particle Accelerators 10 (1980) 207; R. Bonifacio, C. Pellegrini and I.M. Narducci, Opt. Commun. 50 (1884) 373] requires extremely high peak currents which cannot be achieved by electron guns. The bunch length therefore has to be reduced along the accelerating linac, the bunch has to be compressed. In the TTF-FEL this is done with the help of bending magnet chicanes in three stages. We present the lay-out of the scheme as well as first beam dynamics calculations.