Free Electron Lasers 2003: Proceedings of the 25th International Free Electron Laser Conference and the 10th FEL Users Workshop, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 8-12 September 2003

7 9/16 X 10 5/16 in Preface Committees Exhibitors Sponsor FEL 2003 prize winner Conference photo s Section 1. FEL Prize and New Lasing Viability of infrared FEL facilities, H.A. Schwettman FELs, nice toys or efficient tools?, A.F.G. van der Meer F irst lasing at the high-power free electron laser at Siberian center for photochemistry research, E.A. Antokhin, R.R. Akberdin, V.S. Arbuzov, M. A. Bokov, V.P. Bolotin, D.B. Burenkov, A.A. Bushuev, V.F. Veremeenko, N. A. Vinokurov, P.D. Vobly, N.G. Gavrilov, E.I. Gorniker, K.M. Gorchakov, V.N. Grigoryev, B.A. Gudkov, A.V. Davydov, O.I. Deichuli, E.N. Dementyev , B.A. Dovzhenko, A.N. Dubrovin, Yu.A. Evtushenko, E.I. Zagorodnikov, N. S. Zaigraeva, E.M. Zakutov, A.I. Erokhin, D.A. Kayran, O.B. Kiselev, B.A . Knyazev, V.R. Kozak, V.V. Kolmogorov, E.I. Kolobanov, A.A. Kondakov, N .L. Kondakova, S.A. Krutikhin, A.M. Kryuchkov, V.V. Kubarev, G.N. Kulipa nov, E.A. Kuper, I.V. Kuptsov, G.Ya. Kurkin, E.A. Labutskay a, L.G. Leontyevskaya, V.Yu. Loskutov, A.N. Matveenko, L.E. Medvedev, A.