The FELICITA I FEL is installed in the 1.5 GeV low emittance storage ring D
ELTA at the University of Dortmund. This paper will briefly review the expe
rimental set-up of the FEL, the operating facility and will report the resu
lts from the first lasing of the device in the visible regime. Furthermore,
the potential of the device to operate in the UV will be discussed. (C) 20
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