Procurement of the Femtosecond Spitfire ACE laser system
Professor Vas Stavros and his group recently (January 2023) relocated from the University of Warwick to the University of Birmingham. The femtosecond laser system that is sought (as part of Vas Stavros's start-up package) is from a single supplier: MKS Newport Spectra-Physics. The Femtosecond Spitfire ACE laser system (termed henceforth Spitfire ACE) will replace a now obsolete MKS Newport Spectra-Physics Spitfire Pro XP, currently housed in the Stavros Lab at the University of Warwick. This is a like-for-like repl...
Buyer
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Value
Not provided
Published
28 Apr 2023
Closes
28 Apr 2023
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Birmingham
Procurement method
Limited
Category
Goods
Contract starts
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Contract ends
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CPV classifications
38636100
Lasers
38636000
Specialist optical instruments
Lots
Lot 1 Procurement of the Femtosecond Spitfire ACE laser system
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The Spitfire ACE will dovetail three existing optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs, essentially smaller lasers with unrivalled wavelength tunability) that will be transferred from the University of Warwick to the University of Birmingham. These OPAs are MKS Newport Spectra-Physics supplied OPAs and thus are set up to only be compatible with the Spitfire ACE....
Delivery: West Midlands (England)
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