In deliveryUnited KingdomGoods£550,000
UKRI-5208 UPLiFT Pulsed Laser Diode System
- Published
- Published 15 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 10 November 2025
Overview
STFC are looking to purchase a Pulsed Laser Diode Systems which will be used to pump a ytterbium:YAG laser amplifier generating pulses at a repetition rate of 10 Hz.
The Yb:YAG laser is being developed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) as a prototype demonstrator for a new diode pumped solid state laser (DPSSL) concept with the potential of providing a low-cost, efficient laser-driver for an inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plant. It will be installed and operated at the Central Laser Facility (CLF) in a laser laboratory at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £550,000
- Procedure
- Open
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 15 October 2025
- Questions by
- 29 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Laser diodes
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £304,300
- Award date
- 2 December 2025
- Contract period
- 15 December 2025 → 15 September 2026
- Amphos GmbH
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
12 January 2026
View notice ↗Contract
3 December 2025
View notice ↗Contract Notice
15 October 2025
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Contracting authority
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
BuyerSwindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
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