# UK SBS PR16019 Femtosecond Laser Oscillator

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Newport Spectra-Physics Ltd](/contract-winners/newport-spectra-physics/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £70,000
- Tender value: £100,000
- Award date: 24 March 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 25 April 2016
- Contract end: 31 July 2016
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: ca0513f9-7d31-46ae-9c0f-b5f3b0299e79-89032
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5d40335f-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The STFC is seeking to purchase a femtosecond laser oscillator to be used to seed an existing Ti:Sapphire amplifier chain \(Coherent Legend HE regenerative amplifier and single-pass amplifier, nominal 10 mJ output at 400 Hz\)\. The oscillator must be phase-locked with femtosecond precision to an external RF reference signal at \(2998\.5 ÷ 36\) MHz\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ca0513f9-7d31-46ae-9c0f-b5f3b0299e79-89032)