# UKRI-3259 NQCC Strontium Ion Laser Suite

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [TOPTICA Photonics AG](/contract-winners/toptica-photonics/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £640,810
- Tender value: £640,810
- Award date: 10 November 2023
- Published: 17 November 2023
- Contract start: 13 November 2023
- Contract end: 23 July 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 05fa491a-8796-4c46-9cd1-81e4a00172f4-699519
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-551959e5-0893-4f01-8916-cc5ee06b0ae7

## Description

Part of the National Quantum Computing Centre's core strategy is the design an development of quantum computing hardware\. One of the hardware platforms we are developing is based on trapped ions\. In ion trap quantum computing, multiple lasers are required to interact with the internal states of a single and multiple ions\. Strontium is one of the most widely employed atomic species in trapped ion experiments\. To this end, the NQCC requires two laser suites to provide the laser light required for strontium hardware platforms\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/05fa491a-8796-4c46-9cd1-81e4a00172f4-699519)