# 734 - Femtosecond Laser

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Aston University](/buyers/aston-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: COHERENT EUROPE BV
- Award value: £230,000
- Tender value: £300,000
- Award date: 25 September 2023
- Published: 27 September 2023
- Contract start: 26 September 2023
- Contract end: 25 September 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: a8bb2f33-87e3-4694-a655-d59571e51ed3-683896
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b606ef10-c2bc-4296-8f47-f508a0e3cea3

## Description

The School of Engineering and Physics at Aston University is looking to procure one \(1\) x femtosecond laser system to replace an old Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier laser\. The equipment must: - be able to produce laser pulses comparable to or better than the current femtosecond laser source which is of 1kHz repetition rate, central wavelength of 800nm , pulse duration <150fs , pulse energy of ~1mJ, M^2 <1\.2 , beam diameter of 5mm\. -be able to produce stable laser pulses with root-mean-square deviation \(RMSD\) <0\.5% for pulse to pulse energy within an appreciable long time span \( > 2 hours\)\. -have user friendly control panel or interface\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a8bb2f33-87e3-4694-a655-d59571e51ed3-683896)