Purchase of High-Repetition-Rate Ultrafast Laser System
Estimated Value
Up to £220,000
Deadline
5 June 2026
Published
6 May 2026
Type
goods
Overview
The University wishes to purchase a high-repetition-rate ultrafast laser system. The laser will be used for ‘universal’ strong-field ionisation of small molecules (e.g. H2, CO, C2H4, C2H6) in a gas-surface heterogeneous chemical kinetics experiment. The laser system will be installed on a 2.5 x 1.2 m laser table in a laser-laboratory situated in its School of Engineering and Physical Sciences on its Edinburgh campus
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6 May 2026
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