Awarded contract

UKRI-5208 UPLiFT Pulsed Laser Diode System

Details

Buyer: UK Research & Innovation
Supplier(s): Amphos GmbH
Value: GBP 304,300
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Laser diodes
Published: 3 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

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. ## Contract award Title: UKRI-5208 UPLiFT Pulsed Laser Diode System

Timeline

Completed: Award date2 December 2025
Completed: Award published3 December 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date1 January 2030in 3 years

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Relevant CPV codes

31712348 · Laser diodes

Decision makers

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