Sweden - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Description

The procurement:The group of Prof. Raimund Feifel from the Department of Physics at the University of Gothenburg asks for a femtosecond pulse duration, high peak power laser system. This laser system will require 2 output arms of differing repetition rates and pulse energies, which will be referred to as the low repetition rate (LRR) arm and high repetition rate (HRR) arm, respectively. It would be highly advantageous for the 2 arms to be capable of being operated simultaneously, such that 2 experiments may be operated at the 2 different pulse repetition rates, with transform limited pulses for both outputs. Both output arms will be used in experiments that will generate ultraviolet radiation primarily by 2 different methods. First, perturbative harmonic generation methods, whereby the fundamental is focused into a nonlinear crystal or some other frequency mixing process, will be used in order to generate harmonics of the fundamental at 2-5 times the fundamental laser frequency. Second, the laser will be used to drive the high harmonic generation process in a gas cell, whereby a high peak power laser pulse focused through a suitable medium such as a gas cell may generate a broad spectrum of harmonics of the fundamental laser frequency. This UV radiation will be used to perform time resolved photo-electron and photo-ion spectroscopy.

Opportunity closing date

21 October 2019

Value of contract

to be confirmed