UKSBS PR16037 - D100X Optics - Large Aperture Mirrors & Lenses.

D100X Optics Bundle 4 - Large Aperture Mirrors & Lenses for a High Energy Laser.

Proposals are sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for the supply of a large aperture optics bundle comprising high-reflectivity (HR) rectangular mirrors and anti-reflection (AR) coated circular lenses.

These will form an integral part of the multi-pass laser amplifier and beam transport for the 100 J amplifier system being built for the D-100X Project.

These optics will be incorporated into the amplifier system that will be operated at room temperature in ambient atmospheric conditions.

The optics will be tested in the system at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK, before being transported to and commissioned in the European XFEL Facility in Hamburg, Germany.

This document along with the accompanying technical specification sheets and drawings, describes the technical specification for these optics. The minimum scope of the contract is for manufacture, polishing, coating, optical testing, certification and delivery to RAL.

Please note: This tender opportunity is identified as 'Bundle 4' due to the procurement strategy for the D100X Project dividing the required optics into appropriate groupings for tender.

Bundle 4 is the first optics bundle to be procured, due to longer lead times and complexity in the specifications.

It is anticipated Bundles 1-3 of the optics will be tendered for in the next two-three months.

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