SSN-2024-097-GS - Compact Ultra High Contrast OPCPA Laser

Colorado State University hereby gives notice of its intent to purchase an ORPHEUS Compact Ultra High Contrast Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplified (OPCPA) Laser from Light Conversion via sole source. This laser is a key component of the ALEPH laser upgrade project with required attributes of broad gain bandwidth, high temporal contrast, extremely high gain in a thin crystal, less accumulation of nonlinear effects, and small thermal effect and tunability of the gain spectral range.