Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-07-23
Buyer: Aarhus Universitet
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 33000000 | 38000000
Estimated value: 59900 EUR
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: To enable simultaneous detection of all ion species created when intense femtosecond laser pulses ionizes molecules, we wish to buy a fast optical camera for nanosecond photon time stamping. The camera will record the light emitted from a phosphor screen backing a microchannel plate detector mounted on a velocity map imaging spectrometer.
My research concerns imaging molecules with femtosecond time resolution during fundamental physical processes and chemical reactions. The main experimental observables are ions and electrons, created when a femtosecond laser pulse ionizes a molecule. The ions and electrons are created inside a velocity map imaging spectrometer, that projects them onto a dual microchannel plate (MCP) detector backed by a phosphor screen. The light emitted from the phosphor is currently recorded by a CCD camera. For every charged particle hitting the MCP detector the phosphor screen emits a light glimpse and the CCD records the (x,y)-coordinates, from which we obtain the 2-dimensional velocity vector of the charged particle. For ion detection, the MCP detector is normally time-gated such that only one ion species, for instance fluorine ions, is detected at the time. In many of the experiments we conduct, there are often several different ion species produced and the simultaneous detection of all ion species would be tremendously valuable for the information content of the experiment.
To enable this more complete detection scheme we want to replace the CCD camera with a camera that in addition to detecting the spatial position (x,y) of each event, is also able to time stamp each event individually. We require that the time-resolution of this timing is better than 3 ns. Furthermore, the camera must be able to operate at a repetition rate of more than 10 kHz. Also, the pixel resolution on the sensor of the camera should be at least 250 x 250.
After exploring the market, we are of the opinion that only one company can produce the required achromatic X-ray capillary that suits our experiments, i.e. Sigray Inc. With respect to a complete evaluation of all requirements, beam focus, achromaticity, working distance, capillary dimensions, beam stop and capillary holder, Sigray Inc. is the only company who can provide a product that meets these requirements.
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Winner: Amsterdam Scientific Instruments
Award value: 59900
Number of bids: 1