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UK Research & Innovation

UKRI-1659 METIS - Integral Field Unit (IFU) Components

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38636000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published21 Apr 2022
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
University of Durham

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Elizabeth Gage
Elizabeth.Gage@ukri.org
+44 1235446553

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, will be the world’s largest telescope operating in the visible and infrared wavelength domain.

It is part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an inter-governmental research organization.

METIS is an imager and spectrometer for the (ELT), operating at wavelengths of 2.7 micron to around 14 micron.

The integral field unit (IFU) is an all reflective image slicing IFU with 28 slices.

It is intended that the optical components of the IFU will be manufactured using single point diamond machining to generate the multiple mirror facets on monolithic components.

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OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
010344-2022
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