Supply of Photonic Integrated Circuits for BIFROST Instrument at VLTI
University of Exeter · Awarded contract
AwardedSupply of Photonic Integrated Circuits for BIFROST Instrument at VLTI
Awarded 13 Aug 2023
Awarded13 Aug 2023
Value£102,000.00
SupplierTeem Photonics
AgencyUniversity of Exeter
RegionSouth West
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 3mo ago3y term
Awarded 13 Aug 2023Expired 13 Aug 2026
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The University of Exeter awarded a contract to Teem Photonics for the procurement of two photonics devices, each containing two Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), to serve as the beam combining device within the BIFROST instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI).
The contract, valued at £102,000, supports the development of BIFROST by the optical interferometry group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101003096).
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