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# Grinder

[University of Southampton](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

13 Nov 2015

Deadline

Closed

5 Dec 2015

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

### Characteristics of the system

We seek to acquire an automated wafer surface grinding system with ancillary equipment to enhance the University of Southampton's optical and semiconductor materials processing capabilities for a number of high-impact projects in the major engineering themes of; Quantum Technologies and Photonics. This system will be integrated into existing lab facilities in the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton and will be used to expand the breadth of our manufacturing capabilities to stimulate new research ties across academia and industry via the EPSRC Quantum Hub initiative. The acquisition of this system will enable university researchers to manufacture new combinations of micron-scale-thickness optical and semiconductor material layers to tackle fundamental research in quantum light-matter interactions, quantum sensors, and telecommunications.

### Purpose of the Equipment

Planarisation and thinning of optical and semiconductor wafer materials to dimensions and surface roughness suitable for optical applications. The first example application will be thinning of carrier-bonded lithium niobate crystal wafers to layer thicknesses of 10 microns or less with a surface finish suitable for optical propagation (

## CPV classification

Milling machines

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

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