Technologybusiness Opportunity Optimized Placement Tender - 138722980

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Country: USA

Summary: Technologybusiness Opportunity Optimized Placement of Quartz Rotators in Reverser and other Solutions to Mitigating Thermal Depolarization

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Posting Date: 31 Mar 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 138722980

Document Ref. No.: IL-13924and2025-198

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Opportunity:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its Optimized Placement of Quartz Rotators in Reverser and Other Solutions to Mitigating Thermal Depolarization.
Background:
Depolarization of laser optical components from thermal stress remains a major limitation in high-average-power laser amplifiers. Non-uniform thermal gradients induce mechanical stresses and birefringence. If left uncompensated, laser performance degrades—in power/energy, repetition rate, beam quality, coherence and may even lead to parasitic mechanisms and internal laser damage. The current solutions that mitigate or compensate these effects are often either complex, costly optically active rotator methods or uses magneto-optical effects to restore the polarization, e.g., extremely costly Faraday rotators.
Description:
Novel and cost-effective series of architectures and techniques relating for passive mitigation of thermal depolarization in high average power and peak power laser systems.
Advantages/Benefits:
Cost effective thermal depolarization
Increased laser performance
Longer system life
Potential Applications:
Damage tolerant laser architectures capable of accessing new tradespace in high average power or high peak power laser systems applied to compact laser particle accelerators, fusion energy class laser drivers. Other applications include high-precision materials processing, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, x-ray and gamma ray source generators, laser-based remote-sensing, high-resolution imaging in astrophysics, high-energy density physics.
Development Status:
Current stage of technology development: TRL ☐ 0-2 ☒ 3-5 ☐ 5-9
LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demo...
Notice ID: il-13924and2025-198

Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of

Sub-tier: energy, department of

Office: llns – doe contractor

NAICS Code: 334413 - Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing

Inactive Dates: may 15, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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