SSN-2024-084-JS - Leybold Vacuum Pump Dryvac 650 configured with a WH2500 roots blower pump.

Colorado State University hereby gives notice of its intent to purchase Leybold USA, Inc., Dryvac 650 system with silencer via sole source. The Advanced Laser for Extreme Photonics (ALEPH) lab at Colorado State University intends to purchase the vacuum pump system to evacuate gasses from the laser matter interaction chamber to increase repetition rate of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment in the current laser system and for the laser upgrade occurring. The Leybold Dryvac 650 configured with a WH2500 roots blower pump offers high pump speeds at low ultimate pressures with control schemes that are necessary for a systems level integration with CSU’s current vacuum system. CSU’s Petawatt laser is one of the most powerful class 4 lasers in the world. ALEPH serves users from many institutions, including other universities and national laboratories who conduct experiments in relativistic laser-matter interactions.