SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- AFRL/MNG Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 9/3/2003
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Eglin Research Site, 101 West Eglin Blvd Suite 337, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6810
- ZIP Code
- 32542-6810
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AFRL-MNG-03-01
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2003
- Point of Contact
- Martin Kradlak, Contracting Officer, Phone 850-882-4294x3402, Fax 850-882-9599, - Janice Jones, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-4294, Fax null,
- E-Mail Address
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martin.kradlak@eglin.af.mil, janice.jones@eglin.af.mil
- Description
- The government is soliciting the submission of whitepapers from commercial sources for the following topics. The whitepapers should provide a description of the company capabilities in the topic areas. Limit length of whitepapers to a maximum of 10 pages. Send whitepapers to Martin Kradlak, AFRL/MNK, 101 W. Eglin Blvd, Suite 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810 or e-mail to martin.kradlak@eglin.af.mil. For technical questions the POC is Dr. Brian H. Miles, AFRL/MNGS, (850) 882-1724 ext 110, brian.miles@eglin.af.mil Topic: The government is soliciting the submission of whitepapers from commercial sources that have demonstrated advanced technology for two color focal plane array (FPA) detector arrays sensitive in the 1-2.3 micron region. Each detector in the array must provide two distinct current outputs, one for each band of interest. The two bands will be spectrally separated by at least 50nm. It is expected that the focal plane will be used to measure two laser wavelengths simultaneously. For example, the two wavebands might be any (but not limited to) of the following waveband pairings 1.2 /1.8 microns, 1.0 /1.6 microns, or 1.5/2.1 microns. Individual detector elements in the focal plane array must have bandwidth in excess of 1GHz. Detector-to-detector spacing or pitch should be on the order of 40-100 microns. The detector array should have very good sensitivity and the FPA should be capable of providing simultaneous output through a suitably designed readout of all pixels. Note only detector technology and not readout technology is being sought in this listing. The focal plane effective fill factor (with or without microlens array) should be in excess of 80%. It is preferred that each spectral channel of the detector array provide a high degree of isolation (>20dB) from the adjacent detector, but other approaches including detector differencing, while less desirable, may be considered as well. The detector is expected to be highly sensitive and will not be subjected to high laser fluence. Topic: The government is soliciting the submission of whitepapers from commercial sources that have demonstrated advanced product technology in the area of optical micropolarizer arrays or arrays of micropolarizers. Specifically, the micropolarizers should have high (>100:1) extinction ratio at any wavelength from 1-2.3 microns. The size of the overall micropolarizer array could reach 1 inch on each side with individual micropolarizers on the order of 50-100 microns square. The micropolarizers can be etched into the FPA array, bonded to the FPA or suspended above the FPA. While it is expected that the main interest is in micropolarizers which are linear diattenuators or linear polarizers, sources of combinations of linear micropolarizers and micro-retarder plates are sought as well. Products are sought that provide minimal cross talk between channels, high overall transmission and low absorption for the ?pass? state of polarization. The micropolarizer array will not be subject to high optical power.
- Record
- SN00423673-W 20030905/030903213354 (fbodaily.com)
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