SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- DEVELOPMENT OF INAIAS AVALANCHE PHOTODETECTOR OPTICAL RECEIVER
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334413
— Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.M, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG09282670R
- Response Due
- 3/9/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/20/2010
- Point of Contact
- Suzanne K Sierra-Bodmer, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-4212, Fax 301-286-1720, - Tammy Seidel, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-1340, Fax 301-286-1654, />
- E-Mail Address
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Suzanne.K.Sierra-Bodmer@nasa.gov, Tammy.Seidel@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for the development of a high performance linear modeInAIAs avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays to support the NASA Advanced ComponentTechnology (ACT) Program. The APD detector arrays will be integrated with transimpedanceamplifiers (TIAs) and assembled into receiver arrays. The avalanche photodiode receiverarray shall meet and demonstrate the following technical goals:- Wavelength: 1.06 m- Noise-Equivalent-Power (NEP): 300 fW/square root of Hz- Bandwidth: &gt;1 GHz- Quantum Efficiency: &gt;75%- K-Effective: &lt;0.15- Fill Factor: &gt;70%Beginning with an APD and receiver technology at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Level2, three years of technical effort are planned. The first year will demonstrate theoptimized individual APD devices with low excess noise and high usable gain. At the endof the second year, the array and the integration with a single TIA will be demonstrated.An integrated microlens technology will be developed in this phase as well. At the end ofthe program, the fully integrated receiver array will be assembled for the ACT program,and the corresponding technology will be promoted to TRL4. The vendor will use an alternative multiplication layer structure to reduce K-Effectiveto &lt;0.15, which is a key requirement for a low-noise APD receiver. The noise from bothAPDs and TIAs are critical to the overall receiver NEP, so the careful matching of thetwo components and shielding of the external noise are extremely important to achieve thevery low NEP specification.The major objectives of this effort are to improve the performance of present linear-modeAPD arrays operating at 1.06 m, improve the quantum efficiency, reduce the NEP and darkcurrent, maintain a bandwidth no less than 1 GHz, integrate the APD array with TIAs, andfinally advance the optical detector array technology to TRL4. NASA/GSFC intends to issue a Request for Proposal No. NNG09282670R on a sole-source basisto Spectrolab, Inc. The authority of Other than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), Only one Responsible Source.Spectrolab, Inc. is the only commercial supplier of devices with the InGaAs/InAlAsdevice structure and is the only available source that is able to develop photodiodedetectors with the following capabilities: High quantum-efficiency (&gt; 75%); Highbandwidth (1 GHz); Low temperature sensitivity; Low bias voltage (&lt; 50 V); Low-noiseperformance (ionization coefficient less than 0.3); Sensitive at the 1064 nm wavelength.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note26.Interested organizations may submit capability statements to perform the effort inwriting to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on March9, 2009. Capability statements will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determiningwhether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination bythe Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis,based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government.Capability statements may be forwarded to Suzanne.K.Sierra-Bodmer@nasa.gov via electronictransmission or facsimile transmission (fax number: 301-286-1720). Oral communicationsare not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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