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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 01, 2023 SAM #7856
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- Sources Sought: Widely-Tunable IR Lasers

Notice Date

5/30/2023 12:47:03 PM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
 

ZIP Code

20899
 

Solicitation Number

NB6810102302260
 

Response Due

6/9/2023 11:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

06/24/2023
 

Point of Contact

Ian Robinson
 

E-Mail Address

ian.robinson@nist.gov
(ian.robinson@nist.gov)
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that can provide commercial lasers with tunable wavelength over a wide range, where their respective ranges overlap by a specified amount. These lasers will be used to interrogate micro- and nanophotonic waveguides and cavities for the precision measurement of displacement. NIST is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a commercial item solution that meets or exceeds the following draft minimum specifications: The tunable lasers must have a mode-hop free range that is at least 100 nm wide. The tunable laser must include the power and control electronics for locking the laser to an optical resonator. Specifically, the control electronics must include proportion-integral-derivative (PID) controllers and algorithms for locking to the top and side of an optical resonance. The controller must have an interactive screen for selecting operational modes, setting parameters, visualizing optical resonances of an optically interrogated cavity as the laser tunes, and selecting resonances for locking. The controller must be fully digital with 24 bit inputs for the best control resolution. The laser must also include a single mode fiber coupled output. The laser wavelength must be tunable using a coarse motion stage, a piezoelectric motion stage, and the laser diode current. These tuning methods must be able to operate simultaneously. The laser and power and control electronics must meet or exceed the following specifications: Mode-Hop Free Wavelength Range: Laser 1 - at least 100 nm wide and centered at 1550 nm Laser 2 - at least 100 nm wide and centered at 1500 nm Note: The following specifications apply to both lasers, Laser 1 and Laser 2. Nominal power: at least 25 mW across wavelength range Typical linewidth: 100:1 Fiber coupling efficiency: > 50% Optical isolation efficiency: > 60 dB Optical isolator transmission: > 70%� Piezo optical frequency scan range: at least 30 GHz Maximum wavelength scan speed: > 8 nm/s Smallest possible change in laser frequency: 25 kHz Modulation frequency for resonance locking: Up to 150 kHz SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/7fc84bfbffdc4d07b1522b5d0e03d3e9/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06698609-F 20230601/230530230124 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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