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58 -- SAPPHIRE LASER SOL N00173-99-Q-0017 POC Darlene Copp, Purchasing Agent, (202) 767-2374 The Naval Research Laboratory has a requirement for a tsunami lite model 3941 regeneratively mode-locked femtosecond Sapphire laser operating at 1053 nm, low expansion high mass Invar mechanical resonator with close-referenced precision opto-mechanical mounts, regenerative mode-locking system with broad band Brewster-Angle Modulator and drive electronics to automatically start and sustain mode-locking in femtosecond operation, 4 prism group velocity dispersion compensation sequence for femtosecond operation, diagnostics for pulse operation, relative power and mode-locker temperature, compact purgable enclosure for stability and elimination of oxygen and vapor, thermal bath to maintain stable temperature of the Ti: Sapphire rod and should have provision to be tunable, and testing for 1053nm output with a minimum of 200 mW at 1053nm when pumped with 14 W of near TEM00 multiline from an Argon Ion laser. Item should be brand name or equal. Please visit our website http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/supply for copies of solicitation package. Paper copies will not be issued. See Note(s): 1. Posted 11/30/98 (I-SN275452). (0334)

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