Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

66 -- ULTRA FAST LASER SYSTEM WITH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT SOL N68936-00-R-0027 DUE 021800 POC Moira Eiserloh, Contract Specialist, (760) 939-4121, Dell Hledik, Contracting Officer, (760) 939-3772 The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, California intends to procure an Ultra-Fast Laser System (UFLS) that generates very short pulses of coherent light that are tunable in wavelength. The UFLS is a self-contained system consisting of the following components: a seed oscillator, a pump oscillator, a regenerative amplifier, an optical parametric amplifier, a difference frequency generator, and all of the supporting equipment such as cooling systems, and power supplies, etc. In addition, the Government requires the separate diagnostic equipment including software and drivers; operation and maintenance manuals that include schematics for the mechanical drawings with optical components, electrical schematics with components listing, and the cooling system drawings with components identified. The Contractor will integrate and install the system in a Government facility and provide training for qualified Government personnel. The UFLS will be housed and used for physics, optics, and material science experiments in a laboratory by personnel that have experience operating and troubleshooting electronic equipment and nano second pulse width high energy lasers. A vibration isolation (air) table will support the UFLS. The UFLS signal, idler and difference wavelength outputs shall together provide a continuous tuning range of 1.2 to 10 microns. Optional equipment and capabilities include: 1) a single unit that includes the temporal and spectral information, 2) a 1 GHz oscilloscope, 3) Amplifier module to provide energy performance enhancements. Due to the limited laboratory space, this single unit UFLS should have two operating modes: femto second and pico second capabilities. The requirement for each operating mode shall be met for any output signal having met the wavelength requirements as stated above. The UFLS will be made to operate in the pico second mode by manually replacing components in the regenerative amplifier and the optical parametric amplifier. The solicitation will be issued on or about January 24, 2000 and will be available through the 2.0 Contracts Competency home page at: http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~contract/homepubl.htm. There will be a 30-day response time for proposals. Proposals will be evaluated based on the Best Value for the Government. Delivery of the UFLS is required within 4 months of award. Acceptance of the UFLS system will be based upon a successful demonstration of the performance requirements during the site acceptance test. Posted 01/05/00 (W-SN413251). (0005)

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