66 -- NEODYMIUM: YAG (ND:YAG) -- OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR SYSTEM

Notice Date

March 5, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 216, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

691-21109-0000-914

Response Due

March 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Jeanne V. Moschetti, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-3227, Fax (301) 286-1773, Email jmoschet@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Jeanne V. Moschetti (jmoschet@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Description

This is a modification to the synopsis entitled NEODYMIUM: YAG (ND:YAG)- OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR SYSTEM 691-21109-0000-914 which was posted on 2/27/01. You are notified that the following changes are made: NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from Spectra-Physics, 1330 Terra Bella Ave., Mountain View, CA 94039. Spectra-Physics is the only vendor with products and purchasing options meeting all of the requirements. NASA/GSFC plans to revise the specs to the following: Quanta-Ray ND:YAG PRO-250-10 laser with: 1) a single-rod oscillator/dual-rod amplifier configuration with gold-plated elliptical reflectors and off-axis injection seeding capable of producing 475 mJ at 355 nm in a linewidth less than 0.005cm-1; 2) active beam pointing control to better than +25 urads (Beamlok) and devergence-locking detector (D-Lok) to extend flashlamp lifetimes to greater than 40 million shots: 3) the ability to change flashlamps without removing the pump chamber from the laser head; 4) a beam path completely enclosed with beam tubes that are sealed for purging with dry air or nitrogen; 5) individually temperature-controlled, rotatable harmonic generator crystals in a single water-cooled housing with large (38 mm), high-damage-threshold dichroic optics; 6) the option for short ( 2.5ns) pulses in addition to the standard ( 9-12 ns) and long ( 200 us) pulse width. A Quanta-Ray MOPO-HF that mates to the Nd:YAG and has: 1) an all solid state optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on an unstable resonator design and hard-coated, sealed beta barium borate (BBO) crystals in a master oscillator/power oscillator (MOPO) configuration; 2) continuous tuning from 450-705 and 715-1700 nm without changing any optical components, including dichroic separation optics, with a linewidth less than 0.075 cm- 1 across the entire tuning range; 3) energy output at 450 nm greater than 50 mJ/pulse and greater than 75mJ/pulse at 500 nm with a signal beam divergence less than 2 mrda; 4) fully automated scanning from look-up tables and auto-tracking feedback loops that track and small portion of the MOPO output to optimize crystal angles for peak power and can be used to write standard look-up tuning tables; 5) a compact one-touch automated remote module that displays both signal and idler wavelegth readouts and has optional RS-232/IEEE-488 interface capability with LabVIEW drivers provided for the system; 6) an option for a frequency doubling unit that is integrated on the same platform as the MOPO and has a doubling efficiency of at least 10% at 500 nm. These items will be purchased as a phased buy with the Nd:YAG acquired first in CY01 and the OPO acquired in CY02. The vendor must agree to a system price with no more an increase of 5% of the OPO's cost in the out year and to invoicing only for each item when it is delivered. The due date for receipt of quotes is extended to 3/22/01. Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet and are in Microsoft Office 97 format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=CL&pin=51 Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010307/66SOL006.HTM (D-064 SN50F2F5)