SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Continuously Tunable Laser and Wavelength Meter
- Notice Date
- 12/28/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-SS18-03
- Archive Date
- 1/27/2018
- Point of Contact
- January Magyar, Phone: 3019755442
- E-Mail Address
-
january.magyar@nist.gov
(january.magyar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B117, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 Background: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a continuously tunable laser and wavelength meter for use in quantum optomechanics and optomechanical sensor projects. The tunable, narrow linewidth laser will be used to probe a variety of quantum optics and quantum cavity optomechanics experiments, as well as to probe silicon nanophotonic sensors. The wavelength meter will be used to determine and set the laser wavelength. After market research results are obtained and analyzed, minimum requirements specifications for a continuously tunable laser and wavelength meter will be established. NIST may use these established specifications in conducting a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order in the future. If a minimum of two (2) qualified small businesses are identified during market research stage, then any resulting competitive procurement may be considered for a small business set-aside. Requirements: NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources with 1,000 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Through this notice, NIST is also seeking market information to determine whether to conduct a single competitive procurement for both the continuously tunable laser and wavelength meter or to solicit them as two separate compatible procurements. As a result, even if only able to offer one of the two required products, responsible sources are still encouraged to respond by the notice due date with the requested information. Product Requirements: Continuously Tunable Laser 1. The laser system shall operate over the entire wavelength range of 1520nm-1620nm. It shall be able to scan over the entire wavelength range without mode hopping. 2. The laser shall be able to scan at rates of at least 10 nm/s. 3. The repeatability of the laser scan shall be at least 10 pm. 4. The laser shall have a fiber-coupled output compatible with a single-mode, polarization maintaining, FC-APC connectorized optical fiber, of fiber type PM1550 or equivalent. The laser shall have a linear polarized output with polarization axis aligned to polarization axis of the optical fiber. 5. The laser shall supply at least 25 mW of optical power out of the fiber near the center of the wavelength range and at least 15 mW of optical power over the entire range of 1520nm-1620nm. 6. The system shall provide active control of the output optical power, stabilized to better than 0.1% while scanning over the entire wavelength range. 7. The laser system shall include an optical isolator with better than 50 dB isolation over the entire wavelength range. 8. The laser shall include a high frequency laser current modulation port with a bandwidth of over 100MHz. 9. The laser shall include a piezoelectric actuated frequency modulation port with a bandwidth of over 1 kHz. The piezoelectric actuator shall perform scans of 35 GHz range with a resolution better than 5kHz with the provided controller. The provided piezoelectric transducer controller shall have 10 microvolt or better resolution to allow smooth frequency tuning over the entire range. 10. The linewidth of the laser shall be less than 10 kHz when measured over a 5 microsecond time interval. 11. The linewidth of the laser shall be less than 200 kHz when measured over a 50 millisecond time interval. 12. The laser shall have frequency drift of less 100 MHz per Kelvin change in ambient temperature. 13. The long-term variations of the laser frequency shall be demonstrated to be less than 100 MHz in each hour for a continuous 24-hour period. 14. Any broadband noise or wideband sidebands due to spontaneous emission or other processes shall be lower than 50 dB relative to the coherent laser power when the laser is operated at full power at a wavelength near its center wavelength. 15. The laser shall have relative intensity noise below -150 dBc/Hz in the frequency range from 100 MHz to at least 2 GHz away from the carrier. 16. All necessary hardware controllers and cabling to operate the laser shall be provided. 17. All necessary software to operate the laser shall be supplied. 18. The laser system shall include an integrated PID feedback controller, with two feedback channels capable of servo controlling the laser current and piezoelectric actuator with independently adjustable feedback parameters. The controller must accept an external user-generated error signal. The controller shall have a feedback bandwidth of at least 10kHz. 19. The laser shall be operable via a front panel user interface. Because lab space is constrained, the controller shall function without requiring the use of an external keyboard/mouse, or monitor. The front panel shall include an integrated display screen. The screen shall be able to display laser operation parameters as well as time domain plots of electronic signals derived from a user supplied photodetector such as the error signal supplied to the feedback controller. The feedback controller described in requirement 18 shall be controllable from the front panel user interface. 20. The laser shall be operable remotely via computer control from a user supplied computer running Windows 7 or Windows 10 operating system. The laser operation software must include a graphical user interface to control and monitor laser parameters. Additionally, the software shall provide an interface to adjust the feedback parameters and monitor and control the laser feedback stabilization system described in requirement A18. The software shall provide a display of the externally generated error signal. Interfacing with the computer shall be accomplished with Ethernet or USB connection. 21. To ensure robust, long-term operation, the control system shall include an automated optimization of the laser cavity parameters to achieve mode hop free operation should a gross change in performance occur, rather than requiring a manual user protocol or repair by the vendor. 22. The laser system shall be able to achieve all performance requirements after a warm up period of less than 1 hour. 23. To evaluate requirements A1, A5, A6, A13, A14, A15 the vendor shall, as part of their offering, submit actual data taken on a similar laser system demonstrating performance. This requirement does not imply that verification is not required to meet the other specifications. Wavelength Meter 1. The system shall include a wavelength meter that operates over a range of at least 630nm-1750nm. 2. When calibrated to a user supplied wavelength reference of accuracy much better than 0.2 part per million fractional wavelength error, the accuracy of the wavelength meter must better than 0.2 parts per million fractional wavelength error over the entire operating range. The wavelength meter must reach this accuracy with a warm up period of less than 1 hour. 3. The wavelength meter must accept a fiber coupled input. 4. The wavelength meter must be capable of making at least 500 measurements per second. 5. The wavelength meter must be able to be controlled by a user supplied computer running Windows 7 or Windows 10 operating system. The connection to the computer must be accomplished with either UBS or Ethernet port. The software necessary to operate the wavelength meter must be supplied. 6. The wavelength meter must provide as an output, a feedback signal that can be used to actively stabilize the wavelength of the laser being monitored. Instruction to Responders: Companies that are capable of providing the continuously tunable laser and wavelength meter are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to January.magyar@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company(s) that offer the required supply. In addition, provide a point of contact for the company(s). 2. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery. 3. Interested vendors shall address their capability of providing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. 4. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-SS18-03 /listing.html)
- Record
- SN04777314-W 20171230/171228230742-e0a2d9f5f4539dea6aa96a29a8b8f1cb (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |