Continuously Tunable Laser Systemview on SAM.gov

This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under RFO Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334413 (Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,250 Employees. The Government requires the purchase of Continuously Tunable Laser System, and intends to negotiate a sole-source award for this requirement with Toptica Photonics, Inc., 1120 Pittsford Victor Rd. Pittsford, NY 14534. Applicable Toptica Photonics, Inc. part numbers are as follows: - DLC CTL 1320 - SUR SPECIAL CTL - FD2 - DLC BOOSTA PRO HP - OK-001362 - FIBERDOCK BOOSTA IN - FD2 HP The Government has determined that other companies' products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet the Government's needs. Toptica Photonics, Inc. is the only known commercial vendor capable of offering products that meet the Government's following essential requirements: Item 1 – Continuously Tunable Laser with all-digital control electronics Wavelength tuning: 1290 - 1370 nm or wider, no mode-hops through 1350 nm Output power: > 13 mW from single mode fiber over the wavelength range, max power output above 20 mW Optical isolation: at least 50 dB Scan speed: at least 10 nm/sec or faster Absolute wavelength accuracy: 130 pm or more accurate through 1350 nm Relative wavelength accuracy: 10 pm or more accurate through 1350 nm Instantaneous linewidth: narrower than 1 kHz Short term linewidth: less than 10 kHz Piezo scan: at least 35 GHz Piezo step size: 5 kHz or less Output beam with above power characteristics: TEM00 mode AC and DC current modulation of laser Electronics Reqs: Lowest noise and drift & high resolution current driver Temp controller Piezo controller FPGA electronics for digital scanning, locking and relocking, FFT, and output power stabilization Data recording Graphical interface and command interface, interfaces with computers Item 2 – Fiber Coupler Unit 2 meter FC/APC PM fiber for 1290-1370 nm output included Stable fiber coupler with X,Y,Z degrees of freedom. Flexure based alignment FC/APC connector to control output beam shape: M2 less than 1.5 Linearly polarized output, at least 99:1 System should include: Mounted TA chip with collimation and beam shaping optics and thermal control Integration of optical isolators High bandwidth current modulation 10A current controller for tapered amplifier with low noise and drift electronics FPGA electronics for digital scanning, locking and relocking, FFT, and output power stabilization Data recording Graphical interface and command interface, interfaces with computers Item 3 – Tapered…