Description
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking a custom optical assembly for laser conditioning. The assembly must be built on a rigid, low-thermal-expansion glass or Invar baseplate and include various optical components, such as a government-furnished butterfly-packaged laser system, optical isolator, and photodetector. The assembly must be mounted in a 19” rack drawer and have fiber-coupling efficiency greater than 70% at each output port. The vendor must provide a test report documenting per-port efficiency and output power, polarization extinction ratio, and thermal test results.
Key features of the required optical assembly include:
• Custom-built on a rigid, low-thermal-expansion glass or Invar baseplate
• Includes government-furnished butterfly-packaged laser system and other optical components
• Must be mounted in a 19” rack drawer
• Requires fiber-coupling efficiency greater than 70% at each output port
• Must provide a test report documenting various performance metrics