Sources Sought Notice for a Fiber Coupled Widely Tunable Laser

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify potential sources of commercial products/services that can provide a fiber-coupled widely tunable diode laser system. The system must meet specific technical specifications, including a wavelength tuning range of at least 160 nm, polarized light delivery, and a wavelength accuracy of less than 2 pm. The system will be used for interferometric displacement measurement in optomechanical systems. • The system must provide turnkey tunable fiber-coupled laser system. • The system must provide laser wavelength tuning range of no less than 160 nm that includes the wavelength 1550 nm. • The system must deliver polarized light to a polarization-maintaining fiber with an FC-APC connector. • The system provide wavelength accuracy of less than 2 pm. • The system must provide wavelength continuous scanning and a scan rate of greater than 150 nm per second. • The system must maintain output power of 10 milliwatts at 1550 nm. • The system must include built-in coherence control to broaden linewidth to greater than 30 MHz without mode-hopping. • The system must support laser linewidth of less than 70 kHz. • The system must provide spontaneous self emission ratio greater than 60 dB, and SMSR greater than 50 dB. • The system must be warranted for a minimum period of 1 year from acceptance.