The unique technical specification of this tunable external cavity diode laser are: Linewidth: <100 kHz, 50 kHz best effort (5 us integration time);Output power: >= 70 mW (before optical isolation); and Diode current noise: 280 pA/sqrt(Hz) at 1 kHz, < 50 nA pk-pk (0.1 to 10 Hz).

The NAICS Code is 333314- Optical Instruments and Lens Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica for this requirement.
Interested parties that can demonstrate that they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by 9/23/2015. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at [email protected] no later than September 1, 2015 at 5 p.m. MST.