Department of Commerce, Mountain Administrative Support Center, Procurement Division, MC3, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303-3328

A -- WAVELENGTH STANDARDS FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SOL Req.# NB815030604027 DUE 011896 POC David S. Groton (303) 497-3107 The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) proposes to negotiate on a sole source basis with William Swann, 7635 Beaver Rd., Glen Burnie, MD 21060 to design, build and characterize moderate-accuracy and high-accuracy wavelength reference systems for wavelength calibration in the 1500 nm region. To meet industry need for traceable wavelength standards to calibrate euipment used in optical fiber communications, NIST plans to produce Standard Reference Material (SRM) absorption cells containing acetylene or hydrogen cyanide vapor. The high accuracy wavelength standard need will be met by stabilizing a fiber laser to a narrow absorption line of rubidium which is laser cooled and confined in a vapor cell trap. This project requires expertise in spectroscopy techniques, constructing and operating diffraction-grating diode laser systems, laser cooling and trapping of atoms using a vapor cell trap, making and evaluating optical fiber Bragg gratings, as well as designing and constructing a variety of laboratory equipment for the above applications. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is set aside for small business. (0353)

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