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66 -- VERDI 5 WATT SOLID STATE LASER SOURCE SOL NB847000221BJ DUE 081000 POC BJ Roberts, Purchasing Agent, (303) 497-3799 or FAX (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC ACQUISITIONS MANAGEMENT, barbara.roberts@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for an all solid-state laser source at 532 nanometers that is suitable for nonlinear sum-frequency-mixing (SFM). The single-frequency output radiation at 532 nanometers will be doubled to 266 nanometers in an external power-enhancement cavity using the nonlinear crystal BBO. The single-frequency radiation at 266 will be summed with light at 717 nanometers to generate narrowband, single-frequency, broadly tunable radiation at 194 nanometers. The 194 nanometers radiation will be used to laser-cool electro-magnetically stored mercury ions. The output power level at 532 nanometers must be 5 W or greater. The laser must operate in both a single transverse mode and a single longitudinal mode. The laser must be single-frequency with a linewidth less than 5 megahertz. The mode must be Gaussian (M and 2 less than 1.1). The power stability is to be no worse than plus or minus one percent after a 30 minute warmup, and the amplitude noise must be less than 0.04 percent from 10 hertz to 1 gigahertz. The output polarization is to be linear (greater than 100 to 1). The beam waist should be on the order of 1 millimeter. Our research schedule requires a delivery time of less than 12 weeks ARO. The most critical specification is Single Longitudinal Mode. It is the intent of the Government to award this procurement on a sole source basis under authority of 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1) with Coherent Laser Group this procurement is being conducted per FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (NTE $100,000). This synopsis is issued for information only. No competitive solicitation is planned. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether or not use of competitive procedures to fulfill this requirement would be in the Government's best interest and must address qualifications pertinent to this requirement. No RFQ is available. All technical questions shall be addressed to James C. Bergquist of NIST at 303 497-5459. Posted 07/25/00 (D-SN478693). (0207)

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