Purchase Order 1333ND18PNB680526

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Metrohm Spectro, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for $42,880.00 on September 16, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The order procures six photonics integrated lasers for a Calcium 40 Ion Experiment: three lasers operating at 346.000 THz (~866 nm) and three at 350.863 THz (~854 nm). Each laser must deliver single-mode TEM00 output exceeding 30 mW, instantaneous linewidth under 200...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. for a 1078 nm fiber tunable laser on September 4, 2025, with a ceiling value of $17,705.03. Place of performance is Denmark. The procurement acquired a single laser unit for use in a molecule laser cooling platform supporting advanced pressure and temperature metrology. The laser meets technical specifications including continuous wave single frequency output between 1077.8–1078.2 nm, minimal...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a single frequency laser valued at $37,400.00 on September 2, 2025. The order calls for a 1396 nm continuous wave laser system with optical frequency stability less than 100 MHz per Kelvin, short-term linewidth of 100 kHz or less, optical fiber coupled output, and an electronic controller with current and temperature control and modulation capabilities for NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear...

<p>The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $19,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Winters Electro-Optics Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the replacement of laser tubes to refurbish existing iodine lasers. The contract has a completion date of August 19, 2024 and was awarded on May 21, 2024. No set-aside designation was used for this procurement.</p>

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Keysight Technologies, Inc. a $140,000 purchase order contract to deliver a tunable laser system for the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML). As a prime contractor, Keysight Technologies will provide the laser system through its Colorado Springs, Colorado division for use in PML programs that conduct research, develop standards and test methods across a wide range of physical and materials...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $417,900 firm-fixed-price purchase order to IPG Photonics Corporation to deliver a far-infrared dual frequency comb laser system. The notice of intent to sole source referenced market research finding IPG Photonics as the only company capable of meeting the required technical specifications for a system operating from 5 to 20 micrometers wavelength, producing over 100 milliwatts of output power while consuming less than 1 megawatt of...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $60,300 firm fixed-price purchase order to IPG Photonics Corporation on April 22, 2025, for a high-power single-frequency 532 nanometer laser system. The contract, designated OU68-25-NEW-049, calls for delivery of a new, factory-packaged laser with a minimum output power of 18 watts to support advanced scientific research in quantum metrology and optical trapping of laser-cooled molecules within NIST's Fundamental Thermodynamics...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,109 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to NKT Photonics Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of advanced photonics equipment based in Denmark. The contract is for the delivery of a narrow linewidth 1112nm laser to support research and development activities within NIST's Physical Measurements Lab. The laser must meet precise technical specifications, including a center wavelength of 1111.60 nm and a linewidth of 5 mW....

<p>The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $175,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of high-end laser systems, to provide a frequency-stabilized, narrow-linewidth laser for NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML). The contract was awarded on July 8, 2019, with a completion date of December 9, 2019. This contract was not set aside for any small business program.</p>

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a 1300nm laser on September 2, 2025, with a ceiling value of $63,440.00. The order is set aside for small business. Work is performed in Pittsford, New York. The procurement calls for a continuously tunable 1300nm laser delivering over 20mW output power with optical isolation, short-term linewidth under 10kHz, and fiber coupling efficiency above 50 percent. The laser must be new from an...