Purchase Order 1333ND24PNB640278
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business, to provide two terahertz quantum cascade laser (THz-QCL) chips. The $30,100 contract supports NIST's research in characterizing carbon nanotube detectors at terahertz frequencies, which will enhance the agency's calibration and remote-sensing capabilities. Longwave Photonics specializes in terahertz technologies and has a proven track...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded a $108,495 firm fixed price purchase order to Longwave Photonics LLC of Mountain View, California. The contract is for the purchase of one terahertz quantum cascade laser to support NIST programs involving measurement science and standards development in the terahertz frequency range. Performance will take place in Mountain View and run from July 2023 through November...
- This federal contract award, valued at $30,100.00, was issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business located in Mountain View, California. The contract is for the delivery of a Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) Module to support NIST's research in absolute reflectance measurements of microscopic carbon nanotube coatings and enhance its terahertz frequency detector characterization capabilities. The original solicitation...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Rpmc Lasers Inc., a small business, to deliver one (1) long-wave distributed feedback (DFB) quantum cascade laser (QCL) in the amount of $32,563.00. This laser must meet specific technical requirements, including operating in continuous-wave mode at a wavelength of 17.2 ± 0.2 microns with a minimum output power of 1 mW. The contract has a period of performance...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems, for the delivery of one tunable laser to support the agency's Quantum & Nanophotonics Group research on microresonator optical frequency combs. The $56,424.60 contract has a completion date of January 16, 2026 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The laser must meet technical specifications...
- This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems. The $63,440 contract is for the delivery of a single 1300nm tunable laser with specific technical requirements to support NIST's research on nonlinear and quantum integrated photonics devices. The laser must be continuously tunable from 1290-1350nm, deliver over 20mW of output power, and...
- This is a $750,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a high-power, frequency-tunable, phase/frequency-locked, single-mode, external cavity terahertz quantum cascade laser (ECT-QCL) system with over 2 milliwatt average power output and potential to increase to over 10 milliwatts. This system is intended to provide local oscillator sources...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $42,880 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Metrohm Spectro, Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The contract is for the delivery of six photonics integrated (PI) lasers to support a Calcium 40 Ion Experiment being conducted at NIST's facility in Boulder, Colorado. Three of the lasers are required to operate at 346.000 terahertz (approximately 866 nanometers),...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,400.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced laser systems and photonics instrumentation, for the delivery of a 1396nm single frequency laser. This laser will be used in NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear Nanophotonics Group's quantum sensing project involving a strontium optical lattice clock with integrated photonics. The contract has an ultimate completion...
- This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for the development of a high-power, phase/frequency-locked, single-mode terahertz quantum cascade vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (QC-VECSEL) system. This system is intended to provide a...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $110,999 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business, for the delivery of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (THz-QCL) system. This system will be used by NIST's Optical Measurements Group within the Material Measurement Laboratory to test components for a spectro-radiometry calibration and measurement testbed. The key requirements include a continuous wave laser output in the 3.7 to 3.9 THz frequency range with a minimum output power of 0.2 mW. The system must be cryogen-free, operate below 70 K, and include vibration damping, power supply, laser driver, water chiller, and vacuum system. The contract has a completion date of August 1, 2025. This award was not set aside for any specific business size or socioeconomic status.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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THz Quantum Cascade Laser System | 1333ND24PNB640278 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Award Notice 2/2 | 9/24/24, 11:23 AM | |
THz Quantum Cascade Laser System | 1333ND24QNB640351 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 1/2 | 6/20/24, 1:27 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $111.0k | 7/26/24 |