Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB670318
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Oewaves, Inc. on July 20, 2026, for an ultrastable laser with a ceiling value of $72,596.00 and a firm fixed price. The order is not set-aside and is due for completion on October 14, 2026. Work is performed in Pasadena, California. The purchase order calls for delivery of a narrow linewidth laser system meeting demanding performance specifications for precision metrology applications. This represents a sole-source...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Oewaves, Inc. a $38,756 firm fixed price purchase order to deliver an ultra narrow single linewidth laser. As part of its mission to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness, NIST supports research in precision measurement and standards which this laser will enable. Oewaves will perform all work on this contract in Pasadena, California by the scheduled completion date of November 24, 2023. No...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $89,106 to Oewaves, Inc. for a CS laser system on April 10, 2025. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by July 18, 2025, with performance taking place at Oewaves' facility in Pasadena, California. Oewaves, a specialized manufacturer of advanced microwave photonic products and laser technologies, was selected to deliver this precision laser...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $29,756 firm fixed price purchase order to Oewaves, Inc. of Pasadena, California. The contract is to deliver a tunable laser with an ultralow linewidth of below 7 Hz, and potentially below 1 Hz, over the telecommunications wavelength band of 1500-1600 nm. NIST requires the laser in support of its research on photonic crystals and efforts to control and probe such structures at the quantum level. The sole...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Wavelength References Incorporated for $23,570.00 on July 13, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. The order covers two narrow-band, wavelength-locked laser systems—one locked at 1530 nm and one at 1550 nm—for use in NIST's metropolitan quantum network to evaluate phase stabilization approaches. Each system must deliver linewidth less than 5 kHz at 3 dB, power output exceeding 25 mW, at least 60 dB optical...
- <p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to Oewaves, Inc. for $34,550.00 on September 11, 2025, for an OE Waves OE4040 HI-Q C-band laser with 210 GHz tuning range. Performance will be completed at the contractor's facility in Pasadena, California, with an ultimate completion date of November 21, 2025. The order is firm fixed price with no small business set-aside.</p>
- 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...
- 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...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Oewaves, Inc., a small business manufacturer. The contract is for the delivery of a 1348 nm tapered amplifier laser with specific performance parameters, including a mode-hop-free thermal tuning range greater than 10 GHz and an instantaneous linewidth below 125 Hz. The total ceiling value of the contract is $80,023. This award was the result of a small...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Optasense, Inc. for a Low Relative Intensity Noise 2-Watt Continuous Wave Laser system valued at $30,430 on September 11, 2025. The order carries a total small business set-aside. Performance occurs at the awardee's facility in Santa Clara, California, with an ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026. The laser system delivers 1550.12 nm wavelength, 2W output power, FC/APC connector, frequency modulation...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Oewaves, Inc. valued at $35,748 on August 7, 2026, for a narrow linewidth laser. Performance is located in Pasadena, California. The order requires delivery of a single narrow-linewidth laser operating at 1550 nm in the C-band with single-frequency, continuous-wave output, linewidth below 1 Hz, minimum optical output power of 20 mW, 10 GHz thermal tuning range with frequency tuning sensitivity of 10–25 MHz/V, integrated driver/controller electronics, and external frequency modulation capability from DC to 100 kHz bandwidth with fine tuning range of 100 MHz. The system will serve as an ultra-stable optical frequency reference for electro-optic waveform metrology, coherent timing distribution, and synchronization applications. Ultimate completion is October 2, 2026. The order originated from a market-research sources-sought notice posted June 12, 2026, with responses due June 24, 2026.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Sources Sought - Narrow Linewidth Laser | NB672000-26-02021 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 6/12/26, 10:45 AM | |
Solicitation - Narrow Linewidth Laser | NB672000-26-02021 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/2 | 7/6/26, 1:28 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $35.7k | 8/6/26 |