Purchase Order N0017323P1020

This is a SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Computational Physics, Inc. for the development of a solid state, rapidly tunable filter based on liquid crystal (LC) etalon technology. The key innovation is reducing the tuning time of the LC etalon from a few milliseconds to 100-500 microseconds, with the primary application being integration into a space-based LIDAR (Light Detection and...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $221,667.64 to Coherent NA, Inc. for a Continuously Tunable Pulsed Laser. This laser will be used by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) for their ELS3D project in the photonics lab. The contract has specific performance requirements for the laser, including a tunable range of 600 nm to 2600 nm, adjustable pulse width from 100s of femtoseconds...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for $177,245.00. The contract is for the delivery of tunable lasers and tunable locking lasers, with a completion date of May 17, 2022. This award was not set aside for any specific business category. The original sources sought notice indicated the government was conducting market research to identify potential sources for these...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $319,644.98 firm fixed price definitive contract to Toptica Photonics Inc. for the delivery of three Toptica Photonics laser systems. The solicitation sought a rack-mountable narrow linewidth laser at 455.5nm with over 60mW output, two frequency-doubled amplified laser systems at 585.5nm and 614.3nm each with over 200mW output, and installation and labeling services to meet research needs. Place of performance will be...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $176,520.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a privately held technology company that develops and produces specialized laser systems. The contract is for a 553 nm laser system with associated options, including a frequency-doubled high-power laser, high-power surcharge, electro-optic modulator, automatic alignment optimization, and chiller. The unique features of the 553 nm laser system,...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $50,736.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a tunable laser. The laser will support NIST's efforts to develop an entangled photon source. Under the contract, Toptica Photonics will deliver a tunable laser meeting the specifications provided in the solicitation within 40 weeks of the September 21, 2023 award date. The solicitation sought a commercial item laser under Federal...

Toptica Photonics Inc. was awarded a $104,006 firm fixed price purchase order as a total small business set-aside to deliver two 1550nm tunable lasers to the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology by February 2024. The lasers will support NIST's research programs, as specified in the March 2023 solicitation requesting these products. As a manufacturer of high-end laser systems and photonics components, Toptica will utilize its expertise to provide the specialized...

The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $702,897.50 to Toptica Photonics Inc. to deliver a Rydberg rubidium laser system with difference frequency comb lock. Per the original solicitation, the Naval Research Laboratory sought a turnkey laser system to support quantum memory experiments using Rydberg states. The system delivered by Toptica Photonics includes a continuous wave frequency doubled laser at 480 nanometers with 800...

The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Thorlabs, Inc., a manufacturer of photonics equipment, for a benchtop tunable laser source in the C-band. The $10,465.21 contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by July 11, 2023. Thorlabs, a for-profit organization headquartered in Newton, New Jersey, frequently supports federal research and development efforts through prime contracts and subcontracts with...

This is a $46,325 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Toptica Photonics Inc. on August 23, 2022. The contract is for the delivery of a 1550 nm wavelength continuously tunable laser by May 30, 2023. Toptica Photonics Inc. is a privately held technology company that develops and manufactures high-end laser systems for scientific and industrial applications. They have experience as both a prime contractor and...