Attachment 1 SOW.docx

Statement of Work Swept wavelength characterization system

I. Background/Purpose:

The research work of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division within the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), as part of the CHIPS metrology program, has a requirement for a swept wavelength characterization system to help develop advanced measurement methods and test structures for integrated photonics manufacturing. The need is for a calibrated, broadly tunable swept-wavelength laser system across the telecommunication S, C, and L bands. The system must have adequate overall tuning range, spectral resolution, sweep linearity, power control, synchronized detection, and synchronized polarization control to enable complete characterization of photonic integrated circuit components such as resonators, waveguides, couplers, interferometers, and filters. The overall system will be used or spectral measurement of optical insertion loss and polarization dependent loss of the above components. In addition, the system will be used for component characterization at fixed optical wavelengths.

II. Minimum Requirements

The Contractor shall provide a Firm Fixed Price quotation for a swept-wavelength characterization system composed of several items as listed below. The swept-wavelength characterization system must meet or exceed the technical specifications listed below. All items must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered for award. Experimental, prototype, or custom items will not be considered. The use of “gray market” components not authorized for sale in the U.S. by the proposer is not acceptable. All line items shall be shipped in the original manufacturer’s packaging and include all original documentation and software, when applicable.

Technical Specifications:

Contract Line Item 0001: Swept-wavelength laser Quantity: 1

1. Wavelength coverage: at least 1450 nm -1650 nm

2. Sweep speed: 200 nm/s or higher down to 1 nm/s

3. Spectral resolution: 0.1 pm or better

4. Laser linewidth: <10 kHz instantaneous (Lorentzian) linewidth

5. Laser relative intensity noise (RIN): <-150 dB/Hz

6. Side-mode suppression ratio: >60 dB across the full wavelength range

7. Signal to source spontaneous emission ratio: >80 dB/nm

8. Output power: >5 dBm across the full wavelength range

9. Power flatness during a sweep: better than +/-0.25 dB during a nominally constant power sweep

10. Absolute wavelength accuracy during a sweep: +/-1.5 pm or better

11. Relative wavelength accuracy during a sweep: +/-1 pm or better

12. Hardware triggering: analog trigger input and trigger output connections for initiating laser sweeping and synchronizing other equipment to the laser sweep

13. Fixed wavelength operation: ability to tune to any wavelength within the range specified in 1.1 with an absolute wavelength accuracy that is +/-2 pm or better, a wavelength repeatability that is +/-0.5 pm or better, and a wavelength stability that is +/-0.5 pm across 24 hrs or better.

14. Optical output: polarization maintaining single mode fiber or bulkhead connector for single mode fibers with FC/PC or FC/APC connectors

Contract Line Item 0002: Optical attenuator Quantity: 1

1. Number of channels: four

2. Attenuation wavelength range: at least 1260 nm – 1650 nm

3. Attenuation range: at least 0 to 40 dB

4. Attenuation resolution: 0.01 dB or finer

5. Attenuation repeatability: +/-0.025 dB or better

6. Blocking attenuation: The ability to block the output optical signal with at least 45 dB of attenuation must be provided.

7. Insertion loss: < 2.5 dB

8. Maximum input power: at least 27 dBm

9. Power control option: must include integrated optical power monitoring to enable output power setting as well as attenuation setting. In power setting mode, the range of powers must be from -40 dBm to 20 dBm or wider

10. Hardware triggering: Ability to run trigger attenuation sweeps using an external trigger input and provision of a trigger output to synchronize other equipment

11. Optical input/output: bulkhead connectors for single mode fibers with FC/PC or FC/APC connectors

Contract Line Item 0003: Polarization synthesizer/controller Quantity: 1

1. Wavelength coverage: at least 1260 nm – 1650 nm

2. Output polarization control: arbitrary control of output polarization state across the full Poincare sphere for any arbitrary input polarization state within the Poincare sphere

3. Polarization stabilizer: ability to maintain the output polarization state independent of changes to the independent polarization state

4. Polarization switching: ability to switch between arbitrary polarization states across the full Poincare sphere at a >10 kHz rate

5. Polarization scrambling: ability to randomly vary the state of polarization across the full Poincare sphere

6. Output power sensitivity: as the state of polarization is changed, the output power should not change by more than 1 dB across the entire wavelength range

7. Polarization analysis: Instrument can be used for polarization analysis with up to 1 million samples at a rate of 1 million samples per second

8. Insertion loss: <5 dB

9. Input power range: -30 dBm or lower up to 16 dBm or higher

10. Hardware triggering: Ability to trigger polarization scrambling through an external trigger input

11. Optical input/output: bulkhead connectors for single mode fibers with FC/PC or FC/APC connectors

Contract Line Item 0004: Power meter Quantity: 1

1. Main wavelength range: at least 1260 – 1650 nm

2. Extended wavelengths: extended wavelength sensitivity in the 800 nm – 900 nm range for use with alignment sources

3. Number of channels: 4

4. Power range: -80 dBm (or lower) up to 10 dBm (or higher)

5. Averaging time: as low as 1 microsecond and as high as 10 seconds

6. Analog bandwidth: as high as 250 kHz

7. Data logging capability: 2 buffers for each channel and at least 1 million points per buffer

8. Measurement uncertainty: +/- 5 % or better across the full wavelength range

9. Hardware triggering: trigger input and output connections for synchronization with other equipment

10. Analog output: an analog output connection for each power meter channel must be provided

11. Optical input: bulkhead connectors for single mode fibers with FC/PC or FC/APC connectors

Additional system-level specifications:

1. Laser system (CLIN 0001), optical attenuator (CLIN 0002), polarization control (CLIN 0003), and power meter (CLIN 0004) must be compatible with each other through hardware synchronization and software interfaces to enable wavelength-dependent insertion loss and polarization dependent loss measurements with all specifications listed above. This includes:

a. The laser must come with a trigger output to the polarization synthesizer

b. The polarization synthesizer must accept the laser trigger output and send its own trigger signal to the power meter

c. The power meter must accept the polarization synthesizer trigger output (or laser trigger output, if the polarization synthesizer is not used) to synchronize its data logging with the laser sweep

d. The insertion of the optical attenuator and/or optical switch in the system must incorporate their hardware triggering or otherwise not impact the above requirements

2. The overall system must be computer-controlled with software provided to initiate measurements and record data. The software license must be perpetual

3. Software must be provided to configure equipment and record data for:

a. Wavelength-dependent insertion loss measurement at 0.1 pm spectral resolution. Sweep speed, sampling rate, and scan repetition are amongst the controls that must be offered

b. Polarization-dependent loss measurements as a function of wavelength using the Muller matrix method and/or state-of-polarization scrambling. Software must provided automated analysis to calculate the polarization dependence through the device under test and provide output spectra corresponding to orthogonal polarization axes (e.g., corresponding to TE and TM polarizations for the device under test)

c. Zeroing functions to measure dark signals and ensure accuracy of low power measurements

d. Wavelength-dependent insertion loss measurements at a fixed state-of-polarization and 0.1 pm spectral resolution

e. Application programming interface: an API including all relevant drivers and command sets through Python or Labview programming languages must be included to enable end user custom integration and automation.

III. Deliverables:

Delivery shall be FOB destination and shall occur within 120 days after receipt of order (ARO). FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all Line Items to:

National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640 IV. Inspection and Acceptance

In addition to the inspection and acceptance terms articulated in FAR 52.212-4, the Government reserves the right to perform such performance tests and evaluations as defined below to verify specified system performance. Such tests and evaluations, if performed, shall be conducted within the environment that the system is to be operated. The Contractor has the right to be present during the tests and evaluations, if performed, at the Contractor’s expense.

The place of acceptance shall be:

NIST

100 Bureau Drive, Building 216 Gaithersburg, MD 20899

V. Installation

Installation will be completed by NIST.

VI. Training

No in-person training is required. The vendor will provide any relevant videos, operating manuals, and other materials needed to use the equipment.

VII. Warranty

The contractor shall warrant the system and provide support for a minimum of one year and shall be in accordance with terms in FAR 52.212-4.

VIII. Payment Schedule

The Contractor shall be paid, in accordance with Net 30-day payment terms, upon receipt and acceptance of a proper invoice, in accordance with the following schedule:

1. 100% after receipt, installation, and acceptance by the TPOC of fully delivered system

2. The Government anticipates inspection will occur within two weeks of system delivery

NOTE: Partial shipments and partial invoices will not be accepted, unless otherwise requested and accepted by the Contracting Officer prior to award offer. Proposed payment schedules shall be submitted with vendor’s response to the RFQ for consideration.

IX. Cybersecurity Privacy Requirements

NIST seeks a solution that provides security and privacy protection consistent with requirements defined by applicable federal laws, regulations, policies, and standards (e.g., the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), OMB Circular A-130, and FIPS Publication 200). The solution provider (including subcontractors) may meet these requirements through various means, including but not limited to FedRAMP authorization, current third-party assessments (e.g., SSAE, PCI), and/or responses to NIST special publication control set SP 800-171.

Minimally Acceptable Controls

· System security plan describing physical, technical, and administrative controls implemented to protect systems and sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII).

· IT management processes to establish and manage secure configuration baselines including routine patching for all operating systems and applications.

· Access to SPII is restricted to those with a need to know. Personnel with access to SPII have background investigations performed (e.g. criminal, financial etc.), and are trained on secure handling of SPII.

· Access Controls for SPII meet or exceed industry best practices for access and identification control including, but not limited to, connectivity to servers and databases, multi-factor authentication for remote accesses for administration, secure configurations for any devices accessing the system, and strong physical security for any place where the data is accessed.

· The solution supports multifactor authentication for users and/or supports integration with customer federation services for Single-Sign capability.

· Processes for scanning on a continual basis for vulnerabilities and proper configurations for all aspects of the system, as well as processes for timely mitigation of findings.

· Auditing and Incident Response processes including customer notification of suspected or actual incidents and logging with sufficient information to perform forensics on any incident. Processes for notifying and providing appropriate mitigations, including but not limited to credit monitoring services, for subsidy applicants in the event of suspected or actual incidents.

· SPII is encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 or better and encrypted at rest in all places the SPII is stored. All encryption algorithms and modules are FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated.

If unable to meet any of the requirements listed above, the solution provider may provide details of mitigations or alternative protections in place to ensure the appropriate handling and protection of SPII.

If the solution provider provides services to other Federal agencies, provide a general description of the security risk management approach and client point of contact.