Attachment 1 SOW.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

Optical Techniques, Devices, and Measurements (Unclassified)

10/02/2021

Version 3.0

SOLICITATION #N00173-21-R-NA01

ATTACHMENT 1

Table of Contents

1.0 Background………………………………………………………………………..3

2.0 Scope………………………………………………………………………………3

3.0 General Requirements……………………………………………………………..5

4.0 Technical Task……………………………………………………………………..8

5.0 Period of Performance……………………………………………………………12

6.0 Level of Effort…………………………………………………………………….12

7.0 Support Elements…………………………………………………………………13

8.0 Security Requirements……………………………………………………………13

9.0 Deliverables………………………………………………………………………13

STATEMENT OF WORK

OPTICAL TECHNIQUES, DEVICES AND MEASUREMENTS

1.0 Background

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) carries out a variety of research, laser development, and applications-oriented activities in the generation of sensing systems, integrated optics communication systems, platform protection systems, threat materials characterization and threat surrogates development. The research, both theoretical and experimental, is concerned with discovering and understanding the basic principles and mechanisms involved in optical devices, materials and phenomena. It describes research to develop and produce optical materials and techniques that are the subject of certain key research projects at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.

2.0 Scope

2.1 Desired technical services will focus on unclassified basic and applied research and experiments over a 5-year period for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C. These efforts include a number of inter-related tasks that vary in both their technical dimensions and deliverable products. However, several tasks may support the same mission and must be coordinated or interfaced. These tasks include the research and development of materials, devices and processing. Many of the experimental equipment items and facilities necessary to carry out these tasks are unique to the Naval Research Laboratory, which dictates that a major portion of the tasks be performed here.

2.2 These tasks will deal with a number of programs including fiber optic acoustic sensors, seismic, electric and magnetic field sensors, fiber optic sensors for smart structures, chemical (both agent and non-agent) sensors, explosives sensors, biological agent sensors, laser sensors, microwave photonics and fiber optics for sensing, electronic warfare, radar, and communication links, multicomponent polymers for optical, electronic, and mechanical applications, optical emitters, focal plane arrays, and quantum optics. In addition, research into UV to LWIR, and Multi-spectral imaging systems are included in these tasks.

2.3 In many of the sensor programs, emphasis will be placed on signal processing, both electronic and optical, and system integration as well as the development of the transducer. Work will involve system integration of a unique optical sensor designs with an appropriate interrogation approaches to process sensor data. Signal processing efforts may include novel optical techniques for the interrogation and/or demodulation of sensor networks as well as electronic, firmware, and software processing techniques and their implementation.

2.4 Sensor interrogation may require implementation of novel electronic and optical signal processing techniques optimized for particular applications. Chemical and

Biological Warfare (CBW) sensor development efforts span a broad range from basic measurement phenomenology to system prototyping and deployed system support.

Versions of these system prototypes may be field tested to evaluate their performance.

2.5 The work on fiber optics for electronic warfare, and radar will focus on the design, fabrication, evaluation, and analysis of modulators, photodetectors, amplifiers, and other fiber optic components. The design, fabrication and evaluation of new optical devices and electro-optic circuits in the areas of microwave photonics, laser transmitters, signal processing, microwave generation and microwave systems (e.g. radar and electronic warfare) are required. The development and fabrication of mid-infrared (2-12 μm) optical fibers and waveguide devices for IR-transmitting optical links, bright infrared sources, optical switching and other applications is also required.

2.6 Also required are specialty optics, such as windows and lenses based on glasses, ceramics, and crystals with superior thermal, mechanical and optical performance.

Additionally, advanced thin films are needed for fabrication of flexible, rugged photovoltaic devices, thermoelectric devices and metamaterials at several wavelengths for enabling new applications or improved functionality.

2.7 The work with multicomponent polymer materials includes advances in the fields of gradient index optics, high dielectric strength capacitor materials, novel electro-mechanical actuators, and nonlinear optics. The work on optical emitters will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of semiconductor emitters operating at infrared wavelengths beyond 2 µm. The work on focal plane arrays will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of infrared detector arrays operating in the SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, and VLWIR spectral bands. The work on quantum optics will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of structures suitable for recording, storing, detecting, and entangling quantum bits. The work includes the design and synthesis of novel colloidal semiconductor and metallic nanostructures for chemical and biological sensing, cellular imaging and optical detection.

2.8 The work will involve (a) field measurements and analysis of signatures, propagation effects, devices, and sensors, and (b) laboratory measurements and analysis of materials, optical devices, systems and optical phenomena including development of detection algorithms and analysis of sensor characteristics/performance. In addition, the work will support the measurement programs by providing for the design and construction of electronic circuitry for control of optical systems. The work shall be performed at field sites in the US, at sea, and at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC.

3.0 General Requirements

3.1 Period of Performance

See section F of the RFP.

3.2 Non-Personal Services

The Government will neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks.

The Government will not assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees.

The Contractor shall be responsible for managing its employees and guarding against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services.

The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (KO) if any Government requested actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services.

3.3 Business Relations

The contractor shall integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute this contract.

3.4 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract management and contractor personnel administration.

3.4.1 Contract Management

The Contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to this contract.

The contractor shall submit the items included in the Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL), detailed below, in electronic format via email or other secure means, and such electronic documents shall be named:

N0017319CNNNN_AXXX_DATE_TITLE_REV.EXT

Where “NNNN” is the contract number, “AXXX” is the CDRL item number, DATE is the date in the format below, TITLE is the descriptive title, REV is the revision level, and EXT is the appropriate file extension. Thus, a monthly cost report could be named:

“N0017319C6999_A001_2019_(01)JAN_MTHLY_COST_RPT_REV0.xlsx”.

Please note that the (01) is not the day, but rather the month number, to force the sort order.

The contractor shall include on the cover pages of documents including technical data an appropriate Distribution Statement, International Trafficking in Arm Regulations (ITAR) paragraph, and Destruction Notice. For Example:

“Distribution Statement D: Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and to U.S.

DoD Contractors only for administrative and operational use, 06 November 2017. Other request for this document shall be referred to Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5663, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 20375-5339.”

“Warning: This document contains technical data, export of which is restricted by the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Disclosure to foreign persons without prior U.S. Government Approval is prohibited. Violations of these export laws and regulations are subject to severe civil and criminal penalties.”

“Destruction Notice for unclassified, limited documents, destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.”

The Contractor shall summarize progress made for the quarter and work planned for the following quarter in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, Quarterly Letter & Technical Report, and in the format defined in CDRL A002.

The Contractor shall prepare a monthly status and financial report for each task in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, Monthly Funds Status & Contractor On-Site Labor Report, and in the format defined in CDRL A003.

The Contractor shall provide a comprehensive technical report on the completed studies and analyses performed under each task in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, Technical Documentation & Hardware/Software and/or Source Code, and in the format defined in

CDRL A004.

The Contractor shall provide a final technical report to the COR within sixty days of completion of this contract in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, Contract Summary Technical Report, and in the format defined in CDRL A005.

3.4.2 Personnel Administration

The Contractor shall provide for employees during designated Government non-work days or other periods where Government offices are closed due to weather or security conditions.

The Contractor shall maintain the currency of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the SOW requirements.

The Contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements for employees.

3.4.3 Contract Administration

The Contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer this contract.

The Contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions within five work days.

The Contractor shall assign work effort and maintain proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on this contract.

3.4.4 Contractor’s Management Plan

The CMP provides the Government insight to the systems, processes, and structure within which the contractor operates. The CMP should include, as applicable and if not defined in a separate plan: quality control, risk management, systems engineering, software development, configuration management, earned value management, and subcontract management.

The Contractor shall submit a Contractor’s Management Plan (CMP) in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, and in the format defined in CDRL A001.

3.5 Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, subcontracts

and Supplies Equipment and unexpended materials and supplies purchased by the contractor under this contract become the property of the Government at the end of the performance period, including all options, or when the Government asserts ownership.

The Contractor shall provide supplies for contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall provide any other equipment, material, and supplies, not furnished by the Government, but required to perform the work defined under Paragraph 4, Technical Tasks, below.

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary for performing efforts described in Paragraph 4, Technical Tasks, below.

3.6 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The minimum education, training, and experience required by contractor personnel to perform support tasks identified in this SOW are defined in the labor category descriptions provided as Attachment 2, Personnel Qualifications.

3.7 Location and Hours of Work

Accomplishment of the results contained in this SOW requires work at the Naval Research Laboratory facilities, 4555 Overlook Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5320.

Normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US Federal Holidays. NRL workers typically work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week. Flextime workers start not earlier than 0600 and not later than 0900. Core hours of work are from 0900 to 1500 daily. All employees are expected to be available during core hours. Additional information on work hours is provided in Section 1. (c), NRL HOURS OF OPERATION AND HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, in the NRL ROSC.

3.8 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

Travel to other contractor or government facilities, such as, Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, MD, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren, VA, NAS Point Mugu, CA and NAS China Lake, CA, as well as other Government sites in pursuit of NRL objectives may be required for the conduction of experimental research, attendance at government reviews, scientific meetings, and seminars. Additionally, testing of components and prototypes may occur at Government bases and test ranges including the White Sands Missile Range, NM, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ, and NSWC Crane, IN. Travel to foreign sites, such as Vidsel Test Range in Sweden, for the same purposes as above, may also be required.

The Contractor shall maintain the capability to arrange the travel of contractor personnel to locations in CONUS/OCONUS, often on short notice.

The Contractor shall submit all travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary and dates) for pre-approval to the Government and is on a strictly cost reimbursable basis.

The Contractor shall bill costs for travel in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs (subject to local policy & procedures).

4.0 Technical Tasks

4.1 Optical Techniques and Devices

4.1.1 Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors

The contractor shall advise and assist in the development of concepts for novel fiber optic sensors of interest to the Navy for both static and dynamic environments. Parameters and fields to be sensed include, but are not limited to, strain, acoustic, magnetic, electro-optical, and seismic. Detailed analysis of fiber optic sensor shall be provided by the contractor to select the most effective sensor concept and design. The contractor shall develop innovative optical interrogation techniques for both interferometric and non-interferometric sensors. Approaches should include frequency, time, and wavelength division multiplexing (FDM, TDM, WDM) or combinations of these techniques as most appropriate for a given sensor and application. The contractor shall design, test and package interrogation and multiplexing approaches tailored to fiber transducers and other novel optical sensing methodologies for evaluation in field test environments. The contractor shall analyze and develop novel approaches for underwater acoustic sensing using coherent optical interferometry to generate a virtual array. The contractor will develop models and analysis of the system design, including estimates of realistic noise sources and detection limits and demonstrate prototype systems. The contractor shall investigate this approach for other applications. The contractor shall also develop and optimize new optical sources for both interferometric and non-interferometric sensing.

The contractor shall develop new techniques for the measurement of the strength and wavelength dependence of Bragg grating arrays which would result in higher performance, lower cost arrays for a range of naval applications. The contractor shall carry out analysis of concepts and evaluation of designs for the application of optical sciences to the field of chemical sensing for a wide range of situations including environmental monitoring and fuel contamination. The contractor shall use various sensing techniques to include ellipsometry, visible light spectroscopy, infra-red spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

4.1.2 Photonic systems

The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of optical and electro-optic devices for free space optical communication, and quantum information science and technology. The contractor shall develop new concepts for solid state lasers, fiber lasers, optical fiber amplifiers, laser transmitters, quantum well modulators, signal processing elements, free space and fiber optic communications, photodetectors and photoreceivers, Micro-Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and optical MEMS, and photonic control of phased array antenna systems.

4.1.3 Infrared-Transmitting Fibers and Devices

The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of mid-IR transmitting optical fibers and planar waveguide devices. This work will include the development of methods to purify, fabricate and fiberize chalcogenide materials (S, Se, or Te-based) as well as tellurite materials (based on TeO2). These materials will be either undoped, to serve as IR transmissive materials, or will be doped with various rare earth elements (e.g. Pr, Er) to be light sources in the infrared. The contractor shall also characterize the fiber properties and light emission properties such as absorption and emission cross sections, efficiency and lifetime of the doped optical fibers, and develop ways to utilize them as practical IR sources or amplifiers. The contractor shall also study the nonlinear properties of these fibers to determine their utility for novel optical devices. The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of novel infrared planar waveguide structures, by utilizing thin film samples made in-house, and developing methods to locally modify the refractive index using high intensity radiation. The contractor shall characterize these structures and investigate ways to utilize them for high speed optical switching and other related applications.

4.1.4 Organic Opto-electronic Materials and Devices

The contractor will synthesize, purify and characterize organic electronic and optoelectronic materials such as novel electron transporters with high mobilities and electron affinities. The development of the new materials will include carrier transporters with good thermal and morphological stability. The contractor will modify the optical and electrical properties of transparent conducting polymers via molecular engineering.

These polymers will be evaluated as potential transparent electrode materials for all plastic electro-optic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). OLEDS with an "inverted structure" (metal cathode at the bottom, transparent anode on top) will be fabricated and characterized in comparison to a control device with the regular structure (transparent anode at the bottom, metal cathode on top). The contractor will optimize the device structures for high electroluminescence quantum efficiency and long-term stability. The contractor shall build on active matrix arrays which will be developed elsewhere. The active matrix-OLED devices will be tested for luminous power efficiency, brightness and degradation effects.

4.1.5 Chemical, Biological and Radiation Sensing

The contractor shall design and develop optical techniques based on luminescent quantum dots with and without bioconjugation and nanochannel glass structures for new approaches to chemical, biological and radiological sensing. The contractor shall assist in the design and development of aerosol particle characterization, data analysis, and detection algorithm development for chemical and biological detection. The contractor shall design and synthesize colloidal semiconductor and metallic nanoparticles, including magnetic nanoparticles for novel optical detectors, sensors and imaging applications.

4.1.6 Optical Glasses, Ceramics and Crystals

The contractor shall develop new concepts for glasses, ceramics, crystals and composite materials with broad band transparency from UV to far IR for windows, lenses and other optical elements. The contractor should also develop transition metal and rare earth ion doped materials for phosphors, scintillators, and lasers with superior thermal performance compared with existing materials.

4.1.7 Thin Film and Surface Technology

The contractor shall develop thin film technology based on functional materials to enable fabrication of photovoltaic devices and other devices with superior performance. This includes metamaterials, plasmonic devices and generation of active and passive surfaces.

4.2 Measurement and Characterization

4.2.1 Field Measurements and Analysis for infrared signatures, electro-optical sensing and optical devices.

The contractor shall conduct field experiments to determine the performance of electro-optical and infrared sensors. The contractor shall implement signal processing algorithms on computers for real-time display, and analysis of infrared and hyperspectral imagery.

The contractor shall perform transmission measurements on optical devices. The contractor shall assemble the measurement system, acquire the data, and assist in the reduction and analysis of the data.

4.2.2 Laboratory Measurements for infrared sources and electro-optical sensors

4.2.2.1 Infrared Sources

The contractor shall design, assemble and maintain novel experimental instruments for the measurement of lasers and other infrared light sources in spectral regions of importance for aircraft and ship self-defense.

4.2.2.2 Electronics for electro-optical sensors.

The contractor shall design custom electronic circuitry for novel modes of operation of electro-optical sensors. The contractor shall develop new concepts for processing and disseminating information from these sensors. The contractor’s responsibilities shall include algorithm development and applications programming in support of experimental computer controlled electro-optical sensor systems. The contractor shall develop analog circuits to advance signal conditioning and high speed analog to digital conversion. The contractor shall use government provided equipment including test electronics such as, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and custom computer interface boards.

4.2.3 Sensor Measurements, Analysis, and Development

4.2.3.1 Laboratory Measurements

The contractor shall design new experimental approaches, conduct experiments, and analyze the test results to characterize the performance of optical and infrared sensor systems and of sensor components such as focal plane arrays.

4.2.3.2 Image Analysis

The contractor shall analyze multispectral image data, and investigate techniques for image fusion of these data. The contractor shall investigate the resolution and target detection capability using multispectral and multiframe image data.

4.2.4 Optical Limiter Materials Characterization

The contractor shall develop new concepts for optical limiter materials and perform measurements of their linear and nonlinear optical properties. The contractor shall be responsible for operating, maintaining, calibrating, and aligning the radiation sources, including lasers and optical parametric oscillators, and other system components including sensors, automated data acquisition systems, and detection systems. The contractor shall optically characterize doped polymer materials for optical limiting. The contractor shall be responsible for operating and maintaining polymer extrusion and molding equipment to achieve close control over both the polymer properties and the concentration and aggregation of dye material. The contractor shall fabricate the samples, acquire and analyze the optical data and elucidate the photophysics of different polymer/host combinations.

4.2.5 Infrared Source Development and Testing

The contractor shall develop new concepts for infrared CW and pulsed light sources, including fiber and semiconductor lasers to be used for a range of Navy applications.

Measurements to be performed shall include photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectroscopy, lasing spectroscopy, light-light and light-current characteristics, near-field and far-field measurements. Other characterization shall include such properties as the non-radiative lifetimes, internal losses, internal efficiencies, thermo-mechanical properties and wave-guiding parameters.

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) shall be carried out to grow quantum heterostructures with favorable properties, and the MBE machine and laboratory shall be maintained.

Metal, dielectric, and semiconductor thin film depositions will also be carried out by a variety of methods such as e-beam evaporation, sputtering, thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and electro-plating.

Methods for etching novel III-V materials will be developed and optimized. Other responsibilities will include mask design and development, as well as patterning by e-beam and optical lithography. Fabricated devices will be characterized by such methods as atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and ellipsometry. Optical characterization of the fabricated devices will also be carried out by a variety of methods.

5.0 Period of Performance

The contract will cover a 5-year period with a 12 month base period and 4 renewable 12 month task orders.

6.0 Level of Effort

The anticipated first year level of effort is as follows:

Labor Category (Key Personnel in Red) Year 1 Hours Research Chemist V (Optical/Biosensing Applications)

1,920

Research Physicist Electrical Engineer IV – Nonlinear Optics/Quantum Optics

1,920

Research Biologist/Biochemist III 1,920 Physicist Elect Eng IV – Fiber Optic Sensing 1,920 Physicist Elect Eng IV – Fiber Optic Sensing 1,920 Physicist Electrical Engineer – Multispectral Imaging

Physicist/Electrical Engineer I – Fiber Optic Sensing

1,920

Physicist/Electrical Engineer I – Multi-Spectral Imaging

1,920

Physicist/Electrical Engineer I – Thin Film Deposition

1,920

Physicist/Electrical Engineer I – Solid State Lasers

1,920

Physicist/Electrical Engineer I 1,920 Physicist/Electrical Engineer I 1,920 Optical Associate 400 Project Coordinator III (Management Support) 400 Total Year 1 Hours 22,488

7.0 Support Elements

The anticipated first year support may include:

Equipment Purchases $28,918 Travel $10,678 Material/Supplies $8,701 Other/Miscellaneous $5,850 Total $54,147

8.0 Security Requirements

All work on this contract will be at the unclassified level.

9.0 Deliverables

Deliverables for this task order include the following:

Identifier Name Suspense Date A001 Contractor’s Management Plan

(CMP)

30 Days after Contract Award

A002 Quarterly Letter/Technical Report 15 Days after end of Quarter

A003 Monthly Funds Status and Contractor On-Site Labor Report

Within 15 days of the close of each monthly reporting period

A004 Technical Documentation As Required A005 Contract Summary Technical

Report Within 60 days of completion of this task order.