Optical Fiber Component Fabrication System
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0017322Q6000
- Agency
- Office of Naval Research Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333314 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States
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About this opportunity
This solicitation from the Naval Research Laboratory seeks an optical fiber component fabrication system capable of independently controlling fiber holders, heat sources, and imaging systems along the z-axis with over 250mm of travel. It must also enable x-y adjustability of fibers to 500nm resolution as well as automated control of pitch, yaw, and full 360 degree rotation of fibers. Quotes will be evaluated using the lowest price technically acceptable method and are due to be submitted via email by the specified date, after which a purchase order incorporating the provided terms and conditions will be awarded.
No set-aside is designated for this requirement. The place of performance will be Washington, DC. Quotes are due by the date specified to furnish an optical fiber component fabrication system with the ability to fabricate fused biconical tapers, long period gratings, taper profiles, splices, and fiber bundles as described in the solicitation.
Notice text
Optical Fiber Component Fabrication System
- Independent movement control parallel to the fiber axis (z-axis) of the following elements: left fiber holder, right fiber holder, heat source and imaging system
- Sufficient Z-axis travel to create tapers up to 250mm in length.
- X-Y adjustability for both left and right fiber with resolution of at least 500 nm
- Both pitch and yaw automated adjustability for both left and right fiber.
- Full 360 degree, multi-turn rotation capability for both left and right fiber.
- Side-view core imaging and end-view imaging.
- Independent movement control parallel to fiber axis (z-axis) of integrated cleaver.
- Tension measurement for taper process control and cleave tensioning.
- Embedded control system for developing and implementing process algorithms.
- Capable of operating system with fiber parallel to gravity or perpendicular to gravity.
- Fiber bundling tooling for high-count, tubeless combiner fabrication.
- Automatic image processing based fiber alignment for X, Y, pitch and yaw.
- Taper and draw fibers and bundles of up to 4mm diameter.
- Fused Biconical Tapers (FBT’s) and WDM fabrication with automatic active feedback.
- Long Period Grating fabrication.
- Taper Profile Measurement.
- Splice and thermal diffusion.
- PCF optimized splice processes.
- End-cap optimized splice processes using direct end-face heating.
- Fiber bundling, fusion, tapering, cleaving and splicing for high-count combiner fabrication.
- Cladding Light Stripper (CLS) fabrication of lengths up to 120mm.
- General “machining” of an optical fiber (tapers, notches, flats, rings, etc.) including radially symmetric machining with respect to fiber axis
- Cleave process with typical end face flatness of less than 2 fringes on 400μm fiber (0.09 degrees).
- Clean heat source that will not leave any detectable surface deposits
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| N0017322Q6000 RFQ.docx | DOCX document |
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