Sources Sought for one (1) Fast tunable C-band laser source for integrated photonics testing.

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command located in Aberdeen, Maryland is seeking sources for one fast tunable C-band laser source for integrated photonics testing. The laser must be capable of supplying continuous wave polarization maintained laser light across a wavelength span of 1480 to 1640 nanometers with a polarization extinction ratio of at least 15 decibels. It must be capable of setting fiber coupled optical power to greater than +10 decibel-milliwatts across a predominant portion of the wavelength span and exceeding +7 dBm in the remainder. Responses to this sources sought notice are due by March 1, 2024.

No set-aside designation was used for this procurement. Key numerical requirements for the laser source include being mode-hop free with a flatness of better than 0.2 dB, rapidly sweeping from one wavelength to another at up to 200 nanometers per second, having an output power stability of 0.01 dB or better once set, setting wavelengths to within 5 picometers of accuracy, and having side mode suppression and relative intensity noise ratios of at least 45 dB and -140 dB/Hz respectively.