66 -- Ring Laser Sources Sought

A capability statement will be required from sources able to fulfill the following specifications: 1) The Ti:Saph laser?s electrical and cooling system must be compatible with the Coherent V18 Nd:YAG. 2) The laser must deliver >3.5 Watts of CW power with no more than 1.75% rms noise from 10Hz to 1 GHz when pumped by a Coherent Verdi V18 Nd:YAG laser. 3) The laser must have electronic locking for single-longitudinal-mode output. Tuning must be from 700nm to 1100nm, and must include broadband optics, enabling us to change wavelength without changing all the internal mirrors. 4) Must use Brewster plates to change wavelength. 5) Must have a monolithic resonator block-one piece to maintain system alignment and stability. 6) Must have a bowtie cavity containing no more than four mirrors. More mirrors will introduce greater losses in our laser power, and decrease beam stability. 7) The pump diode delivery fiber must be single-core multimode to provide a homogenized pump beam independent of any emitter to emitter power changes at the diode output face.