Neutron Mirrors and Substrates for Nested Mirror Optics
| Location: | Tennessee |
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| Posted: | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Due: | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Agency: | ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
| Category: |
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| Solicitation No: | PR424551 |
| Publication URL: | To access bid details, please log in. |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original)
- Original Published Date: Oct 31, 2025 10:38 am EDT
- Original Date Offers Due: Nov 13, 2025 12:00 pm EST
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Original Inactive Date: Nov 13, 2025
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 9340 - GLASS FABRICATED MATERIALS
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NAICS Code:
- 238150 - Glass and Glazing Contractors
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Place of Performance:
Oak Ridge , TN 37830USA
Neutron Mirrors and Substrates for Nested Mirror Optics
ORNL is developing nested mirror optics (NMOs) to act as corrective lenses for neutron scattering instruments at both pulsed and reactor neutron sources. Nested mirror optics deliver a full optics system in a device the size of a shoebox, which means they can be easily exchanged based on the current need of an instrument. This will greatly improve the signal-to-background ratios for neutron scattering, especially for experiments involving new materials or biological samples that can only be prepared in small quantities and where samples are in constrained environments such as pressure cells or high magnetic fields. The nested mirror optics consist of several individual, neutron mirror segments mounted in a frame that holds each mirror in a specific orientation. Silicon wafer substrates without a neutron mirror coating are used for evaluation of the frame.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory PO Box 2008
- Oak Ridge , TN 37831
- USA
- Jared Bowlus
- bowlusja@ornl.gov
- Markus Camfield
- camfieldma@ornl.gov
- Oct 31, 2025 10:38 am EDTSolicitation (Original)
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