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Message ID: 32     Entry time: Tue Oct 5 18:24:53 2021
 Author: Ronic Chiche 
 Status: Fixed 
 Type: info 
 Category: lasers and optics 
 Location: Optical room 
 Title: Locking with fast analog loop on AOM 

in addition to the standard locking scheme with the GHz laser PZT,

we added an AOM after the PDH modulation EOM and we drove it with an FM modulated signal generator (FMDev = 2.4MHz) seeded by the error signal.
(we didn't put a 50ohm plug to adapt the error signal coming from the PDH box, otherwise, it is too much smaller)

the result is a transmitted signal almost clean for some milliseconds... but we still have regular unlocks that the PZT loop is unable to drive.

the PZT resonant frequency around 30kHz seems much less present in the error signal.
todo list:

- take some data of the error/trans signals to make a post-mortem analysis (a windowed FFT could tell us if the 30kHz is more powerful just before an unlock)

- make an RLC model of the cable+resistor+PZT capacitor, to try to find a way to dump the 30kHz frequency.

 

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