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  3   Thu Apr 15 19:45:08 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanicsOtherMirrors Mottors Connections * The connections to control the motors
of the mirrors are connected in the order
stated :
 20210804_Motor_connections_with_mirrors_inside_cavity_box.jpg20210804_Mottor_cables_behind_cavity_box.jpg 
  4   Thu Apr 15 19:54:19 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanics | cablingOtherMirrors Mottors Connections Added the cabling to the categories 




  
  5   Mon Apr 19 18:41:03 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanics | cabling | softwareOtherSetting up the MotorsA document attached that describes the
procedure needed to:

- connect the motors
 setting_up_the_motors.docx 
  6   Mon Apr 19 18:47:28 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAlignment using Helium Neon Laser 05 April  2021 :  A rough alignment
of the cavity was done using the Helium Neon
Laser.
 20210202__Helium_Neon_laser_parameters.jpg 
  7   Mon Apr 19 19:11:47 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanics | softwareOtherDistances between mirrors
  At the reference zero the
distance between the mirrors is (taken from
a reference presentation "status9nov2020"
 20211604__Distances_Between_mirrors.pngstatus9nov2020.pptx 
  8   Tue Apr 27 13:57:15 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAlignment using Koheras Following the Helium Neon Alignment + change
in the distance between the mirrors to be;
M3-M4 = 90.5 mm , M1-M2 = 80.2 mm  -→
 6x 
  9   Thu Apr 29 06:14:09 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherMode observed and cavity Lock ** Following up from yesterday an observation
about the TM00 mode : it has been seen with
similar dimensions and its position is the
 20212804_Fundamental_mode_in_cavity_2D_-_Position.png20212804_Cavity_Coupling_with_Koheras.jpg20212804_Temperature_Curve.jpg 
  10   Fri Apr 30 17:41:10 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomLock, cavity length and finesse estimateRonic just suceeded in obtaining a reasonably
good lock on the cavity. Air flow is switched
off.
 IMG_20210430_173331.jpg 
  11   Tue May 4 15:56:33 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanics | lasers and optics | softwareOtherDistances between mirrors New update on the position of the Motors
for the cavity

***** we moved
 20210305_Distances_between_Mirrors_new_motor_set_point.png 
  14   Wed Jun 30 20:29:17 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherMode observed and cavity Lock New configuration is made. The new mode
observed in NF_Trans is the following :

 NF_Trans__2021-06-25__16-38-56.bmp 
  15   Mon Sep 6 18:17:24 2021 Kevin DuprazUnder Processreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomCavity lock and referencesCavity is lock and optimized with the NKT.
Input power is maximized (10mW).

Cavity mode is in attachement.
 NF_Trans_2021-09-06__17-49-00.bmp 
  16   Tue Sep 7 11:05:47 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomLock, cavity length and finesse estimatewe observed that the transmitted light
coming from the cavity is made of the cavity
mode light and the scattered light on the
  
  22   Fri Sep 24 09:55:35 2021 Manar AmerUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomReflection Line Polarization MeasuremetWith the help of Ronic the cavity was locked
in preparation to measure the polarization
of the reflection line when the cavity is
 Reflection_line.jpg 
  25   Mon Oct 4 15:10:17 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportmechanics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew position of smaract motorsfollowing the measuremetn at 879.9 MHZ
of the laser theoptical cavity length has
been adjusted to that value from 876MHz setting
  
  26   Mon Oct 4 15:24:14 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roompiezo actuation rangeA 10V applied on the laser piezo was found
to induce a frequecny change of about 5kHz,
compatible with expectations from the piezo
  
  28   Tue Oct 5 11:35:16 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportdetectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew position of smaract motorsa cavity length measurement gave 880.9Mhz.
The m1/M2 have been put to +5.1000mm both
M3/M4 srill at -2.9mm
  
  29   Tue Oct 5 12:18:34 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportdetectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew position of smaract motorsto find the fundamental mode we moved the
cavity mirrors to new positions:

+5.104mm for both planar mirrors
  
  30   Tue Oct 5 12:23:51 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportdetectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew position of smaract motorsthe M1 is not at 5.1045mm to put the fundamental
on the scanning range of the laser piezo

M2 still at 5.104mm
  
  31   Tue Oct 5 16:23:04 2021 Aurélien MartensFixedreportdetectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew position of smaract motorsafter 3hours (1pm --> 4pm) the cavity
moved by 12um in total

new positions: +5.1065mm on M1
  
  35   Tue Oct 19 18:27:20 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomPZT resonant frequencieswe have excited the PZT with a swept sinus
wave from 1kHz to 10kHz and from 10kHz to
100kHz.
 Sweep_1kHz-10kHz.pngSweep_10kHz-100kHz.png 
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