Over the last two days, Viktor, Ronic and I have started to install the mirror mounts and try to align the cavity.
- We used the Menhir laser @ 160MHz for alignment.
- To make it easier to operate, we removed some lenses and waveplates, and kept only a few necessary reflective mirrors.
- We measured the distance with rulers and placed the mounts in designed positions.
- We installed Iris on the mirror mounts, used a CCD camera to determine if the beam was in the center, and optimized the two reflective mirrors outside the cavity.
- There were some problems with the controller of the injection mirrors (Newport™) in front of the cavity, and Ronic has fixed them successfully.
- Next week, we will continue to align the cavity, measure the cavity mode, and design the telescope. We will install the old SBX mirrors for alignment first, and then replace them with the final good mirrors.