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Message ID: 183     Entry time: Thu Jan 18 22:14:03 2024     In reply to: 182     Reply to this: 184
 Author: Xinyi Lu 
 Status: Fixed 
 Type: info 
 Category: lasers and optics 
 Location: Optical room 
 Title: Install new mirrors 

- In the last two days, Ronic and I installed new mirrors after cleaning the environment, and locked the cavity.
- We added an AOM to feedback on the high-frequency noise, but the locking condition was still not good enough. We found out that the signal generator available for this AOM has a long delay time (3 us), which may lead to low feedback bandwidth. So tomorrow we will use another AOM and signal generator to optimize the locking.
- Under this not good enough locking, we measured the finesse. Unfortunately, the finesse was measured as 15,478, which is much lower than the expected 42,000. It means that about 260ppm of additional loss was introduced. We will measure the finesse again after optimizing the locking and coupling.

By the way, attached are the delay time results for phase modulation of different signal generators:
- RIGOL DG4162: 0.7 us (best)
- SIGLENT SDG6022X: 3 us
- SIGLENT SDG7032A: 2.9 us

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