In the last two days, Ronic and I connected the amplifier and locked the cavity.
- We installed an iris on the output to remove a part of the pump.
- We turned on the second stage of the amplifier. When locking, the injected power is 220 mW and the transmitted power after M2 is 26 uW.
- Low gain and coupling efficiency due to bad mode matching and CEP.
Next steps:
- Turn on the third stage of the amplifier, measure the beam parameters, and adjust the telescope.
- Check the adjustment range of AOM frequency that enables the amplifier to operate safely.
- Measure consecutive fundamental mode resonances to determine the direction of AOM frequency tuning. |