With Alice, we installed the EOWaves oscillator to be locked on the FP-cavity (T1 ~ 2500ppm, T2 ~ 10ppm => F ~ 2500)
FSR = 216MHz => LW = 86kHz.
We installed the PDH box, and we got some error signal, but the shape of the transmission signal and error signal is a bit strange...
It grows smoothly, and when the power is large enough, one can see a sudden and fast drop.
Could it be some mechanical problem with the mirrors' mounts ?
I opened the SBOX this morning to do some inspection, and the mirrors seem properly installed in the mounts.
In some rare cases (last picture), the "instability" effect is not dominant, and we are able to maintain a quasi-lock during some 1- 2ms.
But it is still impossible to lock the cavity.
(We did a test with a vacuum in the SBOX at ~2mbar, but the problem is the same.) |