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  179   Wed Jan 10 18:35:46 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCoupling efficiency improvement- Recently we have focused on improving
the coupling efficiency. Without the telescope,
the original coupling efficiency was less
 Coupling_efficiency_0110.jpgdamaged_spot_on_M1.png 
  180   Mon Jan 15 19:19:00 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCoupling efficiency improvement- We got 30% coupling efficiency by installing
a set of telescopes, adjusting the polarization
and optimizing the alignment. The diameter
 coupling_efficiency.jpgcavity_locking.jpg 
  196   Thu Mar 7 18:55:42 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCoupling efficiency improvement- These days, Ronic, Fatematuj and I measured
the beam parameters of the output of the
third-stage amplifier.
 beam_after_lens.png 
  197   Fri Mar 8 18:04:43 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCoupling efficiency improvementToday, Ronic and I installed the new telescope
and locked the cavity.

- We locked at the amplifier
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  198   Tue Mar 12 22:13:47 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCoupling efficiency improvement- Today, Ronic and I locked at the amplifier
current of 2 A and obtained ~60% coupling
after optimizing the CEP (see Figure
 Screenshot_2024-03-12_0_192348.png 
  186   Fri Jan 26 17:33:05 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCleaning of MirrorsToday Daniele, Ronic and I cleaned the
mirrors and locked the cavity. However, the
finesse was only 13,000 because of the not
  
  187   Mon Feb 12 17:17:04 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCleaning of Mirrors- Today we cleaned the environment and
put the spin coater and microscope inside
the airflow.
 optical_room.jpg 
  188   Tue Feb 13 17:33:28 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCleaning of MirrorsToday, Daniele and I cleaned mirrors one
by one using pure water, alcohol, and the
spin coater. Here are the measurements of
 2nd_measurement_F20606.png7th_measurement__F16563_bad_locking.png 
  189   Wed Feb 14 17:20:26 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCleaning of Mirrors- Today, Daniele and I cleaned the
cavity inside, recleaned the M2 and
M4 and their mounts, optimized the locking,
 F_25299.png 
  73   Mon Apr 4 13:58:23 2022 Manar AmerFixedissuedetectors and electronics | utilitiesOptical roomClean Airflow Dust measurementsThe dust meter cap was cleaned using Alcohol,
and using the filter white cap the dust count
was (0 Av. 10 min)
  
  74   Fri Apr 8 19:27:12 2022 Manar AmerFixedissuedetectors and electronics | utilitiesOptical roomClean Airflow Dust measurementsDust measurement done today on  top
of the SBox average 10min

 20220408_DustMeasurement.jpg 
  18   Wed Oct 31 13:51:17 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomChange of the 3 ULE mirrors by 3 spare ULE mirrorsFirst finesse measurement 20 266, FSR 133.351
MHz under vacuum
 Miroirs_à_1031_nm-ThomX_-_décembre2017.pdfvacuum.isf 
  1   Wed Sep 26 18:12:44 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCavity polarization states (Koheras), Finesse of 2 polarization statesMeasurments of Finesse with the 2 polarization
states, let's call them H (higher) and
L (lower): 24500 for the H and 23500 for
 Finesse_higher.isfFinesse_lower.isfThe2polarizations_states_direct_trans.isfThe2polarizations_states_direct_trans.png 
  45   Thu Dec 19 16:23:39 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCavity beam axis moving with powerhow the cavity beam axis is moving during
a lock when the cavity is hot ?
could it explain a part of the Transmission
 9x 
  95   Wed Jun 8 11:10:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Start with the cavity lock images attached,
taken from last week, at
start we have a coupling ~ 5%  and started
 Screenshot_2022-05-30_0_125247.png20220530_00_Mode.bmp11.bmp 
  97   Wed Jun 8 11:31:47 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Current setup at SBox for locking the cavity

After spacial matching, the coupling
increased to ~ 15 - 20 % 
 20220607_SBox_Setup.pngMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  98   Thu Jun 9 19:59:42 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Cavity locked today under vacuum and no
airflow, it is stable over a long time

the alignment was improved and
 00_Mode_Locked_Under_vacuum.bmpMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  101   Wed Jul 6 18:34:12 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Closing the series for the setup

The cavity was only locked @ 133.33
MHz but the Finesse was not measured
  
  119   Fri Jul 22 18:19:13 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection Before injecting into the amplifier, the
pulse needs to be stretched using a CVBG,
type attached.
 7x 
  131   Fri Aug 19 16:03:40 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection closing series




  
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