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  51   Fri Jan 24 17:58:45 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCFBG removed from ThomX CELIA amplifierThe CFBG has been removed successfully
and the amplifier is closed now.

The soldering machine had a calibration
  
  63   Thu Jun 10 17:55:15 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOrigami SN2440 133MHz laser testsToday, we received the Origami SN2440 133MHz
oscillator from repair (NKT mentioned a defective
wire inside the controller....)
 IMG_20210610_161502.jpgspectre_133MHz.PNGScreen_0015.png 
  123   Mon Aug 8 17:58:32 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomPulse duration measurement before and after CVBG (as a strecher)I recorded the pulse shape of the MENHIR
216MHz in its fiber injection setup.
the fiber is then connected to the
 pulse_measurement_without_and_with_CVBG.pngpulse_measurement_after_CVBG_compared_with_convolution.pngSpectrumafterCVBGzoom.png.png 
  126   Thu Aug 11 19:27:09 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomKoheras CW laser lock on FP cavityI locked the Koheras CW on the FP cavity
but the lock was pretty noisy and very difficult
to acquire.
  
  127   Fri Aug 12 11:46:17 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOEwaves lock and Finesse measurementthis morning, I locked the FP cavity with
the OEwaves CW laser and the "Fred fiber
amplifier" used at 500mA of pump current.
  
  139   Tue Aug 30 17:48:39 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage CELIA amplifiertoday, we measured the 2nd stage CELIA
amplifier pump wavelength : 970-990 nm
 2nd_stage_pump_wavelength.jpg 
  140   Wed Aug 31 18:14:51 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage CELIA amplifiertoday we did several test with the Dichroic
shortpass mirror (Thorlabs DMSP1000) and
with a 10nm optical filter around 1030nm
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  156   Fri Sep 9 18:35:07 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomD-shape mirrors positionning statusThis afternoon we opened the cavity and
put the D-shape mirrors at their correct
place, close to the beam.
  
  157   Fri Sep 9 19:03:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomD-shape mirrors positionning statusThe cavity box is vacuum pumped at 6*10^-2
mbar.

  
  173   Fri Jan 6 12:33:18 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomLaser Menhir reinstallation + CVBG + fiber injectionThe lab purchased the Menhir laser @ 216MHz.

it has been sent back to Menhir
photonics for inspection, and then is now
 MenhirJan2022.PNG 
  174   Thu Dec 7 09:09:27 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooNew mirrors batch informationsthe 2 files describe the specfications
for the 16 mirrors ordered (4 for ThomX +
spare, 4 for SBOX + spare) and the measurements
 miroirs_puma_2022_thomx_Kbox.docxMiroirs_à_1031_nm-ThomX_-_KBox_Mars_2023.pdfRecap_miroirs_KBOX_et_THOMX.xlsx 
  175   Thu Dec 7 09:30:03 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew setup for the 160MHz Menhir oscillatorfrom the begining of the week, Xinyi, Aurélien,
Viktor and myself started to install a new
setup for the Menhir 160MHz oscillator.
 Plan_SBOX_@_160MHz.pptxImplantation_disymmetric.mIMG_20210519_155329.jpg 
  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 
  181   Tue Jan 16 18:42:42 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomFSR and Finesse measurement- Today, Ronic and I measured the finesse
and FSR after optimizing the locking. FSR
was adjusted to 160.27 MHz to match the pulsed
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  182   Wed Jan 17 21:11:59 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomInstall new mirrorsToday, Ronic and I installed the new mirrors
and got resonance. We can see the oscillations
in this high-finesse case. We haven't
 New_mirrors.pngoscillations.jpglocking.jpg 
  183   Thu Jan 18 22:14:03 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomInstall new mirrors- In the last two days, Ronic and I installed
new mirrors after cleaning the environment,
and locked the cavity.
 New_mirrors.pngfinesse.pnglocking.jpg 
  184   Mon Jan 22 18:18:01 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomInstall new mirrors- Today, Ronic and I changed the signal
generator to a low-noise one (with a delay
time of only 0.5 us). Then we moved
 New_finesse.png 
  185   Wed Jan 24 20:33:27 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomInstall new mirrorsYesterday we checked the mirrors with
UV light and there was some dust on the mirrors,
especially M2.
 M2.jpg 
  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
  
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