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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
  
  52   Wed Jan 29 19:00:02 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomGlow discharge cleaner on SBOX mirrorsThe glow discharge cleaner has been tested
on the SBOX mirrors.

I've put them 1 by 1. Each
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  53   Wed Jan 29 19:04:38 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedToday, SBOX mirrors have been cleaned with
spin coater on HR face and isoprop on back
face. They show similar spots as before.
  
  54   Wed Feb 5 14:47:16 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedYesterday, after installation and alignment
of mirrors and cavity, the Finesse has been
measured with cavity at air pressure, with
  
  55   Wed Feb 5 16:46:01 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedToday we put the cavity to vacuum (~ 0.1
mBar) and we measured again the Finesse with
Koheras and modulation technique.
  
  57   Thu Feb 6 16:58:57 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPower up to 48kW crater effect againAs we said, after glow discharge and spin
coater we recovered a low power finesse ~23000
(aligning away from the M1 crater).
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  60   Wed Dec 16 12:36:37 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirror's cleaning and microscope imagingOn 10th of december 2020 we cleaned the
SBOX mirrors and took microscope images
(the name of the images indicates what they
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  58   Wed Jun 19 18:54:00 2019 Huan WangFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomamplifierOnefive output power is 24mW now, and 2.41mW(after
EOM) injected into fiber,

a injection power monitor
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  59   Mon Jun 24 16:15:08 2019 Huan WangFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomamplifierI just had a phone call with Jérome
and he told me 2 things :

* Be carefull ! the MightyLaser
  
  121   Thu Jul 28 13:52:23 2022 Aurélien MartensFixedreportutilitiesOptical roomchiller for CELIA amplifierThe chiller of CELIA amplifier has been
moved from the corridor to the changing room
in front of PLIC. 
  
  122   Mon Aug 8 11:11:28 2022 Aurélien MartensFixedreportutilitiesOptical roomchiller for CELIA amplifiertoday, temperature of the chiller has been
set to 23°C.

measured temperature in the chiller
  
  226   Fri Nov 29 12:06:05 2024 Alice RenauxFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMenhir 160MHz laserThe Menhir 160MHz has been put back in
place on the CELIA amplifier setup. Its output
power is measured to be 150-160mW with an
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  227   Fri Nov 29 16:50:04 2024 Alice RenauxUnder Processinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMenhir 216MHz laserThe Menhir 216MHz laser has been put back
in place on the cavity table. Its output
power is measured to be 160mW with an attenuator.
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  233   Fri Mar 21 18:27:36 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical room2-mirror cavity alignmentAt the beginning of the week, I installed
a half-wave plate, a beamsplitter cube and
a quarter-wave plate, as well as the end-of-cavity
 2-mirror_cavity_alignment.zip 
  234   Tue May 27 18:12:22 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical room2-mirror cavity alignmentYesterday and today, I replaced the OEWaves
CW laser with the NKT CW laser. Its screen
does not display anything, so it has to be
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  235   Wed May 28 10:55:15 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical room2-mirror cavity alignmentThe NKT laser PZT sensitivity is ~0.09pm/V
of wavelength variation, which is equivalent
to ~ 25MHz/V
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  236   Wed May 28 18:27:27 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical room2-mirror cavity full setupToday with Ronic, we changed the FP cavity's
mirrors to Layertek (Gamma Factory) mirrors
:
  
  237   Fri Jun 13 20:10:00 2025 Alice RenauxFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomDamaged mirrors testToday with Dorian we tested three mirrors
with which we previously haven't been
able to obtain any resonance or optical beating
  
  239   Thu Aug 28 15:29:00 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical room2-mirror cavity lockingIn June, we encountered some problems regarding
the transmission and error signals (see images
here),
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  240   Wed Sep 3 18:10:34 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSuccessful lock (finally !)Today, with Ronic, we managed to get a
successful lock with the NKT laser by setting
up a new PDH box from scratch (photodiode
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