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  29   Wed Nov 13 13:15:53 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAFM+ InfraRed spectroscopy (IR spectro) has been performedAFM+ InfraRed spectroscopy (IR spectro)
has been performed on 400kW S-BOX mirrors.

Seems that XPS made M3 and M4 dirty,
 191113_AFMetspecIR-miroirs_SBOX.pdf 
  27   Fri Feb 1 13:45:19 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAFM performed on S-BOX mirrors29/02/19 - AFM has shown that spots
on mirror's surfaces are bumps and not
holes.
 Image3.jpgImage4.jpg 
  50   Fri Jan 24 17:56:11 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomAFM analysis of M2We had enough time to proceed a quick scan
of M2 which has also a hole but not centered
on the mirror.
 M2.PNG 
  49   Fri Jan 24 17:52:14 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomAFM analysis of M1AFM has been proceeded on M1 and M2.

The pdf shows the first images
taken with the PLIC room Leica microscope
 200115_AFM_miroirs.pdf 
  33   Wed Dec 11 17:13:02 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issuethe 2nd stage amplifier needed several
hours (4-5h) to reach its nominal power (we
look at photodiode level on a scope), instead
  
  34   Thu Dec 12 11:49:05 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issueLast time, we switched ON directly the
2nd stage at 6A without increasing/decrinsing
slowly the current.
  
  35   Fri Dec 13 15:56:22 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issue2nd stage output power was going down.
We checked the pump diode technical data
sheet and the operating temperature is [25°C:35°C].
  
  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
 image_faisceau_multimode_@1030nm.PNG 
  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),
 Figure_1.pngFigure_2.png 
  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
:
  
  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
 IMG20250527160111.jpg 
  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
 Sans_titre.jpg 
  219   Thu Apr 25 22:12:25 2024 Xinyi LuFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room2 mirror cavity high power experimentsToday, Ronic and I recorded some intracavity
power and cavity mode size as shown in Fig.
1.
 record_20240425.pngScreenshot_2024-04-25_4_155354-155kw.pngScreenshot_2024-04-25_1_154630-155kw.png60kW_highordermode2.jpg 
  106   Wed Jul 6 19:57:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe SBox cavity setup was changed to have
only 2 mirrors M1 plane and M2 spherical,
both from ThomX
 20220706_Setup.jpgScreenshot_2022-07-06_1_181116.pngFinesse_Fit.jpg00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpg 
  109   Fri Jul 8 17:48:48 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe cavity was realigned using irises instead
of pinholes, gave a better alignment.

The inside of the box, the spherical
 00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpgScreenshot_2022-07-08_0_164115.pngSlide1.JPGSlide2.JPG 
  110   Fri Jul 8 19:37:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzUpdate for Finesse measurement, The cavity
was put under vacuum ~ 1.1*10^-1 mbar

and the alignment and coupling
 Screenshot_2022-07-08_2_182405.png 
  138   Wed Aug 24 10:45:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzAdding information about the 2 mirror cavity
setup (plan - spherical)
that is currently installed.
 manip2miroirs.pptx2mirror_plan_shperical_beam_size.png 
  195   Wed Feb 28 17:26:46 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | softwareOptical room100W CELIA laser amplifier "how's to" document1st version of the document.
if some information is not correct
or missing, give any comment by replying
 How_to_start_the_Amplifier_v1.pdf 
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