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  19   Wed Oct 31 14:03:22 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomM4 transmission measurementThe kept transmission for M4 is
2.17 ppm. Which is the value
measured after alignement (center of the
  
  20   Wed Oct 31 14:04:50 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomM4 transmission measurement


Loïc
  
  21   Wed Oct 31 14:06:17 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomM1 transmission measurementAt different positions, transmission give
194, 193, 208, 200 ppm?

  
  22   Mon Nov 5 13:11:08 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFirst run with spare mirrors


I (A)
 Plot_power_and_gain_vs_all.JPGpowerup.xlsx 
  23   Thu Nov 15 13:02:44 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors cleaningThe new mirrors didn't give expected
results. Then the 4 old mirrors have been
sent to LMA on 12/11/18 for a cleaning and
  
  24   Fri Dec 21 13:42:43 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors features, come back from LMAMirrors arrived today from LMA. Their features
are damaged.

Photos avant ou après nettoyage,
 181201_caracteristiques_miroirs.PNG20181207_155704_resized.jpg20181207_155726_resized.jpg 
  25   Thu Jan 24 17:44:21 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomDeposit on S-box mirrors after return from LMACleaning on dirty surface shows something
is deposited on the surface. Cleaning displaces
and removes part of the deposit.
 28_M2ReflectiveBeforeCleaning_compressed.jpg29_M2ReflectiveAfter1stCleanPaper_compressed.jpg 
  26   Thu Jan 24 17:49:54 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomImpacts on mirror's surfaceAll the mirrors show impacts on there surface
(some of them do not show deposit). Does
it come from experiments or fabrication ?
 18_M1reflectiveface2x_compressed.jpg 
  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.
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  28   Fri Feb 1 14:04:27 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOtherMeeting with LMA people, AFM30/01/19 - The following powerpoint
shows the results discussed with LMA people.

What came out from the discussion
 POINT_SUR_LES_MIROIRS.pptx 
  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 
  30   Fri Dec 6 11:53:53 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirror's cleaningXPS has been proceeded on the 400kW SBOX
mirrors M3 and M4 (the initial cavity spherical
mirrors) in frebruary 2019. Deposited a lot
 resume_M3.PNGresume_M1_M2_M4.PNG 
  31   Fri Dec 6 11:54:58 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirror's installedThe initial 400kW SBOX mirrors which have
been cleaned ont 28th of november have been
installed this morning on the SBOX.
  
  46   Thu Jan 9 16:54:05 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMicroscope and cleaning of SBOX mirrorsThe mirrors went in the cavity the 28th
of november (We did several power up
to 30kW stored and only one to 40kW then
 resume_nettoyage_apres_sejour_dans_K-BOX_et_montee_en_puissance.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 
  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 
  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
  
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