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  242   Thu Sep 4 17:52:03 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurementToday, with Ronic, we measured the finesse
of the 2-mirror cavity witht the NKT CW laser.

We were able to perfrom the measurement
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  243   Thu Sep 4 17:56:50 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurement(Finesse 2651 is consistent with that obtained
from the mirrors' transmission coefficients,
which is about 3100.)
  
  244   Tue Sep 9 21:23:11 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomnew cavityYesterday, we changed the M1 mirror to
a 161185 Gamma
Factory mirror of transmission 460ppm, the
  
  245   Wed Sep 10 11:27:45 2025 Alice RenauxUnder Processreportlasers and opticsOptical roomnew cavityThe 2-mirrors cavity has 460ppm of transmission
for M1 and 10ppm for M2 which should exhibit
a Finesse around 13400.
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  246   Wed Aug 5 11:25:41 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationwe have all the adaptor plugs for connecting
the chiller.
so, I tested first the chiller connected
  
  247   Wed Aug 5 12:22:52 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationnow, I connected the chiller circuit to
the amplifier, thanks to the adapters.

chiller IN => blue pipe =>
  
  248   Wed Aug 5 13:49:49 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationpipes are maybe too long ?

we can use the Darcy-Weisbach +
Blasius laws (non linear laws).
  
  249   Thu Aug 6 14:49:32 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationI drained the chiller to install again
the short pipe (< 1m) in closed loop.

then, I filled again the chiller
  
  250   Thu Aug 6 15:12:49 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationnow, I installed the long pipes (2x 3m)
in closed loop (without the amplifier connected),
but the exact ones used to connect the laser,
  
  251   Fri Aug 7 10:59:52 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationI cut a small part of the black pipe on
the amplifier side (could it be slightly
deformed by a try with an other type of adapter
  
  252   Fri Aug 7 11:41:17 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationas soon as I connect the amplifier to the
pipes, the flow decreases to 1.7Lpm.

and the filling process is very
  
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