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  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
  
  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
  
  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,
  
  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
  
  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).
  
  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 =>
  
  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
  
  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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  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
  
  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.)
  
  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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  241   Thu Sep 4 17:35:50 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomInstallation of the avalanche photodiodeAfter installing the 2nd EOM, we had some
trouble to be able to lock again.
One possible reason was the very low
  
  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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  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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  238   Mon Jun 23 14:38:33 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomfirst attempt to lockWith Alice, we installed the EOWaves oscillator
to be locked on the FP-cavity (T1 ~ 2500ppm,
T2 ~ 10ppm => F ~ 2500)
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  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
  
  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
:
  
  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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  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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  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 
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