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  100   Mon Jun 27 08:52:46 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHzThe Sbox currently has the injection from
ThomX installed T ~ 120 ppm , M2 planar from
Sbox spare and M3 / M4 spherical mirrors
 20220624_SBox_MENHIR.pptx 
  104   Wed Jul 6 18:39:25 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHzMax Finesse obtained @ 4 mirror setup was
~ 19 300  

With M1 from ThomX , M2/M3/M4 from
  
  105   Wed Jul 6 18:39:38 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHz 




  
  75   Wed Apr 13 18:42:50 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomSpincoater - Mirrror cleaning Used the spincoater and pure water to clean
dielectric mirrors which will be installed
inside the SBox for directing the reflection
 Reflection_one_front_after_cleaning.jpgreflection_two_front_before_cleaning.jpgReflection_two_front_after_cleaning.jpg 
  82   Wed Apr 27 22:30:14 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomSpincoater - Mirrror cleaning Images of the SBox mirrors cleaned at the
same time when the cavity was aligned.

Directly from the spincoater to
 Images_SBox_Mirrors.pptx 
  85   Mon May 9 19:27:35 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomSpincoater - Mirrror cleaning PowerPoint shows the detailed images of
all the mirrors before and after cleaning.

Images of SBox mirrors and M1 from
 20220509_Images_SBox_Mirrors.pptxM1GFA.jpgM2FA.jpgM3FA.jpgM4FA.jpg 
  87   Wed May 11 20:51:28 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomSpincoater - Mirrror cleaning Following the observation that when rotating
M2 plan mirror of SBox the deformation position
of the mode changes.
 M2_spare_fb_2.jpgM2_spare_fa_2.jpg20201210_M2_spare_after_cleaning.tif 
  89   Tue May 24 21:51:01 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomSpincoater - Mirrror cleaning While repeating the alignment, the mirrors
were cleaned using the spin-coater and placed
again.
  
  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 
  95   Wed Jun 8 11:10:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Start with the cavity lock images attached,
taken from last week, at
start we have a coupling ~ 5%  and started
 Screenshot_2022-05-30_0_125247.png20220530_00_Mode.bmp11.bmp 
  97   Wed Jun 8 11:31:47 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Current setup at SBox for locking the cavity

After spacial matching, the coupling
increased to ~ 15 - 20 % 
 20220607_SBox_Setup.pngMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  98   Thu Jun 9 19:59:42 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Cavity locked today under vacuum and no
airflow, it is stable over a long time

the alignment was improved and
 00_Mode_Locked_Under_vacuum.bmpMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  101   Wed Jul 6 18:34:12 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Closing the series for the setup

The cavity was only locked @ 133.33
MHz but the Finesse was not measured
  
  115   Tue Jul 12 19:07:50 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installationThe amplifier was installed on the optical
table next to SBox table.

The CVBG that will be used for
  
  116   Fri Jul 22 17:07:32 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerAmplifier placed next to the pulsed laser
on the table under the airflow

The output is in free space with
 WhatsApp_Image_2022-07-22_at_4.26.24_PM.jpgWhatsApp_Image_2022-07-22_at_4.26.24_PM.jpgWhatsApp_Image_2022-07-22_at_5.02.24_PM.jpg 
  118   Fri Jul 22 18:00:21 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomAlignment / Table setup The current setup of the optical table
attached.

The cavity is aligned and the lock
 20220722_table_setup.jpg20220722_tablesetup.jpg 
  119   Fri Jul 22 18:19:13 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection Before injecting into the amplifier, the
pulse needs to be stretched using a CVBG,
type attached.
 7x 
  120   Fri Jul 22 18:25:31 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerThe software to control the CELIA amplifier
is on the laptop that was placed in ThomX
bunker.
  
  129   Fri Aug 19 16:02:33 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerClosing series




  
  130   Fri Aug 19 16:03:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomAlignment / Table setup closing series




  
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