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  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
  
  7   Thu Oct 18 09:42:39 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomMotors for D-shaped mirrorsMotors have been installed on 16/10/18.
No problem with them.

Effect of the motors tested on
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  11   Wed Oct 31 11:27:49 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomPower measurement with D-shapeMeasurements of lot of points with D-shape
mirrors well positionned.

Power not optimized to the best
  
  232   Tue Mar 4 18:51:57 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomAlignment of a 2-mirror FP cavitytoday with Alice,

- we measured the height of the
SBOX windows center : 140mm from the optical
  
  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 
  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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 % 
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  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
  
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