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  17   Wed Oct 31 13:48:58 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomM1 transmission measurementCenter of M1:




I
  
  18   Wed Oct 31 13:51:17 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomChange of the 3 ULE mirrors by 3 spare ULE mirrorsFirst finesse measurement 20 266, FSR 133.351
MHz under vacuum
 Miroirs_à_1031_nm-ThomX_-_décembre2017.pdfvacuum.isf 
  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)
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  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,
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  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 ?
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  58   Wed Jun 19 18:54:00 2019 Huan WangFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomamplifierOnefive output power is 24mW now, and 2.41mW(after
EOM) injected into fiber,

a injection power monitor
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  59   Mon Jun 24 16:15:08 2019 Huan WangFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomamplifierI just had a phone call with Jérome
and he told me 2 things :

* Be carefull ! the MightyLaser
  
  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.
  
  32   Tue Dec 10 09:36:56 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomFSR and Finesse measurementYesterday the cavity has been aligned and
locked with the CW Koheras laser.

the FSR has been measured by modulation
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  33   Wed Dec 11 17:13:02 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issuethe 2nd stage amplifier needed several
hours (4-5h) to reach its nominal power (we
look at photodiode level on a scope), instead
  
  34   Thu Dec 12 11:49:05 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issueLast time, we switched ON directly the
2nd stage at 6A without increasing/decrinsing
slowly the current.
  
  35   Fri Dec 13 15:56:22 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage amplifier issue2nd stage output power was going down.
We checked the pump diode technical data
sheet and the operating temperature is [25°C:35°C].
  
  36   Fri Dec 13 18:28:00 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomfirst data with 3A on the 3rd stageToday, at 3A on the 3rd stage, we saw some
HOM effects.
the transmissions is about 100mW which
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  37   Tue Dec 17 10:46:24 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size behind M2Beam diameter behind M2 :

- 2nd stage @ 6A - 1kW inside cavity
sx = 2120 µm
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