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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 ?
 18_M1reflectiveface2x_compressed.jpg 
  27   Fri Feb 1 13:45:19 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAFM performed on S-BOX mirrors29/02/19 - AFM has shown that spots
on mirror's surfaces are bumps and not
holes.
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  29   Wed Nov 13 13:15:53 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherAFM+ InfraRed spectroscopy (IR spectro) has been performedAFM+ InfraRed spectroscopy (IR spectro)
has been performed on 400kW S-BOX mirrors.

Seems that XPS made M3 and M4 dirty,
 191113_AFMetspecIR-miroirs_SBOX.pdf 
  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.
  
  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
 Screenshot_2019-12-13_3_184235.pngHOM.gif 
  38   Tue Dec 17 10:56:08 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomfirst data with 3A on the 3rd stage2 pictures :

typical beam with HOM

typical beam after moving the D-shape
 HOM_5-3_saturated.pngfundamental_mode_saturated.png 
  46   Thu Jan 9 16:54:05 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMicroscope and cleaning of SBOX mirrorsThe mirrors went in the cavity the 28th
of november (We did several power up
to 30kW stored and only one to 40kW then
 resume_nettoyage_apres_sejour_dans_K-BOX_et_montee_en_puissance.PNG 
  47   Fri Jan 10 18:51:23 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomanalysis of stored and reflected powerthe 10th of January, we increased the power
of the amplifier to study the cavity transmitted
and reflected power signals.
 6x 
  48   Fri Jan 24 16:16:24 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomanalysis of stored and reflected powerA chart which summarizes
the data we have or we can estimate.
 Losses.pdfM1_losses_vs_Pcav.png 
  49   Fri Jan 24 17:52:14 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomAFM analysis of M1AFM has been proceeded on M1 and M2.

The pdf shows the first images
taken with the PLIC room Leica microscope
 200115_AFM_miroirs.pdf 
  52   Wed Jan 29 19:00:02 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomGlow discharge cleaner on SBOX mirrorsThe glow discharge cleaner has been tested
on the SBOX mirrors.

I've put them 1 by 1. Each
 glow.PNG 
  53   Wed Jan 29 19:04:38 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedToday, SBOX mirrors have been cleaned with
spin coater on HR face and isoprop on back
face. They show similar spots as before.
  
  54   Wed Feb 5 14:47:16 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedYesterday, after installation and alignment
of mirrors and cavity, the Finesse has been
measured with cavity at air pressure, with
  
  55   Wed Feb 5 16:46:01 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomSBOX mirrors cleanedToday we put the cavity to vacuum (~ 0.1
mBar) and we measured again the Finesse with
Koheras and modulation technique.
  
  56   Thu Feb 6 11:01:08 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomanalysis of stored and reflected powerwith this Finesse around 22-23k, the technique
comparing TRANSMISSION and REFLECTION signals
doesn't work, even in taking into account
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  57   Thu Feb 6 16:58:57 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPower up to 48kW crater effect againAs we said, after glow discharge and spin
coater we recovered a low power finesse ~23000
(aligning away from the M1 crater).
 3A_136mWtrans.png4A_126mWtrans.pngmode_strange.png 
  60   Wed Dec 16 12:36:37 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirror's cleaning and microscope imagingOn 10th of december 2020 we cleaned the
SBOX mirrors and took microscope images
(the name of the images indicates what they
 14x 
  61   Tue Jan 5 12:38:04 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTransmission Measurements for the Mirrors.
Thursday 10 December 2020:  
First Test Measurement - Inside Box

 The
transmission ( T ) for the mirrors of SBOX
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