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  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
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  39   Tue Dec 17 12:16:54 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOptical amplifier polarization stateWe placed a PBS + 2 photodiodes (PhD1,
PhD2) at the output of the amplifier to check
how the polarization of the amplifier changes
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  40   Tue Dec 17 17:54:38 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOptical amplifier polarization stateThe
polarimeter was giving a strange 50% of DOP
of the light coming from the cavity.
 cavity_polar_2e_etage_1kW.PNG 
  41   Tue Dec 17 17:58:12 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size behind M2the telescope matchs the cold cavity beam,
so it is normal to have a power decrease
on the transmission photodiode when the cavity
  
  42   Thu Dec 19 09:21:45 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOptical amplifier polarization statepolarization state of the cavity at higher
power : 20kW, 30kW  and 33kW (slight
CEP and alignment optimization) :
 cavity_polar_3e_etage_2A_-_20kW.PNGcavity_polar_3e_etage_3A_-_30kW.PNGcavity_polar_3e_etage_3A_-_33kW.PNG 
  44   Thu Dec 19 16:03:17 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size behind M2Yesterday, we tried to better adapt positions
of the telescope lenses, dynamically, during
the lock, to improve the matching between
  
  45   Thu Dec 19 16:23:39 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCavity beam axis moving with powerhow the cavity beam axis is moving during
a lock when the cavity is hot ?
could it explain a part of the Transmission
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  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.
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  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.
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  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 
  50   Fri Jan 24 17:56:11 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomAFM analysis of M2We had enough time to proceed a quick scan
of M2 which has also a hole but not centered
on the mirror.
 M2.PNG 
  51   Fri Jan 24 17:58:45 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCFBG removed from ThomX CELIA amplifierThe CFBG has been removed successfully
and the amplifier is closed now.

The soldering machine had a calibration
  
  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
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  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
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