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  131   Fri Aug 19 16:03:40 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection closing series




  
  64   Mon Jul 5 14:14:01 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomOEwaves CW Laser - Phase Noise
We started measuring the phase
noise on the OEwaves CW laser.

Class
3b
wavelength 1.5 um


The
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  65   Mon Jul 5 14:40:57 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomOEwaves CW Laser - Phase Noise a correction on the wavelength of the laser 
it is 1030 um 

  
  66   Mon Jul 5 14:46:44 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomOEwaves CW Laser - Phase Noise correction on unit 1030 nm




  
  106   Wed Jul 6 19:57:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe SBox cavity setup was changed to have
only 2 mirrors M1 plane and M2 spherical,
both from ThomX
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  109   Fri Jul 8 17:48:48 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe cavity was realigned using irises instead
of pinholes, gave a better alignment.

The inside of the box, the spherical
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  110   Fri Jul 8 19:37:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzUpdate for Finesse measurement, The cavity
was put under vacuum ~ 1.1*10^-1 mbar

and the alignment and coupling
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  111   Tue Jul 12 10:07:05 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFSR change & Finesse Measurements The FSR of the 2 mirror (plan-spherical)
Cavity was adjusted from 210 MHz to reach
216.643 MHz
 00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpg00mode_diameter_fit.jpg 
  112   Tue Jul 12 10:19:30 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFSR change & Finesse Measurements Yesterday evening the cavity was Vacuum
pumped up to pressure of 5.5*10^-2 and locked 

changed FSR to be 216.662 MHz and
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  113   Tue Jul 12 14:41:55 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFSR change & Finesse Measurements a Finesse of 30k with the present mirrors
:

T1=120 ppm ;A1=(2.6+1) ppm;
  
  114   Tue Jul 12 18:53:55 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomInstallation of D-shaped mirror / AlignmentTo prepare for the amplifier. I installed
the D-shapped mirrors after cleaning (using
aceton and ethanol) between the cavity 2
  
  117   Fri Jul 22 17:10:06 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomInstallation of D-shaped mirror / AlignmentThe D-shaped mirrors are installed properly
and not cutting the path of the beam.

The cavity has been aligned again
  
  126   Thu Aug 11 19:27:09 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomKoheras CW laser lock on FP cavityI locked the Koheras CW on the FP cavity
but the lock was pretty noisy and very difficult
to acquire.
  
  207   Fri Mar 29 16:23:34 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room100W CELIA laser amplifier "Power vs Pump current" curveWe measured again the 100W CELIA laser
amplifier with a pump current until 8A.

as the first current pump of the
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  241   Thu Sep 4 17:35:50 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomInstallation of the avalanche photodiodeAfter installing the 2nd EOM, we had some
trouble to be able to lock again.
One possible reason was the very low
  
  69   Tue Mar 29 16:23:00 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | cablingOptical roomMightylaser Amplifier Migthylaser amplifier has been moved from
the SBox table to the PLIC table.

 
  
  1   Wed Sep 26 18:12:44 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomCavity polarization states (Koheras), Finesse of 2 polarization statesMeasurments of Finesse with the 2 polarization
states, let's call them H (higher) and
L (lower): 24500 for the H and 23500 for
 Finesse_higher.isfFinesse_lower.isfThe2polarizations_states_direct_trans.isfThe2polarizations_states_direct_trans.png 
  2   Mon Oct 1 11:30:39 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPhase measurement with HASO2 measurement.

First one locked, in transmission
of M2 with 2nd stage 0A.Total 89 cm from
 180928_M2_0A.has1801001_input_0A.has180928_M2_trans_0A.txt 
  3   Mon Oct 1 14:27:35 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPhase measurement with HASO* Loic has to fix the number of files (3)
regarding the number of measurements (2)

* splitted Intensity and phase
 8x 
  4   Mon Oct 1 15:19:48 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPhase measurement with HASOwith just intensity, the coupling is 98%,
and with phase, x direction coupling is 95%,
y direction 97%, so the telescope is good.
  
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