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  115   Tue Jul 12 19:07:50 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installationThe amplifier was installed on the optical
table next to SBox table.

The CVBG that will be used for
  
  116   Fri Jul 22 17:07:32 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerAmplifier placed next to the pulsed laser
on the table under the airflow

The output is in free space with
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  118   Fri Jul 22 18:00:21 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomAlignment / Table setup The current setup of the optical table
attached.

The cavity is aligned and the lock
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  119   Fri Jul 22 18:19:13 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection Before injecting into the amplifier, the
pulse needs to be stretched using a CVBG,
type attached.
 7x 
  120   Fri Jul 22 18:25:31 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerThe software to control the CELIA amplifier
is on the laptop that was placed in ThomX
bunker.
  
  129   Fri Aug 19 16:02:33 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerClosing series




  
  130   Fri Aug 19 16:03:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomAlignment / Table setup closing series




  
  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
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  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.
  
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