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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
 CELIA_100W_amplifier_Power_vs_Current.png 
  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.
  
  5   Tue Oct 9 10:15:17 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPolarization optimizationOptimization of the polarization has been
made the 03/10/18. Checked in reflection
of the cavity in reflection&transmission
  
  6   Tue Oct 9 10:19:29 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomRecord power-upMeasurement made on 03/10/18 (nothing has
been done since there).

Stable power in the cavity of 225
  
  8   Fri Oct 19 11:13:40 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTransmission vs D-shape position at different poweMeasurements have been done on 18/10/18.

Datas are on excel file, also matlab
file.
 Plot_matlab.JPGmotors.xlsxPower_stored_vs_Dshape_mirrors_position.m 
  9   Fri Oct 19 11:23:27 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size vs D-shape positionMeasurement done on 18/10/18.

At high power, the shape of the
0.0 mode does not change. The D-shape only
 181018_4A_no_cut.PNG 
  10   Fri Oct 19 11:46:21 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size vs D-shape positionMatlab code for size vs position and power


clear all
 size_vs_position_and_power.JPG 
  12   Wed Oct 31 11:36:30 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse vs power by difference between main and second resonanceMeasurements show that ratio decrease versus
power. BUT, the second resonance measurement
induce lower power in the cavity so the ratio
 CrossSecondaryResonance.mGetCavity.m 
  13   Wed Oct 31 13:42:22 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPolarization frequencyCheck of the frequency of the onefive locked
on each polarization of the cavity (tilt
a waveplate by 45°).
  
  14   Wed Oct 31 13:43:03 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPolarization frequencyMeasurement on 30/10/18.




  
  15   Wed Oct 31 13:43:28 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse vs power by difference between main and second resonanceMeasurement on 24/10/18




  
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