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  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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  62   Tue Jan 12 10:44:57 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical roomOrigami SN2440 133MHz laser power measurment... and failurewe received from NKT the Origami SN2440
133MHz oscillator from repair on 2020/12/17
and we measured the power trend from
 133mhzpower.PNG133mhz_power_zoom.png 
  63   Thu Jun 10 17:55:15 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOrigami SN2440 133MHz laser testsToday, we received the Origami SN2440 133MHz
oscillator from repair (NKT mentioned a defective
wire inside the controller....)
 IMG_20210610_161502.jpgspectre_133MHz.PNGScreen_0015.png 
  123   Mon Aug 8 17:58:32 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomPulse duration measurement before and after CVBG (as a strecher)I recorded the pulse shape of the MENHIR
216MHz in its fiber injection setup.
the fiber is then connected to the
 pulse_measurement_without_and_with_CVBG.pngpulse_measurement_after_CVBG_compared_with_convolution.pngSpectrumafterCVBGzoom.png.png 
  124   Wed Aug 10 12:51:16 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room"ThomX" CELIA Amplifier commissionningThe "ThomX" CELIA amplifier is
installed on the optical table.
I added all the rubber pieces available
  
  125   Thu Aug 11 12:11:48 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room"ThomX" CELIA Amplifier commissionningBeam size at the amplifier output:

to make this measurement, I switched
ON only 1st and 2nd stage.
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  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.
  
  127   Fri Aug 12 11:46:17 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOEwaves lock and Finesse measurementthis morning, I locked the FP cavity with
the OEwaves CW laser and the "Fred fiber
amplifier" used at 500mA of pump current.
  
  128   Fri Aug 12 17:48:28 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room"ThomX" CELIA Amplifier commissionningthis afternoon, with Fabian, we did some
measurements on the 3rd stage.

finally we
  
  139   Tue Aug 30 17:48:39 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage CELIA amplifiertoday, we measured the 2nd stage CELIA
amplifier pump wavelength : 970-990 nm
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  140   Wed Aug 31 18:14:51 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage CELIA amplifiertoday we did several test with the Dichroic
shortpass mirror (Thorlabs DMSP1000) and
with a 10nm optical filter around 1030nm
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  144   Tue Sep 6 17:47:40 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical roomunsuccessful telescope design :-(we wanted to calculate the right telescope
with 2 spherical lenses.

1) we have the FP cavity mode size
 image_at_z_being_40mm.pngbeam_fit_at_z_being_40mm.pngpropagation_fit.png 
  156   Fri Sep 9 18:35:07 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomD-shape mirrors positionning statusThis afternoon we opened the cavity and
put the D-shape mirrors at their correct
place, close to the beam.
  
  157   Fri Sep 9 19:03:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomD-shape mirrors positionning statusThe cavity box is vacuum pumped at 6*10^-2
mbar.

  
  173   Fri Jan 6 12:33:18 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomLaser Menhir reinstallation + CVBG + fiber injectionThe lab purchased the Menhir laser @ 216MHz.

it has been sent back to Menhir
photonics for inspection, and then is now
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  174   Thu Dec 7 09:09:27 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooNew mirrors batch informationsthe 2 files describe the specfications
for the 16 mirrors ordered (4 for ThomX +
spare, 4 for SBOX + spare) and the measurements
 miroirs_puma_2022_thomx_Kbox.docxMiroirs_à_1031_nm-ThomX_-_KBox_Mars_2023.pdfRecap_miroirs_KBOX_et_THOMX.xlsx 
  175   Thu Dec 7 09:30:03 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomnew setup for the 160MHz Menhir oscillatorfrom the begining of the week, Xinyi, Aurélien,
Viktor and myself started to install a new
setup for the Menhir 160MHz oscillator.
 Plan_SBOX_@_160MHz.pptxImplantation_disymmetric.mIMG_20210519_155329.jpg 
  195   Wed Feb 28 17:26:46 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | softwareOptical room100W CELIA laser amplifier "how's to" document1st version of the document.
if some information is not correct
or missing, give any comment by replying
 How_to_start_the_Amplifier_v1.pdf 
  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 
  223   Wed Jun 19 10:38:00 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomD-shape mirrors positionning statussummary:

- the motors used to move the D-shape
are the Newport Picomotors 8303-V
  
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