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  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.
  
  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




  
  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 
  246   Wed Aug 5 11:25:41 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationwe have all the adaptor plugs for connecting
the chiller.
so, I tested first the chiller connected
  
  247   Wed Aug 5 12:22:52 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationnow, I connected the chiller circuit to
the amplifier, thanks to the adapters.

chiller IN => blue pipe =>
  
  248   Wed Aug 5 13:49:49 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationpipes are maybe too long ?

we can use the Darcy-Weisbach +
Blasius laws (non linear laws).
  
  249   Thu Aug 6 14:49:32 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationI drained the chiller to install again
the short pipe (< 1m) in closed loop.

then, I filled again the chiller
  
  250   Thu Aug 6 15:12:49 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationnow, I installed the long pipes (2x 3m)
in closed loop (without the amplifier connected),
but the exact ones used to connect the laser,
  
  251   Fri Aug 7 10:59:52 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationI cut a small part of the black pipe on
the amplifier side (could it be slightly
deformed by a try with an other type of adapter
  
  252   Fri Aug 7 11:41:17 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomNeolase amplifier installationas soon as I connect the amplifier to the
pipes, the flow decreases to 1.7Lpm.

and the filling process is very
  
  176   Fri Dec 8 18:59:24 2023 Xinyi LuFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMounts installation and cavity alignmentOver the last two days, Viktor, Ronic and
I have started to install the mirror mounts
and try to align the cavity.
  
  177   Thu Dec 14 17:52:53 2023 Xinyi LuFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMounts installation and cavity alignmentOver the past few days, Viktor, Ronic and
I have continued to align the cavity.
We installed 4 mirrors and monitored the
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  178   Wed Dec 20 10:45:37 2023 Xinyi LuFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMounts installation and cavity alignment- Over the last few days, Viktor, Ronic
and I have reinstalled the mounts and realigned
the cavity with CW laser and old mirrors.
 resonances.jpgcavity_mode.jpgcavity_mode_diameter.jpg 
  7   Thu Oct 18 09:42:39 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomMotors for D-shaped mirrorsMotors have been installed on 16/10/18.
No problem with them.

Effect of the motors tested on
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  24   Fri Dec 21 13:42:43 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors features, come back from LMAMirrors arrived today from LMA. Their features
are damaged.

Photos avant ou après nettoyage,
 181201_caracteristiques_miroirs.PNG20181207_155704_resized.jpg20181207_155726_resized.jpg 
  23   Thu Nov 15 13:02:44 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors cleaningThe new mirrors didn't give expected
results. Then the 4 old mirrors have been
sent to LMA on 12/11/18 for a cleaning and
  
  31   Fri Dec 6 11:54:58 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirror's installedThe initial 400kW SBOX mirrors which have
been cleaned ont 28th of november have been
installed this morning on the SBOX.
  
  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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