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  145   Wed Sep 7 18:57:20 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputWe increased the power of the amplifier
up to 10 W to see if there is a change in
the beam shape at the injection point or
  
  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 
  143   Mon Sep 5 18:06:53 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputAm adjustment on the lenses position to
have a smaller waist.

+ 250 mm @ 88 cm from amplifier
 20220905_Telescope_lense_placement.jpg 
  142   Fri Sep 2 18:10:10 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputNote the
correct beam divergence is approximately
~ 2.3 mrad
 Ampli_Celia_2.3mrad_divergence_New_Telescope.jpgBeam_waist_at_injection_image.jpg 
  141   Fri Sep 2 17:50:21 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputremoving the reading which is not correct
(wrong use of software)

redone a reading similar using
 Beam_Profile_Fit_using_gaussian_Beam.jpgBeam_Profile_Fit_using_gaussian_Beam.xml 
  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
 image_faisceau_multimode_@1030nm.PNG 
  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
 2nd_stage_pump_wavelength.jpg 
  138   Wed Aug 24 10:45:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzAdding information about the 2 mirror cavity
setup (plan - spherical)
that is currently installed.
 manip2miroirs.pptx2mirror_plan_shperical_beam_size.png 
  137   Wed Aug 24 10:39:58 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputHere is a view of beam propagation in the
optical software : GaussianBeam

the red filled shape is the model
 Capture.PNGTelescope_AMPLI_CELIA_1.xml 
  136   Tue Aug 23 17:37:38 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputI placed a periscope to adjust the high
of the beam from the amplifier output from
~ 10 cm from the table to ~ 15 cm
 20220823_setup.jpg 
  135   Mon Aug 22 18:39:13 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomAmplifier output Beam ProfileBeam divergence after amplifier 4.46 mrad

 

  
  134   Mon Aug 22 18:38:03 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputBeam divergence was measured using a method
called  "Focal
 Focal_length_divergence_method.pdfBeam_Profile_at_high_power_.jpgSBOX_CELIA_AMPLIFIER_Divergence_measurement.pdf 
  133   Fri Aug 19 16:36:18 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope / amplifier outputThe previous Sbox telescope was dismantled
and the mechanical components cleaned.

its lenses are still in the mounts,
  
  132   Fri Aug 19 16:31:11 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomAmplifier output Beam ProfileIn preparation to measure the output beam
profile from the amplifier at high power,
I have placed two wedge mirrors just before
 20220819_Setup.jpg 
  131   Fri Aug 19 16:03:40 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCVBG stretching / Fiber Injection closing series




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




  
  129   Fri Aug 19 16:02:33 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCELIA amplifier installation + chillerClosing series




  
  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
  
  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.
  
  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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