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  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
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  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.
  
  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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  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
  
  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
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  122   Mon Aug 8 11:11:28 2022 Aurélien MartensFixedreportutilitiesOptical roomchiller for CELIA amplifiertoday, temperature of the chiller has been
set to 23°C.

measured temperature in the chiller
  
  121   Thu Jul 28 13:52:23 2022 Aurélien MartensFixedreportutilitiesOptical roomchiller for CELIA amplifierThe chiller of CELIA amplifier has been
moved from the corridor to the changing room
in front of PLIC. 
  
  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.
  
  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 
  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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  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
  
  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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  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
  
  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
  
  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;
  
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