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  94   Wed Jun 8 10:58:15 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFundamental Mode TEM00Images of the Transmitted beam at M2 mirror
at different days. 

The first one was from last week,
 20220530_00_Mode.bmp00_Mode_Beam_Transmitted_Position_drift_due_to_temperature.bmp 
  95   Wed Jun 8 11:10:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Start with the cavity lock images attached,
taken from last week, at
start we have a coupling ~ 5%  and started
 Screenshot_2022-05-30_0_125247.png20220530_00_Mode.bmp11.bmp 
  96   Wed Jun 8 11:24:35 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope - Spacial Matching Divergence of the CW beam out of the collimator
measured after 1 meter to be 


 SBox_Spacial_Matching_Telescope.png 
  97   Wed Jun 8 11:31:47 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Current setup at SBox for locking the cavity

After spacial matching, the coupling
increased to ~ 15 - 20 % 
 20220607_SBox_Setup.pngMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  98   Thu Jun 9 19:59:42 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Cavity locked today under vacuum and no
airflow, it is stable over a long time

the alignment was improved and
 00_Mode_Locked_Under_vacuum.bmpMa1_Ma2_Horizontal_end-of-day.jpgMa1_Ma2_Vertical_end-of-day.jpg 
  99   Tue Jun 21 23:52:28 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomMenhir Pulsed LaserThe SBox Length (FSR), was changed to match
the repetition rate of the Menhir
pulsed laser Frep = 216.6625 MHz
 MENHIR_injection_into_fiber.jpgSBox_M.jpg20220620_SBox_MENHIR.pptx 
  100   Mon Jun 27 08:52:46 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHzThe Sbox currently has the injection from
ThomX installed T ~ 120 ppm , M2 planar from
Sbox spare and M3 / M4 spherical mirrors
 20220624_SBox_MENHIR.pptx 
  101   Wed Jul 6 18:34:12 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareOptical roomCavity Lock Closing the series for the setup

The cavity was only locked @ 133.33
MHz but the Finesse was not measured
  
  102   Wed Jul 6 18:35:38 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFundamental Mode TEM00Closing series of 00 mode for FSR @ 133.33
MHz

 
  
  103   Wed Jul 6 18:37:02 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomDivergence of the CW beam after collimator Closing the series of the telescope for
the beam @ 133.33 MHz

 
  
  104   Wed Jul 6 18:39:25 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHzMax Finesse obtained @ 4 mirror setup was
~ 19 300  

With M1 from ThomX , M2/M3/M4 from
  
  105   Wed Jul 6 18:39:38 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomSBox Finesse at 216.6625 MHz 




  
  106   Wed Jul 6 19:57:17 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe SBox cavity setup was changed to have
only 2 mirrors M1 plane and M2 spherical,
both from ThomX
 20220706_Setup.jpgScreenshot_2022-07-06_1_181116.pngFinesse_Fit.jpg00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpg 
  107   Fri Jul 8 17:09:26 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomImages of ThomX mirrors Under the microscope,

the spherical mirrors show the
deposit of metal dots on the reflecting surface
 ThomX_Spherical_Front_coating.jpgThomX_Spherical_2_Front_coating.jpgThomX_Spherical_back.jpg 
  108   Fri Jul 8 17:10:44 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomImages of ThomX mirrors Mirror images in the previous log showing
the metal deposit of the coating of the spherical
mirrors
  
  109   Fri Jul 8 17:48:48 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzThe cavity was realigned using irises instead
of pinholes, gave a better alignment.

The inside of the box, the spherical
 00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpgScreenshot_2022-07-08_0_164115.pngSlide1.JPGSlide2.JPG 
  110   Fri Jul 8 19:37:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room2 Mirror Setup @ 216.6 MHzUpdate for Finesse measurement, The cavity
was put under vacuum ~ 1.1*10^-1 mbar

and the alignment and coupling
 Screenshot_2022-07-08_2_182405.png 
  111   Tue Jul 12 10:07:05 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFSR change & Finesse Measurements The FSR of the 2 mirror (plan-spherical)
Cavity was adjusted from 210 MHz to reach
216.643 MHz
 00mode.jpg00mode_diameter.jpg00mode_diameter_fit.jpg 
  112   Tue Jul 12 10:19:30 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFSR change & Finesse Measurements Yesterday evening the cavity was Vacuum
pumped up to pressure of 5.5*10^-2 and locked 

changed FSR to be 216.662 MHz and
 Screenshot_2022-07-11_1_204143.pngScreenshot_2022-07-11_0_203646.png 
  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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