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Entry   !!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!!, posted by Ronic Chiche at ThomX igloo about mechanics | lasers and optics 
    Reply   !!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!!, posted by Ronic Chiche at ThomX igloo about mechanics | lasers and optics 
Message ID: 269     Entry time: Thu Sep 21 18:56:56 2023     Reply to this: 273
 Author: Ronic Chiche 
 Status: Fixed 
 Type: issue 
 Category: mechanics | lasers and optics 
 Location: ThomX igloo 
 Title: !!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!! 

this morning, I locked the cavity to ~25kW without any problem.

but this afternoon, the reflected power exhibited low frequency (~1Hz) fluctuations of about 10% without any lock.
the reflected PhD is a DET10 which has a small surface.

we checked the OneFive oscillator power which is perfectly stable.

we changed the DET10 PhD for a DET100 PhD with ~1cm surface : we don't see any power fluctuation => the amplifier power seems stable.

we put back the DET10 PhD : we see these fluctuations of about 10% => it could be some pointing effect !!!
when one locks the FP-cavity, we clearly see exactly the same power fluctuations at the Transmission PhD but complementary => the sum is constant.
so, it seems clear that the beam coupling to the cavity is fluctuating due to some pointing fluctuation of the incoming beam.

a reason of these fluctuations could be the thermal jump done today because of the air cooling system of the bunker :
the temperature jumped from 25°C yesterday (and maybe still this morning ?)  to 18°C this afternoon !!!
thus, some mechanical parts (the compressor CVBG ?) could be moving and then could produce these pointing fluctuations...

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