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Entry   Finesse measurement after mirror cleaning using the spin coater, posted by Ronic Chiche at Optical room about lasers and optics 
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Message ID: 51     Entry time: Fri Aug 30 17:46:15 2019     In reply to: 50     Reply to this: 54
 Author: Ronic Chiche 
 Status: Fixed 
 Type: report 
 Category: lasers and optics 
 Location: Optical room 
 Title: Finesse measurement after mirror cleaning using the spin coater 

today I cleaned S3 with isopropanol and then with pure water on spin coater.
Finesse is only 10 700.(coupling 50% ? => to be confirmed...)

maybe we have to redo the procedure with a different way of cleanig (pushing less on the mirror ... ?)

Ronic Chiche wrote:

Last Finesse measurement in air : ~ 17 000 the 20th of may (see logbook)

from 28th to 30th of august, we cleanned, with Loïc, mirrors S3 then P1 successively using only ultra pure water with the spin coater.

we measured the finesse after each cleaning by modulation technique and in both cases, the finesse did not change !

maybe the mirror surfaces have been covered by some hydrocarbure during the summer ?
or by an other contaminant which is difficult to clean with only water ?
we decided to clean the mirrors first with an isopropanol solution and then with ultra pure water and the spin coater.

 

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