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ID Date Author Status Type Category Location Titledown Text Attachments
  278   Fri Nov 10 09:51:22 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooM4 motor using icepap controller and jive/Atkpanel IHMKevin moved the M4 mirror controller from
the ISP controller to some ICEPAP controller.

the IHM to access this ICEPAP controller
  
  282   Tue Nov 14 11:33:45 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooM4 motor using icepap controller and jive/Atkpanel IHMone problem is the FP-cavity/laser lock
loss when one moves a FP-cavity motor.

with acceleration = 0.01 units/s²
  
  295   Tue Nov 28 19:01:19 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencetoday for the first time, we were able
to make a long term lock of all the elements
(Laser on FP cavity and FP-cavity on RF reference)
  
  298   Wed Nov 29 12:33:33 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencetoday, I did a 20 minutes "double
lock" run w/o any single lock loss.

the attached file shows the recorded
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  299   Wed Nov 29 16:39:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencethis afternoon, we did a new long-term
"double lock" run w/o any single
lock loss during 1/2h.
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  289   Fri Nov 24 12:56:39 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitylaser cavity :

when one decreases the laser motor
position, the laser repetition rate
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  290   Fri Nov 24 18:16:37 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivityNow, I placed a temperature probe stuck on
the laser housing itself.

fig. 1
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  291   Fri Nov 24 18:47:25 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitythe last thing we did with Daniele, is
to start/stop the airflow on top of the housing
(closed) to see a possible pressure effect
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  292   Tue Nov 28 10:24:47 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitytoday, I swapped the 500MHz RF reference
oscillator for a Siglent 500MHz DDS oscillator.

see the attached plot : the
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  296   Wed Nov 29 09:35:10 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitylong-term correlation, over 5-6 days, between
the temperature measured in the bunker, outside
of the housing (blue curve) and the temperature
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  322   Fri Feb 2 11:53:40 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitythis morning, I did a 500MHz beating frequency
(Laser vs RF) drift test with the Smaract
motors configured with "Sensor Mode"
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  329   Mon Mar 4 12:39:56 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser and FP cavities frequency adjustmentat the beginning of the procedure, the
frequency gap between the new Ring 33MHz
frequency (33.3378MHz) and the laser/FP cavities
  
  330   Mon Mar 4 18:32:21 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser and FP cavities frequency adjustmentThis afternoon, I did the 2nd half of the
travel: dF @ 33MHz = 0Hz
=> the Smaract motor position is
  
  270   Fri Sep 22 11:30:28 2023 Daniele NutarelliFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomLaser FP operationThis morning FP Laser was operating well
locked at 30 KWatts in stable vay.

There are some fluctuations due
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  464   Mon Feb 2 15:29:45 2026 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser Amplifier used at 70%today, I installed a laser dump just before
the telescope to avoid any high power (50W
instead of 17W usually) issue in the injection
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  276   Thu Nov 9 17:02:26 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtoday, we locked the FP cavity at ~50kW
with 30% laser amplifier ratio (16W) during
almost all the day (from 10am to 4pm)
  
  279   Fri Nov 10 12:37:42 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingas the temperature is back to a normal
value ~ 20.8°C, the injected power to
the amplifier (PD_IN in the Alphanov software)
  
  280   Tue Nov 14 10:35:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtemperature since we moved to temperature
probe (jump at the beginning of the plot)
below the ring on a metallic base.
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  284   Thu Nov 16 17:48:29 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtemperature @ 22.3°C

today, all the PC applications
were closed except the web browser.
  
  285   Fri Nov 17 11:44:35 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtemperature @ 21.9°C

48.5kW inside CFP for 30% amplifier
ratio
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