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  225   Wed Jun 28 19:01:03 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst X rays and FP-cavity mode and electron beam waists size @ IPon friday 23/06 afternoon, after scanning
the hexapod z-axis, we observed a cut of
the power stored in the FP-cavity (with constant
 Raw_data.jpganalyse_profil_vert_X-1.pptx 
  224   Thu Jun 22 20:20:03 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockwe checked yesterday morning the real input
power @ 30% for the amp => it is 16W in
agreement with the previously measured values
  
  223   Tue Jun 20 19:08:17 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockI checked with the Matlab code below the
CEP detuning effect (2nm sech² spectrum...
not exactly the same as in ThomX)
 ThomX_FP_intracavity_signal.m 
  222   Tue Jun 20 18:45:10 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockthis morning, I tested the laser+amplifier
@ 30% lock on the FP cavity with and without
Smaract motors.
 PDH_error_signal_with_Smaract_motors_ON-OFF.jpgLock_at_amp_@30%.jpg10kW_in_remote.jpg 
  221   Mon Jun 19 16:08:15 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier The computer is possible to connect from
the control room,

we are able to run remotely the
  
  220   Fri Jun 9 19:51:43 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier In the morning, we locked on the first
resonance. With an increase on the amplifier
power @ 20-25% and 30%, which reduced the
 tek00001_noise_reduced_first_resonance.pngtek00000_cavity_lock_with_noise_from_odcillator_controller.png 
  219   Thu Jun 8 11:12:20 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockAfter removing the 2 generators from the
optical table, the lock is much more stable
and now, it is possible to lock on the main
  
  218   Wed Jun 7 21:46:50 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier Today with Ronic,

starting with major events that
happened (Water circulation + ThomX valves
 tek00001.png20230607_183626_Frep_CEP_motors_smartAct.jpg20230607_183641_transmitted_power.jpgtek00002.png 
  217   Tue Jun 6 15:52:59 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier locktoday with Daniele, we locked easily (but
with a noisy lock) on the secundary resonance
and we tried to lock on the main resonance
 M250_Video_Amplifier.pdfM250_manual.pdf 
  216   Tue Jun 6 01:12:11 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier Today, I installed a power meter at the
transmission point of the 1st spherical mirror
, transmission 3 ppm (direct from cavity
 20230605_tek00001_33uW.png20230605_tek00002_82uW.png 
  215   Fri Jun 2 10:54:25 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier Yesterday, with Ronic we locked ThomX cavity
on the second resonance 

Laser : 33.36 MHz , Amplifier :
 13x 
  214   Thu Jun 1 18:15:04 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockfinding the right modulation/demodulation
PDH phase is very difficult on the main resonance
because the we get non stationnary signals
  
  213   Thu Jun 1 10:31:45 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloo33MHz oscillator + Alphanov amplifier lockthe last tries to lock the 33MHz + amplifier
to the 30k Finesse FP-cavity were unsuccessful.

during a laser Frep scan using
 120705_Displacement_of_cylindrical_piezo_ceramics.xls 
  212   Tue May 30 18:32:37 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronics | cabling | softwareThomX iglooCavity Lock - Alphanov Amplifier This morning, while trying Guillaume solution
of disconnecting the 24 V necessary to the
second and third stage and raise the threshold
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  211   Mon May 22 16:07:12 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPW laser Injection into cavity Today with Ronic and Daniele we attempted
to lock the cavity, but the alphanov amplifier
did not turn on because of an error in MMD3
 2023-05-22_MMD3_error_on_alarm_window.jpg2023-05-22_alphanov_software.jpg 
  210   Wed Apr 19 16:41:46 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPW laser Injection into cavity Added Note: the coupling we get is at low
power, only preamplifier is on (~ 300 mW)

was done at the end due to excitation
  
  209   Wed Apr 19 16:39:28 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPW laser Injection into cavity
On Monday with Daniele,

we
did full characterization of amplifier beam
@ 10% amplification, adjusted the telescope
 20230418_size_of_beam_before_injection_window_at_10percetage_ampli.jpg20230418_coupling_at_the_start_only_alignment_improved1.jpg20230418_zoom_on_Oscilliscope_signal_fundamental_mode.jpg20230418_coupling_after_improving_it_with_regulator_on_attempting_to_lock.jpg 
  208   Thu Apr 13 17:48:49 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPW laser Injection into cavity Yesterday,


we installed the second
high power reflecting mirrors at the output
 20230412_pulsed_cav_mode.bmp 
  207   Tue Apr 11 16:58:16 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP Finesse measurement using CWThis morning, with Ronic and Daniele, we
locked the cavity again (The lock was relatively
easy and stable during the reading of the
 20230411_first_Finesse_reading.JPG20230411_second_Finesse_reading.JPG20230411_Beam_Profile_position_differance_when_changing_FSR.JPG 
  206   Fri Apr 7 15:56:40 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooCW FP Cavit lock This morning with Daniele and Viktor,

- we confirmed the "potato"
mode was well centered on the injected beam
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