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  195   Tue Mar 14 16:54:48 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooAmplifier Beam Profile over time This morning, with Ronic, we opened the
compressor box to observe if there is any
misalignment of the mounts or the CVBG's
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  196   Wed Mar 15 21:13:07 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooAmplifier Beam Profile over time This morning we took data of the beam profile
at 4 different points to see the evolution
of
 10x 
  197   Wed Mar 15 21:14:51 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooAmplifier Beam Profile over time Information about today's work is added
to logBook !!

  
  198   Fri Mar 17 18:54:19 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomNew Mirrors from LMA _ ImagesToday we tested a mirror from one patch

image is for the front face of
the mirror
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  199   Mon Mar 20 09:33:54 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on Saturday the 18thAll the equipments have been switched off
on Friday 17th due to a power shut down on
Saturday 18th :
  
  200   Mon Mar 20 17:23:09 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayAs the general local network for the FP-cavity
devices is 192.168.xxx.xxx, I changed the
IP adress of the smaract laser motors (Frep
 MCS_Network_Interface_Configuration_Guide-1.pdf20230320_154643[1].jpg 
  201   Mon Mar 20 17:39:28 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfoutilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on Saturday the 18thToday, I restarted all the equipements
:

Chiller                                                
  
  202   Mon Mar 20 17:55:25 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and optics | softwareThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier beam profile measurementdue to several "case temperature"
issues, I change the "Max case temperature"
in the "general config" of the
  
  203   Tue Mar 28 13:56:52 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooCavity Alighnment Last week, with Ronic and Victor we aligned
the cavity using CW laser (Koheras)


we have also installed
 9x 
  204   Tue Apr 4 13:03:23 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooCavity Alighnment Today, we prepared lenses for a telescope
for the CW laser injection into the cavity,
yet to be installed
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  205   Fri Apr 7 00:26:11 2023 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooCW FP Cavit lock Yesterday morning we locked the cavity
on a strange mode in the cavity (we call
it mode, but not sure what it is ??)
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  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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  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 
  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
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  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
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  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
  
  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 
  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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  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 
  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
  
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