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  265   Wed Sep 20 14:16:09 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloo!!! strange FP cavity behavior => impossible to lock !!!This morning,

- I installed the fast feedback
loop.
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  266   Wed Sep 20 19:10:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloo!!! strange FP cavity behavior => impossible to lock !!!this afternoon, in adjusting the CEP and
improving the parameters of the lock, I was
able to get ~ 47kW stable inside the cavity,
  
  267   Wed Sep 20 19:12:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFast feedback loop between laser and FP cavityI copy the post about Fast Feedback loop
: https://elog.lal.in2p3.fr/FPC/THOMX+commissioning/265

This morning,
  
  268   Wed Sep 20 19:17:44 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsOptical roomlock oscillateur 33MHz - synthé 500MHzafter a sudden FP-cavity Finesse increase,
we had to install the Fast Feedback Loop
in order to continue to lock the cavity.
  
  269   Thu Sep 21 18:56:56 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and opticsThomX igloo!!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!!this morning, I locked the cavity to ~25kW
without any problem.

but this afternoon, the reflected
  
  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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  271   Mon Oct 9 13:11:23 2023 Daniele NutarelliFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooTests of pointing stability of the laser CFPLast monday with Victor we have cheked
the stability of de pointing of the laser
FP.
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  272   Tue Nov 7 14:09:25 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooStrecher and fiber injection alignmentToday, the power measured at the input
of the amplifier (PD_IN on the LAL amplifier
software) is 2.5mW instead of >3mW generally
  
  273   Wed Nov 8 17:51:30 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and opticsThomX igloo!!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!!we confirmed the effect of the bunker temperature
on the laser amplifier "beam pointing"
fluctuations.
  
  274   Wed Nov 8 18:52:44 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloosome changes in the feedback schemefrom several weeks, the maximum power stored
in the FP-cavity was ~ 5kW.

today with Daniele, we finished
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  275   Thu Nov 9 16:40:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooRing frequency / Laser "day by day" lockingtoday, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency
is +156µm on MCS-1/ch0 (closed loop
  
  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)
  
  277   Fri Nov 10 09:43:26 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooRing frequency / Laser "day by day" lockingtemperature stable around 20.8°C

today, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency
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  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
  
  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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  281   Tue Nov 14 10:51:57 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooRing frequency / Laser "day by day" lockingtemperature stable around 21.7°C

today, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency
  
  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
  
  283   Wed Nov 15 09:36:35 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedreportdetectors and electronicsThomX igloobunker temperature curve   2023-11-10_to_2023-11-15_-_temperature_curve.png 
  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.
  
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