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  103   Fri Nov 6 14:23:16 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size and finesseMeasurement behind P4 (planar mirror)




  
  104   Fri Dec 18 16:10:04 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive ouput power and spectrumAfter turning on, one can see the 133.33MHz
Onefive output power for ~40min with OD2
filter (~/20). So the real output power is
 33MHz_output_power.PNG133_spectrum_full.PNG133_spectrum.PNG133_spectrum2.PNG 
  105   Fri Dec 18 17:06:53 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive ouput power and spectrum1)  Note: The OneFive laser used for
experimenting is the one for the  SBox

but, for now only this laser arrived
  
  106   Thu Nov 4 13:05:49 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignmentas the iris used to locate the FP-cavity
axis have been removed before moving the
table inside the Igloo, we have to find again
  
  107   Thu Nov 4 18:57:16 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignmentThis afternoon, we continued the alignment
of the red laser.
we did it using the 2 final injection
  
  108   Fri Nov 26 20:12:10 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignmentA continuation of the alignment process
was done, there was change in it due to variation
in temperature, 
  
  109   Thu Dec 2 21:31:21 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Note the direction of injection is  
  M1 - M2 - M3 - M4

                                                      
 2021_12_02_M2_Transmission.jpg2021_12_02_M3_transmission_90deg.PNG 
  110   Tue Jan 11 10:36:35 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment The alignment is on hold until next week
17th - 18th  Jan

an Alignment attempt will be done
  
  113   Mon Jan 17 21:22:28 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment ***** Continuation of the alignment ----
FP Cavity Open --- ****

The cavity was put under outer
 Interior_of_cavity_P1_S3_windowOpen.jpgInterior_of_cavity_P1_S3_windowOpen_irrisOnP1.jpgCavityAlignment_cavityOpen_S2_Output.jpgCavityAlignment_cavityOpen_S3_Output.jpeg 
  114   Wed Jan 19 09:36:53 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Yesterday, we did the alignment again using
Iris and beam profilers to obtain a more
precise result.
  
  128   Fri Mar 11 12:46:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity mode axis change and Finesse measurementthis morning with Manar, we did a cavity
mode axis change.

we checked the cavity mode centroid
  
  129   Fri Mar 11 12:59:35 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooCavity beam Image Updated beam image after change on the
mode axis.

Taken after P4.
 Capture.PNGCapture2.PNG 
  130   Fri Mar 11 17:33:33 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst hands on the Alphanov amplifier & softwareAurélien, Manar, and I spent more
than 2h trying to start the software communicating
with the Alphanov amplifier controller.
  
  131   Fri Mar 11 17:58:24 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst hands on the Alphanov amplifier & softwareAdditional information related to the injected
power into the amplifier fibers.

power = 4.45 mW (as shown from
  
  133   Fri Mar 18 11:48:14 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier power measurementThis morning, with Manar and Aurélien,
we measure the power directly at
the output of the Alphanov amplifier with
 power_after_compressor_vs_current_for_133MHz_laser.png 
  134   Fri Mar 18 15:04:30 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier power measurementanswers from Guillaume:

- the chiller temperature has to
be set to 25°C
  
  135   Tue Mar 22 21:19:48 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier Beam ProfileToday: Manar, Ronic and Aurlien started
the study of the beam profile of the alphanov
amplifier at high power.
 8x 
  136   Tue Mar 22 21:20:28 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier Beam Profile 




  
  137   Wed Mar 23 13:55:11 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier Beam ProfileAdding the fitted beam in 1D in Horizontal
and vertical axis.

for 10%   to  60%
 6x 
  138   Fri Apr 1 23:59:51 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier Beam ProfileToday a second reading of the beam profile
was done , with Victor ,Ronic, Aurlien and
Manar
  
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