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  257   Thu Sep 14 19:16:44 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsOptical roomlock oscillateur 33MHz - synthé 500MHzthis afternoon, we were able to lock the
laser on the FP-cavity and the FP-cavity
on the Ring reference oscillator in a same
  
  260   Fri Sep 15 18:27:24 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFast feedback loop between laser and FP cavitythis afternoon, we tried to better understand
how to drive properly the EOM to kill high
frequency noise.
  
  262   Fri Sep 15 19:13:44 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloodrift calculation for the SMA100Athe goal is to estimate what could be the
frequency drift at 500MHz for the SMA100A:
see phase noise datasheet in attachement
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  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.
  
  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
  
  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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  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
  
  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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  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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