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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
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  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
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  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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  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 
  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
  
  1   Tue Sep 25 19:17:43 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive Origami 33MHz specsPower during ~20h, power after turn on,
spectrum image and excel datas, polarisation
and pulse length.
 6x 
  11   Fri Dec 21 13:55:09 2018 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfovacuumOptical roomEnd of vacuum test and cavity ready for cleaningVacuum tests finished on 19 december
2018.

Spent last two days to discuss
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  12   Wed Jan 16 14:54:14 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and optics | utilitiesOptical roomCleaning outside IP cavityFrom 7th january to 11th january.

 
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  13   Fri Feb 1 13:20:47 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportutilitiesOptical roomEnd of cleaning, plastic fixed on cavity08/02/19 - End of the cleaning process.  covered_by_plastic.pngcovered_by_plastic2.png 
  14   Fri Feb 1 13:39:21 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors checked with binocular microscope29/01/19 - ThomX mirrors have also been
checked with binocular microscope. They shown
the same spots as S-BOX mirrors. 
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  15   Fri Feb 1 14:10:25 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOtherMirrors sent to LMA30/01/19 - As LMA people came, we discussed
about the spots on ThomX mirrors which should
be clean. As mentionned in "SBOX commissioning",
  
  16   Thu Feb 14 18:20:52 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomBasic alignment & alignment motors check14/02/19: The 4 motors but Mby control
works. Mby motor home does not bring
it to its "middle" position
  
  17   Tue Feb 19 15:50:08 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfomechanicsOptical roomMotors connexionsMotors are connected. The true mirror's
name are P1 for injection mirrors, S2, S3
and P4. (S=spherical, P=planar).
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  18   Tue Mar 19 16:35:32 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size and finesseFSR initiale : 33.34 MHz (S3 = -825000
et S4 = -825000)

Beam size initiale : wx=2.05mm
  
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