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  48   Thu Jul 4 18:30:39 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical room2nd stage output power validated Onefive output power : 28mW
Power before fiber injection :
7.8mW
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  49   Mon Jul 29 17:15:35 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomSpin coater air supply removed and front panel changedSpin coater firstly needed vacuum and air
supply. The air supply being useless for
our experiments, it has been disabled.
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  50   Fri Aug 30 09:44:56 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurement after mirror cleaning using the spin coaterLast Finesse measurement in air : ~ 17
000 the 20th of may (see logbook)

28th and 29th of august, we cleanned,
  
  51   Fri Aug 30 17:46:15 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurement after mirror cleaning using the spin coatertoday I cleaned S3 with isopropanol and
then with pure water on spin coater.
Finesse is only 10 700.(coupling 50%
  
  52   Fri Aug 30 17:52:41 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomMotor issueToday, Axis 9 (Z-axis of P1) has blocked
the software which drives all the motors.
impossible to bypass the problem.
  
  53   Tue Sep 3 17:51:04 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomVessel cleanlinesslooking in the vessel of the FP cavity
using a UV lamp shows a lot of dust... more
dust than outside the cavity !!!
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  54   Tue Sep 3 18:04:03 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurement after mirror cleaning using the spin coaterFollowing finesse measurements (start @10700): 
Clean P1 with SC (water) + isoprop
(wipe) finesse @15000
  
  55   Tue Sep 3 18:06:29 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomMirrors sent to LMAMirrors have been sent today to LMA for
cleaning and maybe annealing (recuit). 3
ULE of ThomX and the fused silicate for injection
  
  56   Fri Sep 6 14:48:14 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | vacuumOptical roomPrimary vacuum to check dustThe cavity has been cleaned then put under
primary vacuum (primary pump without vacuum
flow control). Dusts presence was checked
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  57   Fri Sep 6 14:59:00 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomLMA cleaning techniqueChristophe MICHEL told us more precise
informations about spin coater cleaning.

They always clean with pur water
  
  58   Thu Sep 12 16:19:26 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomCavity dust source checkSeveral experiments have been done in order
to check the potential source of dust in
the ThomX cavity. For each step, we look
  
  59   Wed Sep 25 15:49:28 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomMotor issueToday again, same problem with axis 9 blocking
the controlling software during the mirror
alignment procedure.
  
  60   Fri Sep 27 10:43:17 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomNew Suprasil mirror from LMA19/09/2019 : email from Chrisophe Michel
about AR coating of LMA mirrors after reading
that Ta2O5 layers can be damaged in vacuum
  
  61   Fri Sep 27 16:17:36 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurementAfter mirrors were going back from LMA
for cleaning and thermal anealing, they have
been installed in FP cavity for Finesse measurement.
  
  62   Mon Sep 30 11:20:48 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomDiffusion ULE spherical mirror (S3) vs Fused Silicate injection planar mirror (P1)Observation made with IR Beam Viewer: 

The observation of P1 and S3 simultaneously
while locking shows much higher diffusion
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  63   Mon Sep 30 11:30:32 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurementTo complete these observations:

Finesse has been measured
on thursday, right after cleaning the cavity
  
  64   Thu Oct 3 13:49:58 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfomechanicsOptical roomPneumatic valvesFrederic and Manu from vacuum group came
this morning to fix again the pneumatic valves
which had a leak again.
  
  65   Thu Oct 3 13:53:44 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportvacuumOptical roomCavity under vacuum The cavity is right now at 6.5e-8 mbar
(turbo pumps on for 1 night and ionic pumps
for 3h), primary pumps and turbo pumps are
  
  66   Thu Oct 3 14:00:13 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedissuecablingOptical roomElectrical trouble (disjunction)The circuit breaker on ThomX cavity drops
@1.5-1.8kW when we turn on 1/2nd
stage of the amplifier or 3rd stage of the
  
  67   Thu Oct 3 18:00:10 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomThomX amplifier M2The ThomX M2 has been measured between
1.5-1.6 for x and y
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