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Entry   Motors connexions, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about mechanics Validation_moteurs.jpg

Motors are connected. The true mirror's name are P1 for injection mirrors, S2, S3 and P4. (S=spherical, P=planar).

They are still some old schemes (and notations on the cavity) which mention M1, M2, M3 and M4. I make the link here:

M3 = P1
M1 = S2
M2 = S3
M4 = P4

The wires are plugged as follows (I use notations wrote on the cavity and wires):

M3x = 1-1
M3y = 1-2
M3z = 2-1

M1x = 1-3
M1y = 1-4
M1z = 2-2

M2x = 1-5
M2y = 1-6
M2z = 2-3

M4x = 1-7
M4y = 1-8
M4z = 2-4

Entry   Beam size and finesse, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

FSR initiale : 33.34 MHz (S3 = -825000 et S4 = -825000)

Beam size initiale : wx=2.05mm et wy=2.15mm

Finesse initiale : 3400

 

FSR après éloignement des miroirs sphériques : 33.29 MHz (S3 ~= -1496000 et S4 ~= -1496000)

Beam size : wx=1.7mm et wy=1.85mm

Finesse : 3600

 

FSR après rapprochement des miroirs sphériques : 33.39 MHz (S3 ~= -250000 et S4 ~= -500000)

Beam size : wx = 2.1mm et wy=2.4mm

 

Fit de la caméra jamais au dessus de 90%. ~~80%.

Entry   Motors Z axis reversed, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about mechanics 

S2 and S3 z-axis are initially at 1/4 (5mm/20mm) of there range over ~20mm range. This is meant to be able to spread them up to ~15mm in case of thermal effect.

Actually, they are in an opposite position. Means that they can only be spread of 5mm from the initial position.

Entry   Cavity at atm pressure, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics | vacuum finessealair.isf

Dry air injected into the cavity.

Lock has been proceeded without any trouble. ~~4000 finesse. Considered to be the same than before.

x and y motors axis put back to the last "cavity at air" position. z position kept at maximum distance between spherical mirrors.

Entry   Check of mirrors and coating directions, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics ThomX_P4.jpg

Direction of HR face of P1 and P4 have been checked, there was no problem. The mirrors are in the good direction and the coating is on the good face.

Once P1 and P4 outside of the cavity, we checked the coating position by sending the HeNe laser with an angle. There was two reflections and the most intense was the one closer to the normal to the mirror.

On P4 we noticed a spot which seems to be in the coating (does not move while sending nitrogen).

Entry   Wires in laser path, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about mechanics | lasers and optics | cabling before.jpgafter_wire_displaced.jpg

There was some ceramic wires close to the beem path right before P4. We moved them away (we can imagine they could move again with vibration).

    Reply   Motors Z axis reversed, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about mechanics 

All Z motors (for P1, S2, S3 and P4) have been initialized again with a proper HOME command with their own controller  with the "superviser" software (which means they all moved to the +1650000 position).
Thus, they have been moved to their default position : +825000 for spherical mirrors (S2 and S3) and -825000 for plan mirrors (P1 and P4).

reminder : lower values on the motors makes the motor tip going inside which makes the cavity length larger.
thus spherical mirrors are in default position with a possible big range to put inside the motor tip (for thermal effects compensation).
by complementarity, plan mirrors are in default position with a possible big range to put outside the motor tip.

the Labwindows CVI was buggy about the proper representation of the motors motion in Z direction (wrong direction and wrong default position).
the software is now fixed.
 

Loïc Amoudry wrote:

S2 and S3 z-axis are initially at 1/4 (5mm/20mm) of there range over ~20mm range. This is meant to be able to spread them up to ~15mm in case of thermal effect.

Actually, they are in an opposite position. Means that they can only be spread of 5mm from the initial position.

 

Entry   Finesse after removing wires, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

19/04/01: We removed the wires from the beam path in the cavity. Finesse stayed at 3400. FSR: 33.342 MHz.

When locked:

Input Power: ~4mW
Through S2: ~0.950uW
Through S3: ~0.930uW
Through P4: ~0.850uW

Entry   Transmission of the mirrors, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

We openned the cavity, removed S2 and measured trans of P1 and same for S2.

Pin ~= 3.91 mW
PS2 ~= 20 nW --> ~~ 5 ppm !!!
PP1 ~= 5.23 uW --> ~~ 1337 ppm !?!?!

P1 is the Sapphire mirror. 3mm thick. Tomorrow we'll measure its trans again, being out of the mount for constraint issues.

Entry   Beam size at closest spherical mirrors position, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

S3 and S2 @ +1 640 000 and P1 and P4 @ -825 000

Diameter in x: 4.7mm
Diameter in y: 4.7mm

    Reply   Transmission of the mirrors, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

After verification, transmission of P1 correspond to ~150ppm.

The 1337ppm come from a beam leakage. Reflection from P1 goes to the input window which reflects again a part of the beam directly into the cavity between P1 and S3 then between P4 and S2.

Loïc Amoudry wrote:

We openned the cavity, removed S2 and measured trans of P1 and same for S2.

Pin ~= 3.91 mW
PS2 ~= 20 nW --> ~~ 5 ppm !!!
PP1 ~= 5.23 uW --> ~~ 1337 ppm !?!?!

P1 is the Sapphire mirror. 3mm thick. Tomorrow we'll measure its trans again, being out of the mount for constraint issues.

 

    Reply   Transmission of the mirrors, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

P1 transmission out of the mount (means angle of the mirror is not the real angle):

Pin = 3.2 mW
Pout = 545 nW
Offset = 68 nW

Transmission = (545-68)/3.2e6 = 149 ppm

Loïc Amoudry wrote:

After verification, transmission of P1 correspond to ~150ppm.

The 1337ppm come from a beam leakage. Reflection from P1 goes to the input window which reflects again a part of the beam directly into the cavity between P1 and S3 then between P4 and S2.

Loïc Amoudry wrote:

We openned the cavity, removed S2 and measured trans of P1 and same for S2.

Pin ~= 3.91 mW
PS2 ~= 20 nW --> ~~ 5 ppm !!!
PP1 ~= 5.23 uW --> ~~ 1337 ppm !?!?!

P1 is the Sapphire mirror. 3mm thick. Tomorrow we'll measure its trans again, being out of the mount for constraint issues.

 

 

Entry   Finesse with P1 SUPRASIL, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 190404_mode_size_with_P1_SUPRASIL.PNG190404_mode_fit_with_P1_SUPRASIL.PNGtek00000.pngtek00002.png

P1 SUPRASIL has been installed instead of P1 Sapphire. It has been cleaned 3 times on each face with wipe+isopropanol before to be installed.

Finesse ~= 10 000 - 11 000 (EOM Sweep of 100 kHz in 10sec, see last image.)
Coupling ~= 45%

Motors position:
P1 = -825 000
S2 = +825 000
S3 = +825 000
P4 = -825 000

Entry   Finesse after 2days, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

Finesse measured this morning after P1 SUPRASIL being into the cavity for two days. In order to check if it's getting dirty.

Finesse still ~= 11 000

Entry   P4 cleaned and finesse measurement, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

P4 cleaned with isopropanol.

Finesse measured afterward: ~=13 000 (clear increase)

Entry   Mirror's cleaning and finesse, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

Summary of what have been cleaned the last week:

P1 with isopropanol, finesse 11000
P4 with isopropanol, finesse 13000
S2 with isopropanol, finesse 13000
S3 with isopropanol, finesse 14000
S2 with isopropanol, finesse 14000
P4 with isopropanol, finesse 12500
P4 with isopropanol, finesse 12500

Finesse decreased with last steps which probably means our cleaning technique is at its maximum. We will probably try a cavity axis change with the mirror's motors to increase the finesse  to the maximum like that.
Next step is to clean P1 with acetone + pur ethanol, then install the Onefive.

Entry   Injection of 33MHz Onefive through fiber, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics power_ouput_Onefive.PNGpower_after_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber_and_EOM_NIR-MPX-LN-0dot1.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber_and_EOM_NIR-MPX-LN-02.PNG

Output power of the Onefive, and power after injection and different components have been measured.

Coupling ~= 90%
Each of our two EOM roughly have the same loses ~3dB

Entry   33MHz Onefive power overtime decrease, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 180410_power_33mhz_1jours.PNG180925_Power.JPG190416_power_ouput_Onefive.PNG

Power of the 33MHz Onfive decreases over time. Have to pay attention to that.
Note that air dryers have never been stopped.

10th april 2018: ~40mW (first picture, 10dB filter)
25th september 2018: ~36mW (second picture, 10dB filter)
16th april 2019: ~29mW (third picture, no filter)
 

Entry   New Suprasil mirror from LMA, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

14/05/19:

New Suprasil mirror received. It will replace the S-BOX suprasil mirror on ThomX which was already replacing the sapphire mirror.

First finesse measurement: 14000

Features sent by Christophe Michel:

"- Transmission mesurée (1064 nm)= 172 ppm ; Transmission estimée (1031 nm)= 140 ppm
- Réflexion (1064 nm)= 1025 ppm; doit être inférieure à 1031 nm
L'AR n'est pas bon alors que l'on obtenu 170 ppm pour le run de calage!
J'espère que vous pourrez néanmoins l'utiliser.
- Diffusion moyenne sur diamètre 12 mm: 2.6 ppm"

 

Entry   Finesse after cleaning (new suprasil mirror), posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 

15/05/19-20/05/19:

Cleaning of the mirrors:

Initial finesse 14000 @air
S2 with isopropanol, finesse 17000 @air
P4 with isopropanol, finesse 17000 @air
S3 with isopropanol, finesse 17000 @air
S3 with first contact, finesse 17000 @air
S2 with first contact, finesse 17000 @air

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