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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
  
  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
 diffusion.jpg 
  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.
  
  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
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  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
  
  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
 Image3.jpgImage6.jpg 
  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
  
  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
  
  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 !!!
 IMG_20190903_161910.jpg 
  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.
  
  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%
  
  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,
  
  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.
 1.jpg2.jpg3.jpgfront_panel.png 
  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
 190704_2ndstage6A_spectrum.PNG 
  47   Thu Jul 4 18:28:55 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedissuelasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive 33MHz unmodelockedOscillator randomly unmodelocked on 3rd
july afternoon (during oscillator power
measurement, maybe a reflection from the
  
  46   Thu Jul 4 10:17:46 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsOptical roomNew design for PDH boxesA new design has been studied for the 5
PDH boxes to better match the low (33MHz)
repetition rate of the ThomX laser.
 2019-06-14_-_PDH_Maurice_modifié.pdf 
  43   Tue Jun 18 20:44:34 2019 Huan WangFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomtelescope for Koherastelescope of Koheras is removed, information
record here:

- distance between collimator edge
 2019.06.18_telescope_of_Koheras.jpg 
  42   Wed Jun 12 17:49:20 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical roomPolarizationPolariztion measured with Input vertically/horizontally polarized
(~100% DOLP)

- Transmission (P4) locked on cavity
 Polar_horiz_trans_P4.PNGPolar_vert_trans_P4.PNGPolar_vert_input.PNG 
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