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  440   Thu Jul 10 15:44:43 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloolong run to test the appearance of high frequency noisetoday, long run directly at full power
(33% amplifier ratio) => 98kW in the FPC
at the very begining of the run.
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  441   Thu Jul 10 18:02:54 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsThomX igloolaser PZT amplifierthis afternoon, I added the Gain = 2.8
amplifier at the output of the Laselock to
drive the laser PZT.
  
  442   Thu Jul 10 18:33:48 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooNew recipies with additionnal attenuation before the diffuser and new x3 amplifier on laser PZTWith optical attenuation + x3 amplifier
on laser PZT channel + feedback tuning

Temporary recipie
  
  443   Fri Jul 11 16:15:12 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTuning of the slow feeback loop analog BW + fast feedback loop gain + PIDToday with Daniele, we tuned the potentiometer
after the Laselock which drives the analog
BW of the PID on the laser PZT,
  
  444   Tue Jul 15 17:34:13 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooStability test Without and with The laser starts at 93 KW.

This morning I operated the laser
locked with the RF for 1h30 without any delock.
  
  445   Wed Jul 16 17:17:57 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooSuite tests stabilitéWe continue to find what gives high freq.
perturbation.

The laser starts at 92 KW it is
  
  446   Fri Jul 18 09:23:40 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooXrays experiment with prostateToday we do XRays for experiment.

The laser start to 33% at 93 KW
but Pgain = 0.033
  
  447   Fri Jul 18 15:56:40 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfolasers and opticsThomX igloolaser operation again with machine OFFThe laser start at 33% with 92 KW optimized
and

P=0.03
  
  448   Thu Aug 7 11:14:47 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooAlignment correction during the summer breakI restarted the FPC system this morning.

after some classic alignement procedure
(some LEFT steps on the cavity injection
  
  449   Wed Aug 27 12:01:41 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsThomX iglooPower shut down on August 29thThis morning, all the equipments have been
switched off due to a power shut down
tomorrow morning.
  
  450   Thu Aug 28 18:01:46 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfodetectors and electronicsThomX iglooPower shut down on August 29thafter alignment, CEP adjustment and optimizing
the PDH phase, I got back ~92kW in the FPC
for 33% amplifier ratio.
  
  451   Tue Sep 16 12:32:52 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloopolarization measurement of the FP cavity beamtoday, with Daniele, we did a simple polarization
measurement in transmission of the FP cavity
beam.
  
  452   Tue Sep 16 17:41:28 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooAccelerometer measurementwith Daniele, we placed the accelerometer
on top of the fiber amplifier box which is
inside the housing.
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  453   Thu Sep 18 18:29:04 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | software | utilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on September 23thto anticipate the power shut down on next
tuesday 23/09,
this afternoon, I switched off all
  
  454   Fri Sep 26 11:08:21 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | software | utilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on September 23ththis morning, I restarted all the equipments
of the FPC.

everything was fine after being
  
  455   Fri Sep 26 11:13:35 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | software | utilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on September 23ththe 33MHz/500MHz RF frequencies from the
Ring seems different from the previous state
(maybe working at an energy of 50MeV instead
  
  456   Mon Sep 29 10:22:32 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronics | cabling | software | utilitiesThomX iglooPower shut down on September 23thThis morning I did a phase alignment on
the PDH signal generator (Rigol DG4102)
this procedure ensure that both phases
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  464   Mon Feb 2 15:29:45 2026 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser Amplifier used at 70%today, I installed a laser dump just before
the telescope to avoid any high power (50W
instead of 17W usually) issue in the injection
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  471   Wed Jun 10 16:16:33 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuumThomX iglooremoving of the M1 mirrorafter trying to increase the power and
after moving S3 to try to change the size
of the beam on the mirrors, the FPC power
  
  472   Thu Jun 11 11:16:55 2026 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | vacuumThomX iglooremoving of the M1 mirrorthis morning, with Daniele, we took some
images of the M1 mirror HR surface :

1- large image span of the mirror
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