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Entry   laser PZT amplifier, posted by Ronic Chiche at ThomX igloo about detectors and electronics 

this afternoon, I added the Gain = 2.8 amplifier at the output of the Laselock to drive the laser PZT.
the power supply of the board is disymetric to address the correct maximal dynamic range of the amplifier (~ 30V) and voltage drop (~ 2V) related to the power supply voltage.
so, the power supply is set to -2V / 32V which gives roughly 0-28V of dynamic range at the ouput for 0-10V at the input.

despite the additionnal noise added by the amplifier, we are able to lock easily, and reach ~ 93kW in the FPC for 33% amplifier ratio.
obviously, as the dynamic range of this PZT has been multiplied by ~3, it is much more comfortable to operate the motors.
but the overall stability seems a bit degraded... to be checked, as finding the right PID + fast loop gain is not easy.

=> to be done tomorow.

Entry   Power shut down on August 29th, posted by Ronic Chiche at ThomX igloo about detectors and electronics 

This morning, all the equipments have been switched off due to a power shut down tomorrow morning.
Only the Onefive oscillator is still ON, connected to the Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS).

    Reply   Power shut down on August 29th, posted by Ronic Chiche at ThomX igloo about detectors and electronics 

after alignment, CEP adjustment and optimizing the PDH phase, I got back ~92kW in the FPC for 33% amplifier ratio.

Ronic Chiche wrote:

This morning, all the equipments have been switched off due to a power shut down tomorrow morning.
Only the Onefive oscillator is still ON, connected to the Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS).

 

Entry   Electrical trouble (disjunction), posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about cabling 

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 amplifier.
Amplifiers are now connected to K-BOX UPS.

We are buying a clamp ammeter for further investigations.

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