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  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.
  
  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,
  
  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
  
  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.
  
  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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  439   Wed Jul 9 18:11:59 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloolong run to test the appearance of high frequency noiseToday with Daniele, we did 6 long runs
at different power (23kW, 46kW, 66kW, 73kW,
92kW, 92kW)
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  438   Wed Jul 9 17:20:01 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooNew recipies with additionnal attenuation before the diffuserWith optical attenuation
only

For ~ 92kW power in the
  
  437   Wed Jul 9 16:27:18 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloooptical attenuator added on the diffuser + new PID parametersToday we did several long runs (~1h each)
at ~23kW, 46kW, 66kW with different PID parameters
which seems better.
  
  436   Wed Jul 9 14:12:54 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooRecipies for different FPC power

For ~ 66kW power in the
FP-cavity:
  
  435   Tue Jul 8 18:48:51 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooday by day run for X-ray productionlong run today at relatively
nominal power (~90kW) with double loop
(FPC + RF) between 13:30am and 6:30pm
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  434   Tue Jul 8 18:45:17 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooday by day run for X-ray productionlong run yesterday at relatively low power
(~23kW) with double loop (FPC + RF) between
10am and 6pm
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  433   Tue Jul 1 17:31:41 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooday by day run for X-ray productionWe had a long run without any lock loss
during ~1h with the 23kW recipie in the morning.
during the afternoon, we had some
  
  432   Tue Jul 1 12:13:18 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooRecipies for different FPC powerFor ~ 23kW power in the FP-cavity:


Alplhanov amplifier ratio
: 15%
  
  431   Thu Jun 26 12:37:22 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooRecipies for different FPC powerFor ~ 46kW power in the FP-cavity:


Alplhanov amplifier ratio
: 20%
  
  430   Wed Jun 25 18:48:28 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooday by day run for X-ray productionNew locking parameters (I got 98kW for
33% amp ratio) :

Axis 18 position : +0009420
  
  429   Wed Jun 25 09:57:56 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processissuemechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPossible causes for the noise in the FP-cavity system4.3 - Vibrations of the mirror mounts due
to temperature related to cavity power (the
electrons machine is OFF)
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  428   Wed Jun 25 09:43:36 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooNew power record in ThomX cavityyesterday, we were able to store more than
98kW in the FP cavity, always with the same
parameter : 33% laser amplifier ratio
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  427   Wed Jun 11 18:59:34 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processissuemechanics | lasers and optics | vacuum | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooPossible causes for the noise in the FP-cavity systemlist of possible causes of the high frequency
noise which makes the system loosing the
lock => to be checked.
  
  426   Wed Jun 11 11:35:22 2025 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and optics | detectors and electronics | softwareThomX igloo33MHz phase adjustmentthe 33MHz beating signal (phase) is used
to start and stop automatically the lock
on the 500MHz beating signal.
  
  425   Wed May 14 09:50:52 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportmechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooday by day run for X-ray productionToday, I removed the NKT oscillator from
the bunker to put it in the PLIC room.

I locked the FP cavity and obtained
  
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