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  111   Thu Jan 13 17:08:56 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomAlignment procedurePicture of the installed mirrors inside
the FP cavity.

To install an Iris instead of a
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  112   Mon Jan 17 10:04:14 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanicsThomX iglooDocumentation about mechanics on Atriumhttps://atrium.in2p3.fr/0dded51a-1cb0-43e6-ae0d-626cd5db7078

a lot of schematics regarding the
  
  128   Fri Mar 11 12:46:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity mode axis change and Finesse measurementthis morning with Manar, we did a cavity
mode axis change.

we checked the cavity mode centroid
  
  130   Fri Mar 11 17:33:33 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst hands on the Alphanov amplifier & softwareAurélien, Manar, and I spent more
than 2h trying to start the software communicating
with the Alphanov amplifier controller.
  
  131   Fri Mar 11 17:58:24 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst hands on the Alphanov amplifier & softwareAdditional information related to the injected
power into the amplifier fibers.

power = 4.45 mW (as shown from
  
  133   Fri Mar 18 11:48:14 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier power measurementThis morning, with Manar and Aurélien,
we measure the power directly at
the output of the Alphanov amplifier with
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  134   Fri Mar 18 15:04:30 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier power measurementanswers from Guillaume:

- the chiller temperature has to
be set to 25°C
  
  143   Fri Apr 8 13:15:18 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFirst hands on the Alphanov amplifier & softwareSoftware Works well and is operational.

Just closing the log series!!!

  
  149   Tue Apr 26 11:12:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier compressor's CVBG thermal imageslast Friday with Manar, we took some thermal
images of the Alpnavov compressor box.

I post a small document to summarize
 Thermal_images.pdf 
  150   Tue Apr 26 11:15:23 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier compressor's CVBG thermal imageslast Friday with Manar, we took some thermal
images of the Alpnavov compressor box.

I post a small document to summarize
 Thermal_images.pdf 
  151   Tue Jun 14 10:43:07 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfovacuumThomX iglooVessels vacuum at ambiant pressureLast Friday and this morning, with Bruno,
we close the ring/cavity valves and put some
dry air in the two vessels through a filter
  
  152   Wed Jun 15 15:18:57 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX igloomirrors removingThis morning with Viktor, we opened the
2 vessels and removed the 4 FP-cavity mirrors.

all the mirrors have been put in
  
  153   Tue Jul 12 15:55:20 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayOn the 8th of July, the SN2439 33MHz laser
was returned from NKT to our lab, being repaired.

it stayed all the weekend to warm
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  155   Mon Oct 3 18:54:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayThis morning, with Aurélien and
Daniele, we did the swap between the 33MHz
and 133MHz oscillators.
  
  156   Wed Oct 5 15:51:26 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayYesterday with Aurélien, we try
to make the laser modelock using the Smaract
translation stages embedded inside the laser
 Stick-Slip_Positioners_Mechanical_and_Electrical_Interface_Data_Sheet.pdf 
  157   Fri Oct 7 17:47:39 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayToday, we used an "ELI-NP" Smaract
controller made with these 2 references :
MCS-3CC-ETH-TAB (SN 2271) => main
  
  158   Thu Oct 13 12:12:49 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayYesterday, we put back the 33MHz oscillator
into the casemate with the new Smaract controller.
after switching ON the laser controller,
  
  159   Thu Oct 13 12:19:11 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsOptical room33MHz laser SN2439 back to OrsayToday, we succeded to make the laser modelock.
the ouptut power is above 35mW (the
powermeter was saturated)
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  160   Thu Oct 13 12:26:07 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooStrecher and fiber injection alignmentToday, after laser was modelocked, we checked
the power inside the fiber coming from the
Alphanov Strecher box.
  
  161   Mon Oct 17 13:58:08 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooStrecher and fiber injection alignmentThis morning with Viktor, we started the
alignment of the CVBG and fiber.

we did a better alignment of the
 Adjustment_SMS.pdf 
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