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  90   Fri Feb 14 09:26:07 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam pulse durationYesterday, Loïc put the CVBG's
back to their specified angles.

We used an interferometric technique
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  91   Fri Feb 14 18:02:37 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTelescope for compressors and ThomXCVBGs telescope is done with w ~= 1mm. 

ThomX telescope is done with w
~= 2.3mm in x and y.
  
  92   Tue Feb 18 12:24:00 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomThomX Locked with CVBGsThomX has been locked with a new telescope
while using compression CVBGs.
Coupling is ~50-55% and lock is stable.
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  93   Wed Feb 19 17:21:28 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPowerup with 2.5ps pulsesA power up has been performed on ThomX
until 65kW intracavity power. We didn't
see any modes but stored power was really
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  94   Mon Feb 24 16:28:52 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam pulse durationLast Thursday (20th of February), Loïc
and Titouan realigned the stretcher CVBG
to its nominal angle and they used an interferometric
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  99   Fri Feb 28 17:44:12 2020 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomPointing stability with CVBGYesterday, with Titouan, we made some measurements
on pointing stability of the laser beam after
amplifier and CVBG.
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  100   Tue Jun 16 13:03:52 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomFinesse measurement after confinementAfter 3 months without human presence,
finesse has been measured 3 times with
average optimization: 
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  103   Fri Nov 6 14:23:16 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomBeam size and finesseMeasurement behind P4 (planar mirror)




  
  104   Fri Dec 18 16:10:04 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive ouput power and spectrumAfter turning on, one can see the 133.33MHz
Onefive output power for ~40min with OD2
filter (~/20). So the real output power is
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  105   Fri Dec 18 17:06:53 2020 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomOnefive ouput power and spectrum1)  Note: The OneFive laser used for
experimenting is the one for the  SBox

but, for now only this laser arrived
  
  108   Fri Nov 26 20:12:10 2021 Ronic ChicheFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignmentA continuation of the alignment process
was done, there was change in it due to variation
in temperature, 
  
  109   Thu Dec 2 21:31:21 2021 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Note the direction of injection is  
  M1 - M2 - M3 - M4

                                                      
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  110   Tue Jan 11 10:36:35 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment The alignment is on hold until next week
17th - 18th  Jan

an Alignment attempt will be done
  
  113   Mon Jan 17 21:22:28 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment ***** Continuation of the alignment ----
FP Cavity Open --- ****

The cavity was put under outer
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  114   Wed Jan 19 09:36:53 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Yesterday, we did the alignment again using
Iris and beam profilers to obtain a more
precise result.
  
  115   Tue Feb 1 14:17:02 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Installed and inputs: 


CW laser ; power = 101
mW
PDH ;

at output

Low
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  116   Tue Feb 1 16:40:06 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment This afternoon, I did some alignment of
the injection mirrors with a fast scan on
the LaseLock to get a regular transmission
  
  117   Wed Feb 2 11:22:51 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment This morning with Manar, we installed the
AOM+RF amplifier and the associated fast
feedback loop.
  
  118   Wed Feb 2 11:41:01 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Adding Oscilloscope images


delocked + locked intervals
showing the 20% coupling
lock
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  119   Thu Feb 3 13:56:24 2022 Manar AmerFixedreportlasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooFP cavity alignment Ending alignment series !!




  
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