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  411   Fri Feb 21 10:13:03 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloocorrelations between accelerometer and lock losses @ 20Hzfor this 20Hz oscillation, could it be
a natural resonance of the optical table
placed on its feet ?
  
  327   Fri Mar 1 18:38:17 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfosoftwareThomX igloocorrect parameters for locking the FP-cavityToday, we restarted the FP-cavity locking,
after 3 weeks without using it.
those 3 weeks have been used to set
 good_parameters.png 
  328   Mon Mar 4 09:32:06 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfosoftwareThomX igloocorrect parameters for locking the FP-cavitythis morning I solved the problem of the
33MHz frequency beating which should be ~12kHz
between the generator (at the new frequency
  
  331   Tue Mar 5 11:20:43 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfosoftwareThomX igloocorrect parameters for locking the FP-cavitythis morning, I finished the FP-cavity
alignment with the new ring RF frequency.
I get back 50kW @ 33% amplifier ratio.
 Correct_lock_parameters.png 
  316   Thu Jan 25 10:15:28 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingThomX igloocontroller M1 & M4 (plan mirrors) with IcePap controllerspreviously, we have connected motor M4
with an IcePap controller.
see this post : https://elog.lal.in2p3.fr/FPC/THOMX+commissioning/278
  
  317   Thu Jan 25 12:45:41 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingThomX igloocontroller M1 & M4 (plan mirrors) with IcePap controllersthis double motors scheme works good.

if motor P4 is used by increasing
value, the FP-cavityPZT signal (pink signal
  
  319   Fri Jan 26 11:05:27 2024 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | cablingThomX igloocontroller M1 & M4 (plan mirrors) with IcePap controllersat the begining of each session, it will
be mandatory to avoid any backlash for the
motors :
  
  283   Wed Nov 15 09:36:35 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedreportdetectors and electronicsThomX igloobunker temperature curve   2023-11-10_to_2023-11-15_-_temperature_curve.png 
  422   Fri May 2 10:05:43 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooair conditionning in ThomX BunkerThe temperature slitly increase in thomx
Bunker from 23° to 24° during the
last day.
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  423   Tue May 6 09:29:43 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooair conditionning in ThomX Bunkerafter the new temperature setting for the
bunker air cooling (winter to summer transition),
the temperature drop from 24° to 20°C
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  424   Tue May 6 10:58:18 2025 Ronic ChicheUnder Processreportlasers and opticsThomX iglooair conditionning in ThomX BunkerI finally got 93-94kW for 33% amp ratio.

I had to move the FP-cavity length
to compensate the temperature change in the
  
  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
  
  22   Tue Mar 26 18:32:40 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportmechanics | lasers and optics | cablingOptical roomWires in laser pathThere was some ceramic wires close to the
beem path right before P4. We moved them
away (we can imagine they could move again
 before.jpgafter_wire_displaced.jpg 
  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
  
  53   Tue Sep 3 17:51:04 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | vacuumOptical roomVessel cleanlinesslooking in the vessel of the FP cavity
using a UV lamp shows a lot of dust... more
dust than outside the cavity !!!
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  310   Wed Jan 10 15:21:46 2024 Ronic ChicheUnder Processinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooVariable focal lens validationwe plan to use Electrically Tunable Lenses
EL-10-30-C NIR to build the ThomX telescope
but they need to be compatible with the powerful
 Optotune_EL-10-30.pdfJOSAB.8.000337.pdf 
  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,
  
  26   Tue Apr 2 18:03:31 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTransmission of the mirrorsWe openned the cavity, removed S2 and measured
trans of P1 and same for S2.

Pin ~= 3.91 mW
  
  28   Thu Apr 4 09:42:12 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTransmission of the mirrorsAfter verification, transmission of P1
correspond to ~150ppm.

The 1337ppm come from a beam leakage.
  
  29   Fri Apr 5 11:18:47 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedreportlasers and opticsOptical roomTransmission of the mirrorsP1 transmission out of the mount (means
angle of the mirror is not the real angle):

Pin = 3.2 mW
  
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