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Entry   Beam size at closest spherical mirrors position, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
S3 and S2 @ +1 640 000 and P1 and P4 @ -825 000

Diameter in x: 4.7mm
Diameter in y: 4.7mm
    Reply   Transmission of the mirrors, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
After verification, transmission of P1 correspond to ~150ppm.

The 1337ppm come from a beam leakage. Reflection from P1 goes to the input window which reflects again a part of the beam directly into the cavity
between P1 and S3 then between P4 and S2.
    Reply   Transmission of the mirrors, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
P1 transmission out of the mount (means angle of the mirror is not the real angle):

Pin = 3.2 mW
Pout = 545 nW
Entry   Finesse with P1 SUPRASIL, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 190404_mode_size_with_P1_SUPRASIL.PNG190404_mode_fit_with_P1_SUPRASIL.PNGtek00000.pngtek00002.png
P1 SUPRASIL has been installed instead of P1 Sapphire. It has been cleaned 3 times on each face with wipe+isopropanol before to be installed.

Finesse ~= 10 000 - 11 000 (EOM Sweep of 100 kHz in 10sec, see last image.)
Coupling ~= 45%
Entry   Finesse after 2days, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
Finesse measured this morning after P1 SUPRASIL being into the cavity for two days. In order to check if it's getting dirty.

Finesse still ~= 11 000
Entry   P4 cleaned and finesse measurement, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
P4 cleaned with isopropanol.

Finesse measured afterward: ~=13 000 (clear increase)
Entry   Mirror's cleaning and finesse, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
Summary of what have been cleaned the last week:

P1 with isopropanol, finesse 11000
P4 with isopropanol, finesse 13000
Entry   Injection of 33MHz Onefive through fiber, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics power_ouput_Onefive.PNGpower_after_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber_and_EOM_NIR-MPX-LN-0dot1.PNGpower_after_halfwaveplate_and_injection_and_point9dB_blue_fiber_and_EOM_NIR-MPX-LN-02.PNG
Output power of the Onefive, and power after injection and different components have been measured.

Coupling ~= 90%
Each of our two EOM roughly have the same loses ~3dB
Entry   33MHz Onefive power overtime decrease, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 180410_power_33mhz_1jours.PNG180925_Power.JPG190416_power_ouput_Onefive.PNG
Power of the 33MHz Onfive decreases over time. Have to pay attention to that.
Note that air dryers have never been stopped.

10th april 2018: ~40mW (first picture, 10dB filter)
Entry   New Suprasil mirror from LMA, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
14/05/19:

New Suprasil mirror received. It will replace the S-BOX suprasil mirror on ThomX which was already replacing the sapphire mirror.

First finesse measurement: 14000
Entry   Finesse after cleaning (new suprasil mirror), posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
15/05/19-20/05/19:

Cleaning of the mirrors:

Initial finesse 14000 @air
Entry   Finesse measurement by decay time technique, posted by Ronic Chiche at Optical room about lasers and optics 2019-05-21_-_Finesse_measurement_by_decay_time_technique.docxtek0005CH1.isftek0006CH1.isfplotdata.mmyerror.m
5 Files attached:

- Note on the technique and results for the present cavity on 2019, May 21th : F ~ 18 000

- 2Tektronix scope raw data
Entry   Transmission of Sapphire mirror, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics Sapphire_transmission.PNG
See image.
Entry   Amplifier mission Bordeaux, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Other about mechanics | lasers and optics 1st_and_2nd_stage.jpg3rd_stage_pumps.jpg3rd_stage_signal.jpg
Voyage Bordeaux au CELIA avec Jérôme LHERMITE (Loïc et Titoutan)

1er jour (34°) :

Mesure du spectre et de la puissance des 4 diodes de pompe 3ème étage jusqu’à ~60W (12A).
    Reply   Amplifier mission Bordeaux, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Other about mechanics | lasers and optics Ampli_ThomX.PNGM2_ThomX.png
M² mesuré à 10W.
M²x = 1.17
M²y = 1.14
Entry   Polarization, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics Polar_horiz_trans_P4.PNGPolar_vert_trans_P4.PNGPolar_vert_input.PNG
Polariztion measured with Input vertically/horizontally polarized (~100% DOLP)

- Transmission (P4) locked on cavity horizontal polarization is ~50% linearly polarized and ~50% unpolarized ?

- Transmission (P4) locked on cavity vertical polarization is ~50% linearly polarized and ~50% unpolarized ?
Entry   telescope for Koheras, posted by Huan Wang at Optical room about lasers and optics 2019.06.18_telescope_of_Koheras.jpg
telescope of Koheras is removed, information record here:

- distance between collimator edge and -50 lens mount edge is 14.7cm,

- distance between another edge of -50 lens mount and +250 lens mount edge is 14.3cm,
Entry   New design for PDH boxes, posted by Ronic Chiche at Optical room about detectors and electronics 2019-06-14_-_PDH_Maurice_modifié.pdf
A new design has been studied for the 5 PDH boxes to better match the low (33MHz) repetition rate of the ThomX laser.
the 5 PDH boxes have been modified and tested (see the attached report).
A mixer has been integrated to the PDH box for a more simple use.
Entry   Onefive 33MHz unmodelocked, posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 
Oscillator randomly unmodelocked on 3rd july afternoon (during oscillator power measurement, maybe a reflection from the powermeter power filter
?)

Modelocked this afternoon by putting Onefive motor and phase at reference on the PTC software. 
Entry   2nd stage output power validated , posted by Loïc Amoudry at Optical room about lasers and optics 190704_2ndstage6A_spectrum.PNG
Onefive output power : 28mW
Power before fiber injection : 7.8mW
After EOM and 99% coupling fiber : 1.8mW
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