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Date |
Author |
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Category |
Location |
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Tue Nov 7 14:09:25 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Strecher and fiber injection alignment | Today, the power measured at the input
of the amplifier (PD_IN on the LAL amplifier
software) is 2.5mW instead of >3mW generally |
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273
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Wed Nov 8 17:51:30 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | issue | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | !!! strange amplifier beam pointing fluctuations !!! | we confirmed the effect of the bunker temperature
on the laser amplifier "beam pointing"
fluctuations. |
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274
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Wed Nov 8 18:52:44 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | some changes in the feedback scheme | from several weeks, the maximum power stored
in the FP-cavity was ~ 5kW.
today with Daniele, we finished |
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275
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Thu Nov 9 16:40:16 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Ring frequency / Laser "day by day" locking | today, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency
is +156µm on MCS-1/ch0 (closed loop |
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276
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Thu Nov 9 17:02:26 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Laser / FP-cavity "day by day" locking | today, we locked the FP cavity at ~50kW
with 30% laser amplifier ratio (16W) during
almost all the day (from 10am to 4pm) |
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277
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Fri Nov 10 09:43:26 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Ring frequency / Laser "day by day" locking | temperature stable around 20.8°C
today, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency |
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278
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Fri Nov 10 09:51:22 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | report | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | M4 motor using icepap controller and jive/Atkpanel IHM | Kevin moved the M4 mirror controller from
the ISP controller to some ICEPAP controller.
the IHM to access this ICEPAP controller |
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279
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Fri Nov 10 12:37:42 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Laser / FP-cavity "day by day" locking | as the temperature is back to a normal
value ~ 20.8°C, the injected power to
the amplifier (PD_IN in the Alphanov software) |
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280
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Tue Nov 14 10:35:16 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Laser / FP-cavity "day by day" locking | temperature since we moved to temperature
probe (jump at the beginning of the plot)
below the ring on a metallic base. |
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281
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Tue Nov 14 10:51:57 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Ring frequency / Laser "day by day" locking | temperature stable around 21.7°C
today, the equivalent Smaract position
corresponding to the 500.25MHz ring frequency |
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282
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Tue Nov 14 11:33:45 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | report | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | M4 motor using icepap controller and jive/Atkpanel IHM | one problem is the FP-cavity/laser lock
loss when one moves a FP-cavity motor.
with acceleration = 0.01 units/s² |
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283
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Wed Nov 15 09:36:35 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | report | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | bunker temperature curve | |
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284
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Thu Nov 16 17:48:29 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Laser / FP-cavity "day by day" locking | temperature @ 22.3°C
today, all the PC applications
were closed except the web browser. |
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285
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Fri Nov 17 11:44:35 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Laser / FP-cavity "day by day" locking | temperature @ 21.9°C
48.5kW inside CFP for 30% amplifier
ratio |
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287
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Thu Nov 23 12:25:07 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | issue | mechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronics | ThomX igloo | Temperature control of the FP-cavity length | as the CFP motors displacements induce
a cavity unlock, we try to change the cavity
length by changing the temperature of elment |
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288
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Thu Nov 23 12:26:26 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | issue | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Temperature control of the Laser length with the inside Peltier |
bunker temperature @ 22.5°C
today, Sebastien Pitrel improved |
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289
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Fri Nov 24 12:56:39 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Laser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivity | laser cavity :
when one decreases the laser motor
position, the laser repetition rate |
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290
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Fri Nov 24 18:16:37 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Laser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivity | Now, I placed a temperature probe stuck on
the laser housing itself.
fig. 1 |
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291
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Fri Nov 24 18:47:25 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Laser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivity | the last thing we did with Daniele, is
to start/stop the airflow on top of the housing
(closed) to see a possible pressure effect |
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292
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Tue Nov 28 10:24:47 2023 |
Ronic Chiche | Fixed | info | mechanics | lasers and optics | ThomX igloo | Laser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivity | today, I swapped the 500MHz RF reference
oscillator for a Siglent 500MHz DDS oscillator.
see the attached plot : the |
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