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  304   Thu Dec 7 14:59:02 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengthon last tuesday, I did a long-term measurement
of the frequency drift when the heating cable
is powered ON at 20V (2x 10V) @ t=0mn.
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  303   Thu Dec 7 09:09:27 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooNew mirrors batch informationsthe 2 files describe the specfications
for the16  mirrors ordered (4 for ThomX
+ spare, 4 for SBOX + spare) and the measurements
 miroirs_puma_2022_thomx_Kbox.docxMiroirs_à_1031_nm-ThomX_-_KBox_Mars_2023.pdf 
  302   Mon Dec 4 10:45:50 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengthlast friday, I locked the cavity and then,
switched ON the heating cable after waiting
the cavity reaches a steady state in frequency
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  301   Thu Nov 30 15:53:10 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengththis afternoon, I started the heating cable after
the warm-up of the FP-cavity :

14h20 : start to fill 50kW
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  300   Thu Nov 30 12:33:08 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfolasers and opticsThomX iglooFP-cavity inside power sensitivitythis morning I monitored the frequency
shift between the FP-cavity frequency (the
laser is locked on it) and the RF reference
 FP-cavity_freq.pngScreenshot_2023-11-30_12-30-23.png 
  299   Wed Nov 29 16:39:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencethis afternoon, we did a new long-term
"double lock" run w/o any single
lock loss during 1/2h.
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  298   Wed Nov 29 12:33:33 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencetoday, I did a 20 minutes "double
lock" run w/o any single lock loss.

the attached file shows the recorded
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  297   Wed Nov 29 12:20:18 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengthtoday, I removed one of the DC voltage
supply (as with 30V, we are already able
to 30°C on the heating cable).
  
  296   Wed Nov 29 09:35:10 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitylong-term correlation, over 5-6 days, between
the temperature measured in the bunker, outside
of the housing (blue curve) and the temperature
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  295   Tue Nov 28 19:01:19 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLong term lock of Laser-FP cavity-RF referencetoday for the first time, we were able
to make a long term lock of all the elements
(Laser on FP cavity and FP-cavity on RF reference)
  
  294   Tue Nov 28 18:38:16 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengthseveral days ago, we installed a heating
cable around the output flange (close to
the X-hutch) of the FP-cavity vessel.
  
  293   Tue Nov 28 11:32:17 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooSmaract motors parameters and controllercurrent Smaract motors parameters : 
- Closed loop Max frequency : 5000
- Signal Amplitude threshold : 2047
  
  292   Tue Nov 28 10:24:47 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitytoday, I swapped the 500MHz RF reference
oscillator for a Siglent 500MHz DDS oscillator.

see the attached plot : the
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  291   Fri Nov 24 18:47:25 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitythe last thing we did with Daniele, is
to start/stop the airflow on top of the housing
(closed) to see a possible pressure effect
 Screenshot_2023-11-24_18-24-43.pngScreenshot_2023-11-24_17-18-09.pngScreenshot_2023-11-24_18-37-35.png 
  290   Fri Nov 24 18:16:37 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivityNow, I placed a temperature probe stuck on
the laser housing itself.

fig. 1
 temp_freq.pngScreenshot_2023-11-24_16-47-37.pngScreenshot_2023-11-24_16-48-02.png 
  289   Fri Nov 24 12:56:39 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and opticsThomX iglooLaser cavity temperature/pressure sensitivitylaser cavity :

when one decreases the laser motor
position, the laser repetition rate
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  288   Thu Nov 23 12:26:26 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooTemperature control of the Laser length with the inside Peltier

bunker temperature @ 22.5°C

today, Sebastien Pitrel improved
  
  287   Thu Nov 23 12:25:07 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooTemperature control of the FP-cavity lengthas the CFP motors displacements induce
a cavity unlock, we try to change the cavity
length by changing the temperature of elment
  
  285   Fri Nov 17 11:44:35 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtemperature @ 21.9°C

48.5kW inside CFP for 30% amplifier
ratio
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  284   Thu Nov 16 17:48:29 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedinfomechanics | lasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX iglooLaser / FP-cavity "day by day" lockingtemperature @ 22.3°C

today, all the PC applications
were closed except the web browser.
  
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