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  72   Thu Oct 10 17:51:26 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFirst Lock with 2nd satge of amplifier : Finesse issue ?1st lock today with the second stage of
the amplifier.
~ 300mW of injected power (but which
  
  73   Thu Oct 10 18:03:10 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanicsOptical roomFirst Lock with 2nd satge of amplifier : Motor issue ? Global locking almost clean : tranmission
and reflection are quite noiseless except
the peaks at every 500ms.
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  74   Fri Oct 11 18:42:32 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical roomFirst Lock with 2nd satge of amplifier : Finesse issue ?First of all, we used and optical spectrometer
to determine which proportion of pump and
signal is in the injected beam.
  
  81   Fri Nov 22 17:56:56 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room30Hz noise issuesince some days, we observe the cavity
is difficult to lock and a strange 30Hz noise
has appeared on the PZT signal which normally
  
  82   Tue Nov 26 16:11:52 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanicsOptical roomFirst Lock with 2nd satge of amplifier : Motor issue ? The 500 ms noise disapeared. We had to
disable the "power save" mode of
the smaract translation stage. AND turn OFF
  
  83   Tue Nov 26 16:21:27 2019 Loïc AmoudryFixedissuevacuumOptical roomPneumatic valvesThe pneumatic valves are now plugged on
the university air network.
The air valve is fully openned for
  
  84   Tue Nov 26 16:35:39 2019 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsOptical room30Hz noise issueThe 30 Hz noise issue has been solved !

It came from translation stage
of P1 and/or P4.
  
  98   Fri Feb 28 09:20:37 2020 Ronic ChicheNot Fixedissuelasers and opticsOptical roomAmplifier laser diodes issueThis is a long time issue for the ThomX
amplifier : on the 4 pumping diodes available,
the 1st diode has a higher temperature than
 Problem_TEC.PNGparam_diode_1.csvparam_diode_2.csv 
  111   Thu Jan 13 17:08:56 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuemechanics | lasers and opticsOptical roomAlignment procedurePicture of the installed mirrors inside
the FP cavity.

To install an Iris instead of a
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  149   Tue Apr 26 11:12:58 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier compressor's CVBG thermal imageslast Friday with Manar, we took some thermal
images of the Alpnavov compressor box.

I post a small document to summarize
 Thermal_images.pdf 
  150   Tue Apr 26 11:15:23 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier compressor's CVBG thermal imageslast Friday with Manar, we took some thermal
images of the Alpnavov compressor box.

I post a small document to summarize
 Thermal_images.pdf 
  170   Wed Nov 9 13:03:50 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier issueon Monday morning 7/11, we tried to restart
the Alphanov amplifier which was not turned
on since end of april 2022, but it didn't
  
  171   Wed Nov 9 14:49:52 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier issueI just tested the fuse inside the black
ON/OFF switch on the rear panel => it
is OK ! :-(
  
  172   Thu Dec 1 13:51:05 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier issueThe laser amplifier controller has been
sent yesterday and received today by Alphannov.

they should do the assessment quickly...
  
  173   Tue Dec 6 11:47:36 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier issueToday, I did a Teams meeting with Guillaume.
He didn't see any problem with
the controller.
 Sécurité_et_CC_ampli_Alphanov.pdf 
  174   Thu Dec 15 11:41:36 2022 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooAlphanov amplifier issueYesterday, we received the controller back
from Alphanov
and I tested it immediately in the
  
  226   Wed Jun 28 19:07:42 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and opticsThomX iglooIncoming laser beam power issuetoday, we observed on the photodiode used
in reflexion of the cavity, that its voltage
level stops increasing after 50% of power
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  232   Wed Aug 2 13:07:59 2023 Ronic ChicheNot Fixedissuedetectors and electronicsThomX iglooThomX ring injection kicker noise => USB communication issue with Alphanov amplifierseveral times already, when the electrons
ring injection kicker is running @10Hz, we
observed peaks at the same frequency on reflected
  
  233   Wed Aug 2 13:13:52 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloowork with HV voltage on the Laselockpresently, the voltage on the laser PZT
is 0-10V, but during the several runs we
did, this voltage is too low to compensate
  
  234   Tue Sep 5 17:59:24 2023 Ronic ChicheFixedissuelasers and optics | detectors and electronicsThomX igloowork with HV voltage on the LaselockYesterday, I checked the 2 output HV channels
of the LaseLock : they work properly but
the noise is bigger than the low voltage
  
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