I calibrated the control signal from Volts to Hz using the rough PZT calibration of 5MHz/V for the Yend NPRO.
For the error signal, Q said that the Yarm PDH peak-to-peak height was about a factor of 100 smaller than the Xarm, so I used a calibration of 1.9e7 Hz / V.
Then, from Q's Mist simulation including the high Xarm loss, and the plot that he posted in the control room, the CARM linewidth looks like it is about 2pm. This is the number that I have included on today's plot. Note though that yesterday I was using a linewidth of about 30pm, which I got from an Optical simulation about a year ago. I do not know why these numbers come out an order of magnitude different! The CARM linewidth is actually about 20 pm. Both Q and I failed at reading log-x plots yesterday. I have corrected this, and replotted.
Anyhow, here's the Yarm noise spectra calibrated plot:

I have emailed Kiwamu, but haven't heard back from him yet on what the original design considerations were, if he remembered us ever using a boost, etc. What this looks like to me is that we need to do some serious work to get the noise down. Maybe fixing the gain peaking and triggering the boost will get us most of the way there? |