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Mon Mar 2 21:16:32 2009, Yoichi, Update, Locking, Low-gain High-gain PD switching may not be working well
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Tue Mar 3 19:26:44 2009, Yoichi, Update, Locking, Low-gain High-gain PD switching may not be working well
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Tue Mar 3 23:59:26 2009, Yoichi, Update, Locking, Low-gain High-gain PD switching may not be working well
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Wed Mar 4 03:37:51 2009, Yoichi, Update, Locking, Low-gain High-gain PD switching may not be working well
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Message ID: 1350
Entry time: Tue Mar 3 19:26:44 2009
In reply to: 1346
Reply to this: 1351
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Author: |
Yoichi |
Type: |
Update |
Category: |
Locking |
Subject: |
Low-gain High-gain PD switching may not be working well |
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I checked the switching of the QPDX from high gain to low gain.
Switching happens as expected, but the low gain QPDX output was very low compared to QPDY.
Also the digital gain for the high gain TRX was not matched with the low gain one. So when the switching happens, there is a large jump in the TRX.
I also found that the offset values for the low gain QPDX were totally wrong. I adjusted it.
Then I removed a beam splitter in front of the QPDX to increase the power falling on it.
But still the low gain QPDX output is four times lower than the low gain QPDY.
I'm still working on it. So don't expect the switching to work correctly at this moment.
I'm planning to be back after the dinner.
Quote: | Osamu, Yoichi
This afternoon, I run the locking script while doing calculations for the upgrade.
The IFO lost lock even at lower arm powers (around 6) if it was operated for a while (~ 5min).
It seemed as if there were some intermittent glitches (seismic? laser?) causing the lock losses.
We also saw once the TRX and TRY signals saturated at around arm power = 11 when there was a large fluctuation in the arm power.
Osamu suggested that it looked like the high-gain to low-gain PD switching was not working.
I won't come tonight as I may have caught a cold, but if someone comes tonight, it is worth checking the PD switching. |
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