[Paco, Yuta, JC]
We did some easy tests on the BHD readout in preparation for BHD MICH. With the arm cavities and LO beam misaligned, but the MICH aligned, we measured the transfer function from C1:LSC-DCPD_A_OUT to C1:LSC-DCPD_B_OUT to get a rough estimate of the gain balance: 1.8 * DCPD_A = DCPD_B. We then locked MICH using REFL55_Q and looked at
- A=C1:LSC-DCPD_A_OUT
- B=C1:LSC-DCPD_B_OUT
- 1.8 * A - B (which we encoded using C1:LSC-PRCL_A_IN1)
- 1.8 * A + B (which we encoded using C1:LSC-PRCL_B_IN1)
namely the DCPD BHD signals. After turning the MICH_OSC on (2000 gain @ 311.1 Hz), we took some power spectra under the following three configurations:
- LO misaligned, no MICH offset.
- LO overlap, no MICH offset.
- LO overlap and MICH offset.
For 1. the expectation was that since LO is misaligned and the AS port is dark, we would get no signal. In 2., however both A and B would might see some incoherent signal, but still no MICH. Finally in 3. all signals should be able to see MICH, including A-B. Attachment #1 shows the measurements 1, 2, and 3 (offset = -5.0). Then, with increasing offset values, the BHD MICH signals increased as well; discussion to follow. |