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Entry  Fri Jul 29 22:37:54 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, WFS investigation PXL_20220730_040900843.jpgPXL_20220730_041216848.jpg
    Reply  Tue Aug 2 01:10:26 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, WFS investigation 220801_IMC_WFS_DEMOD.pdf220801_IMC_WFS_DEMOD2.pdfWFS1.pngWFS2.png
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          Reply  Thu Aug 4 22:14:20 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, WFS investigation IMC_SUS_channels_TF.pdfIMC_WFS_channels_TF.pdfIMC_WFS_segment_TF.pdfIMC_WFS_220804.xlsx
             Reply  Thu Aug 4 22:14:38 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, WFS investigation Screenshot_2022-08-04_22-17-19.pngScreenshot_2022-08-04_22-18-45.png
                Reply  Thu Aug 4 22:32:31 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, Upon leaving the lab (WFS investigation) 
                   Reply  Fri Aug 5 12:42:12 2022, Koji, Update, IOO, IMC WFS: Overnight observation  Screen_Shot_2022-08-05_at_12.04.01.png
Message ID: 17048     Entry time: Fri Jul 29 22:37:54 2022     Reply to this: 17053
Author: Koji 
Type: Update 
Category: IOO 
Subject: WFS investigation 

I wanted to check what's wrong with the WFS.

I played with MC2 misalignment to check the error signals.
MC2 pitch and yaw misalignment optically produce a vertical translation and horizontal rotation of the cavity axis at the waist, respectively. So it is thought to be a more separated excitation of the cavity axis.
Then I noticed that WFS2 error signals in general has high (~100%) pitch-yaw coupling. So it was suspicious.

I went to the rack and found that WFS2 SEG4 RF input (labeled "8") was not completely inserted. (Attachment 1)
It seemed that the LEMO connector or the receptacle didn't latch properly anymore and could be easily pulled.
I gave some elbow grease to fix this but in vain. I ended up to use LEMO-BNC adapters which somehow offered a robust connection.

Desipite the insightful discovery, this was not the intrinsic solution to the issue. I checked the past signal history, but I don't think this loose connection caused the missing signal.


Next, I needed to go a bit deeper. The WFS sensors are supposed to be adjusted to I phase where the PDH signal maximally shows up. And all the segments are supposed to have the same sign in terms of the PDH signal.

I've unlocked the IMC and turned on MC2 tickling. This swept the cavity over the resonances.
WFS1 SEG1I~3I showed about the same waveform, but SEG4 Q shows the PDH signal rather than SEG 4 I.
Then tried the same test for WFS2. The SEG4 I signal has the sign-flipped PDH signal compared to WFS2 SEG1I-SEG3I.

I quickly adjusted the demod phase of WFS1 SEG4 and WFS2 SEG4 to correct them,

WFS1 SEG4 103.9-> -20
WFS1 SEG4 -58  -> 120

This in fact made the pitch and yaw separated but flipped (Pitch signal shows up in WFS1Y and yaw signal shows up in WFS1P. Same for WFS2)

These modifications were reverted upon my leaving.


Now things are much more subtle now. And I need to do a more careful quantitative analysis of the demodulation phases / input matrix / output matrix.

Note: It seems that I had worked on IMCWFS on Dec 21, 2016

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