As we have seen in the past, both of the ITMs were more dusty than the ETMs, presumably because we have the vertex open much more often than the ends. Kiwamu and I wiped all of the optics until we could no longer see any dust particles within a ~1.5 inch diameter area around the center.
Since we have ITMX out for magnet gluing, I'll probably drag wipe both front and back surfaces before putting it back in the suspension cage. All of the optics have clear dust on the AR surfaces, but we can't get to that surface while the optics are suspended. For the ETMs this isn't too big of a deal, but it does concern me a bit for the ITMs and other transmissive optics we have. I don't think it's bad enough yet though to warrant removing optics from suspensions just to wipe them. |