Getting POP:
We put a green laser pointer at ~4 inches on the POX table, and steered it using a mirror on the POX table to hit the center of the last in-vac mirror that POP sees. I then steered that mirror so we were hitting the center of the other POP in-vac steering mirror, and hitting the same spot as the main IR beam. It is easy to hold an IR card in front of PR2 and see the IR and green beams simultaneously. I aligned both of the POP in-vac steering mirrors such that the green beam is co-aligned with the IR beam at PR2, as well as as far as I could reach toward the face of PRM from the ITMX door.
Note: The drawings by Koji have the POP "forward" beam (transmission through PR2 of the beam from PRM to PR2) dumped, while the POP "backward" beam (transmission through PR2 of the beam from PR3 to PR2) leaving the vacuum. I aligned the steering mirrors such that the 'forward' beam would come out, although no dump is in place to dump the other beam. I can't think of a reason why we care one way or the other, but I feel like Koji has perhaps mentioned something in the past. I need to figure this out before we put doors on.
Getting POY:
Like yesterday with POX, we used the Watec with the aperture fully open to look at the POY pickoff, while I held the IR card in front of the mirror, to confirm that the beam was ~on the center of the optic. Then we took the lens off the camera, and made sure that the POY beam hit the CCD on the POY table.
To do list for Monday: While we are putting the heavy doors on, someone needs to wave an IR card in front of the IPANG steering mirrors in the ETMY chamber, while someone else takes a photo / still snapshot with the Watec. Also, Manasa wanted to retake in-vac photos of at least the ITMY chamber, since SR2 was moved a very slight amount. Also, also, someone tall needs to put the regular EQ stops on the PRM face (we have the old spring ones in there now).
Before pumpdown, we also need to get the IPANG beam centered on the PD. The beam is cleanly coming out of the vacuum and hitting the first out of vac steering mirror, I just haven't centered it onto the QPD.
Barring any other thoughts that people have of things that *must* be done before we pump down, I think we're ready to start putting heavy doors on the chambers on Monday.
Other thoughts, for next vent: We need to re-look at the ITMY table. POY's pickoff is just too close to the main beam. Is it possible to move the AS steering mirrors and get POY from the BS table? VENT CZAR: please put looking at this on the next vent to-do list. |