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[Eric, Alex]
We used our setup from yesterday (elog #8940) to measure transimpedance measurements for AS55, REFL11, REFL33, and REFL55, using our Newport 1611 FC-AC as reference. We connected the fibers to their respective telescopes such that the beams focused on their photodetectors, using a multimeter to maximize photodetector DC output. Plots are attached. At first glance, the poles seem to be where they're supposed to be.
Note that the procedure used today is similar to what the eventual automated procedure will be. The main differences are (1) The RF Switch will be used rather than manual switching (2) NWAG4395A will be used to collect data rather than netgpibdata (3) Data will be fit using vectfit4.m and compared to some canonical set.
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[Alex, Eric]
Today I spent some time mounting the launcher and performing the same data collection for POX11. I think I still need to focus the launcher so the photodetector gets a good signal, but the data from today wasn't too bad. Additionally, I worked on matlab scripts to improve PDFR data analysis.
This time I collected data from the network analyzer using NWAG4395A in the netgpibdata directory. The advantage of this is that the computer tells the network analyzer to perform the sweep as well as retrieving the data.
For analysis, I improved my implementation of vectfit4.m so that it focuses in on the particular photodetector's predicted peaks and thus ignores much of the noise, giving a better fit. The raw data is the red circles in the 2nd attachment, while the fit is the blue line. I also had the program return the frequency value of the peak. For POX11, this was 1.106e+07 Hz.
I also finagled copies of existing programs to enable one to plot multiple transfer functions on the same axes. This function is /users/alex.cole/plottwo.m. I will eventually use this to compare new data to some canonical data so that we may monitor photodetector performance over time.
The eventual plan is to generate two plots per photodetector, one of which will compare new data to the canonical set, the other of which will show the fit of the data. Both will have subplots that zoom in around regions of interest (known peaks and notches), and the plot which displays the canonical set will also have Q's of peaks and their locations. |