According to the wiki, REFL 11 has a transimpedance of 4.08kV/A, and REFL 55 has a transimpedance of 615V/A. This is a ratio of ~6.5 . My optickle simulations from earlier this evening indicate that, at maximum, there is a ~factor of 2 more signal in REFL 11 than REFL 55. This is a factor of order 10-15. Then, REFL 55 has 15dB whitening gain, which is a factor of ~4. So, this explains why we're seeing so much more digital signal on REFL11 than REFL55.
Tomorrow, I need to replace the 50/50 beam splitter that splits the beam between REFL55 and REFL11 (33 and 165 have already had their light picked off at this point). I want to put in a 10% reflector, 90% transmission beamsplitter. Steve, can you please find me one of these, and if we don't have one, order one? This will give us a little more light on 55, and less light on 11, so hopefully we won't be saturating things anymore.
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