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15931   Wed Mar 17 14:40:39 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS SmCo magnets Inspection

Continuing with envelope number 2

 Magnet number Magnetic field (kG) 1 2.89 2 2.85 3 2.92 4 2.75 5 2.95 6 2.91 7 2.93 8 2.9 9 2.93 10 2.9 11 2.85 12 2.89 13 2.85 14 2.88 15 2.92 16 2.75 17 2.97 18 2.88 19 2.85 20 2.87 21 2.93 22 2.9 23 2.9 24 2.89 25 2.88 26 2.88 27 2.95 28 2.88 29 2.88 30 2.9 31 2.96 32 2.91 33 2.93 34 2.9 35 2.9 36 3.03 37 2.84 38 2.95 39 2.89 40 2.88 41 2.88 42 2.93 43 2.97 44 2.74 45 2.84 46 2.85 47 2.85 48 2.87 49 2.88 50 2.8

I think I have to redo envelope 1 tomorrow.

15964   Thu Mar 25 14:58:16 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS SmCo magnets Inspection

Redoing magnet measurement of envelope 1:

 Magnet # Max Magnetic Field (kG) 1 2.89 2 2.82 3 2.86 4 2.9 5 2.86 6 2.73 7 2.9 8 2.88 9 2.85 10 2.93

Moving on to inspect and measure envelope 3 (the last one):

 Magnet # Max Magnetic Field (kG) 1 2.92 2 2.85 3 2.93 4 2.97 5 2.9 6 3.04 7 2.9 8 2.92 9 3 10 2.92 11 2.94 12 2.92 13 2.92 14 2.95 15 3.02 16 2.91 17 2.89 18 2.9 19 2.86 20 2.9 21 2.92 22 2.9 23 2.87 24 2.93 25 2.85 26 2.88 27 2.92 28 2.9 29 2.9 30 2.89 31 2.83 32 2.83 33 2.8 34 2.94 35 2.88 36 2.91 37 2.9 38 2.91 39 2.94 40 2.88

15969   Fri Mar 26 10:25:37 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

I measure some of the dowel pins we got from Mcmaster with a caliper.

One small pin is 0.093" in diameter and 0.376" in length. The other sampled small pin has the same dimensions.

One big pin is 0.187" in diameter and 0.505" in length. The other is 0.187" in diameter and 0.506" in length.

The dowels meet our requirements.

15999   Tue Apr 6 15:42:57 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

We got some dumbells from Re-Source Manufacturing (see attached). I picked 3 in random and measured their dimensions:

1. 0.0760" in diameter, 0.0860" in length

2. 0.0760" in diameter, 0.0860" in length

3. 0.0760" in diameter, 0.0865" in length

In accordance with the Schematics.

Attachment 1: 20210406_150724.png
16011   Fri Apr 9 20:54:54 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Today I assembled the skeleton of 6 towers, without clamps and sensor assembly (attachment 1).

Some of the side plates have this weird hole that doesn't fit any of the suspension blocks (attachment 2). I didn't notice when I counted the parts and now there are exactly enough side plates to assemble 7 towers.

Also found that one of the stiffener plates has a broken threading.

We will need more parts to go beyond the necessary 7 SOSs. I will do the recounting later.

Things to do next:

1. Find the capped spring plungers and send them to C&B.

2. Assemble the clamps onto the suspension blocks.

3. Push some Viton tips into the vented screws we got to make safety stops.

4. more C&B: Magnets, dumbells, dowel pins, OSEMs.

5. Push clean dowel pins into the last suspension block.

6. Assemble 7th Tower.

7. Assemble safety stops and clamps.

8. Glue magnets to dumbells.

Attachment 1: 20210409_202717.jpg
Attachment 2: 20210409_202755.jpg
16018   Mon Apr 12 17:30:11 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Today, I screwed the plungers on the sensor plates and installed them on the Towers. I also installed the wire clamps on the suspension blocks (attachment).

I ran into problems in 2 separate suspension blocks: one had a dowel pin that was slightly too fat for the wire clamp. In another, the tapped holes were too short so that the 4-40 screws couldn't be screwed all the way.

Attachment 1: 20210412_170913.jpg
16111   Mon May 3 16:49:04 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

I found a "vice" in the cleanroom (attachment 1). I used it to push dowel pins into the last suspension block using some alcohol as a lubricant.

I then assembled the 7th and last suspension tower (attachment 2).

Things that need to be done:

1. Push Viton tips into vented screws and assemble the earthquake stops.

2. Glue magnets to dumbells.

Attachment 1: 20210503_161422.png
Attachment 2: 20210503_161456.jpg
16158   Mon May 24 20:55:00 2021 KojiSummaryBHDHow to align two OMCs on the BHD platform?

Differential misalignment of the OMCs

40m BHD will employ two OMCs on the BHD platform. We will have two SOSs for each of the LO and AS beams. The challenge here is that the input beam must optimally couple to the OMCs simultaneously. This is not easy as we won't have independent actuators for each OMC. e.g. The alignment of the LO beam can be optimally adjusted to the OMC1, but this, in general, does not mean the beam is optimally aligned to the OMC2.

Requirement

When a beam with the matched mode to an optical cavity has a misalignment, the power coupling C can be reduced from the unity as

$C = 1 - \left(\frac{a}{\omega_0}\right)^2 - \left(\frac{\alpha}{\theta_0}\right)^2$

where $\omega_0$ is the waist radius, $\theta_0$ is the divergence angle defined as $\theta_0 \equiv \lambda/ \pi \omega$, $a$ and $\alpha$ are the beam lateral translation and rotation at the waist position.

The waist size of the OMC is 500um. Therefore $\omega_0$ = 500um and $\theta_0$ = 0.68 mrad. If we require C to be better than 0.995 according to the design requirement document (T1900761). This corresponds to $a$ (only) to be 35um and $\alpha$ (only) to be 48urad. These numbers are quite tough to be realized without post-installation adjustment. Moreover, the OMCs themselves have individual differences in the beam axis. So no matter how we set the mechanical precision of the OMC installation, we will introduce a maximum of 1mm and ~5mrad uncertainty of the optical axis.

Suppose we adjust the incident beam to the OMC placed at the transmission side of the BHD BS. The reflected beam at the BS can be steered by picomotors. The distance from the BS to the OMC waist is 12.7" (322mm) according to the drawing.
So we can absorb the misalignment mode of ($a$, $\alpha$) = (0.322 $\theta$, $\theta$). This is a bit unfortunate. 0.322m is about 1/2 of the rayleigh range. Therefore, this actuation is still angle-dominated but a bit of translation is still coupled.

If we enable to use the third picomotor on the BHD BS mount, we can introduce the translation of the beam in the horiz direction. This is not too huge therefore we still want to prepare the method to align the OMC in the horiz direction.

The difficult problem is the vertical alignment. This requires the vertical displacement of the OMC. And we will not have the option to lower the OMC. Therefore if the OMC2 is too high, we have to raise the OMC1 so that the resulting beam is aligned to the OMC2. i.e. we need to maintain the method to raise both OMCs. (... or swap the OMCs). From the images of the OMC beam spots, we'll probably be able to analyze the intracavity axes of the OMCs. So we can always place the OMC with a higher optical axis at the transmission side of the BHD BS.

16170   Tue Jun 1 16:17:06 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

I tried to push the clean Viton tips into the vented screws just to find out that the vented holes are too small. We need to drill 0.1" diameter holes about 0.1" deep into these screws and clean them again.

16172   Wed Jun 2 01:03:19 2021 KojiUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Can you just cut the viton tips smaller? If you cut it to have some wedge (or say, taper), it can get stuck with the vent hole.

16198   Fri Jun 11 20:19:50 2021 KojiSummaryBHDBHD OMC invacuum wiring

Stephen and I discussed the in-vacuum OMC wiring.

- One of the OMCs has already been completed. (Blue)
- The other OMC is still being built. It means that these cables need to be built. (Pink)
- However, the cables for the former OMC should also be replaced because the cable harness needs to be replaced from the metal one to the PEEK one.
- The replacement of the harness can be done by releasing the Glenair Mighty Mouse connectors from the harness. (This probably requires a special tool)

- We want to combine the signals for the two OMCs into three DB25s. (Green)
- These cables are custom and need to be designed.

- The three standard aLIGO-style cables are going to be used. (Yellow)

- The cable stand here should be the aLIGO style.

Attachment 1: 40mBHD_OMC_wiring.pdf
16215   Fri Jun 18 19:02:00 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Today I glued some magnets to dumbells.

First, I took 6 magnets (the maximum I can glue in one go) and divided them into 3 north and 3 south. Each triplet on a different razor (attachment 1).

I put the gluing fixture I found on top of these magnets so that each of the magnets sits in a hole in the fixture. I close the fixture but not all the way so that the dumbells get in easily (attachment 2).

I prepared EP-30 glue according to this dcc. I tested the mixture by putting some of it in the small toaster oven in the cleanroom for 15min at 200 degrees F.

The first two batches came out sticky and soft. I discarded the glue cartridge and opened a new one. The oven test results with the new cartridge were much better: smooth and hard surface. I picked up some glue with a needle and applied it to the surface of 6 dumbells I prepared in advance. I dropped the dumbells with the glue facing down into the magnet holes in the fixtures (attachment 3). I tightened the fixture and put some weight on it. I let it cure over the weekend.

I also pushed cut Viton tips that Jordan cleaned into the vented screws. While screwing small EQ stops into the lower clamps I found some problems. 4 of the lower clamps need rethreading. This is quite urgent because without those 4 clamps we don't have enough SOS towers. Moreover, I found that the screws that we bought from UC components to hold the lower clamps on the SOS towers were silver plated. This is a mistake in the SOS schematics (part 23) - they should be SS.

Attachment 1: 20210618_115017.jpg
Attachment 2: Untitled_2.png
Attachment 3: 20210618_160041_HDR.jpg
16216   Fri Jun 18 23:53:08 2021 KojiUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Then, can we replace the four small EQ stops at the bottom (barrel surface) with two 1/4-20 EQ stops? This will require drilling the bottom EQ stop holders (two per SOS).

16221   Tue Jun 22 17:05:26 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

According to the schematics, the distance between the original EQ tap holes is 0.5". Given that the original tap holes' diameter is 0.13" there is enough room for a 1/4" drill.

 Quote: Then, can we replace the four small EQ stops at the bottom (barrel surface) with two 1/4-20 EQ stops? This will require drilling the bottom EQ stop holders (two per SOS).

16227   Mon Jun 28 12:35:19 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

On Thursday, I glued another set of 6 dumbells+magnets using the same method as before. I made sure that dumbells are pressed onto the magnets.

I came in today to check the gluing situation. The situation looks much better than before. It seems like the glue is stable against small forces (magnetic etc.). I checked the assemblies under a microscope.

It seems like I used excessive amounts of glue (attachment 1,2). The surfaces of the dumbells were also contaminated (attachment 3). I cleaned the dumbells' surfaces using acetone and IPO (attachment 4) and scratched some of the glue residues from the sides of the assemblies.

Next time, I will make a shallow bath of glue to obtain precise amounts using a needle.

I glued a sample assembly on a metal bracket using epoxy. Once it cures I will hang a weight on the dumbell to test the gluing strength.

Attachment 1: toomuchglue1.png
Attachment 2: toomuchglue2.png
Attachment 3: dirtydumbell.png
Attachment 4: cleandumbell.png
Attachment 5: assembly_on_metalbracket.png
16229   Tue Jun 29 20:45:52 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

I glued another batch of 6 magnet+dumbell assemblies. I will take a look at them under the microscope once they are cured.

I also hanged a weight of ~150g from a sample dumbell made in the previous batch (attachments) to test the magnet+dumbell bonding strength.

Attachment 1: 20210629_135736.jpg
Attachment 2: 20210629_135746.jpg
16235   Thu Jul 1 16:45:25 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

The bonding test passed - the weight still hangs from the dumbell. Unfortunately, I broke the bond trying to release the assembly from the bracket. I made another batch of 6 dumbell+magnet.

I used some of the leftover epoxy to bond an assembly from the previous batch to a bracket so I can test it.

16259   Tue Jul 27 17:14:18 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Jordan has made 1/4" tap holes in the lower EQ stop holders (attachment). The 1/4" stops (schematics) fit nicely in them. Also, they are about the same length as the small EQ stops, so they can be used.

However, counting all the 1/4"-3/4" vented screws we have shows that we are missing 2 screws to cover all the 7 SOSs. We can either:

1. Order new vented screws.

2. Use 2 old (stained but clean) EQ stops.

3. Screw holes into existing 1/4"-3/4" screws and clean them.

4. Use small EQ stops for one SOS.

etc.

Also, I found a mistake in the schematics of the SOS tower. The 4-40 screws used to hold the lower EQ stop holders should be SS and not silver plated as noted. I'll have to find some (28) spares in the cleanroom or order new ones.

Attachment 1: 20210727_154506.png
16260   Tue Jul 27 20:12:53 2021 KojiUpdateBHDSOS assembly

1 or 2. The stained ones are just fine. If you find the vented 1/4-20 screws in the clean room, you can use them.

For the 28 screws, yeah find some spares in the clean room (faster), otherwise just order.

16262   Wed Jul 28 12:00:35 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

After receiving two new tubes of EP-30 I resumed the gluing activities. I made a spreadsheet to track the assemblies that have been made, their position on the metal sheet in the cleanroom, their magnetic field, and the batch number.

I made another batch of 6 magnets yesterday (4th batch), the assembly from the 2nd batch is currently being tested for bonding strength.

One thing that we overlooked in calculating the amount of glue needed is that in addition to the minimum 8gr of EP-30 needed for every gluing session, there is also 4gr of EP-30 wasted on the mixing tube. So that means 12gr of EP-30 are used in every gluing session. We need 5 more batches so at least 60gr of EP-30 is needed. Luckily, we bought two tubes of 50gr each.

16271   Fri Aug 6 13:13:28 2021 AnchalUpdateBHDc1teststand subnetwork now accessible remotely

c1teststand subnetwork is now accessible remotely. To log into this network, one needs to do following:

• Log into nodus or pianosa. (This will only work from these two computers)
• ssh -CY controls@192.168.113.245
• This will log you into c1teststand network.
• From here, you can log into fb1, chiara, c1bhd and c1sus2  which are all part of the teststand subnetwork.

Just to document the IT work I did, doing this connection was bit non-trivial than usual.

• The martian subnetwork is created by a NAT router which connects only nodus to outside GC network and all computers within the network have ip addresses 192.168.113.xxx with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
• The cloned test stand network was also running on the same IP address scheme, mostly because fb1 and chiara are clones in this network. So every computer in this network also had ip addresses 192.168.113.xxx.
• I setup a NAT router to connect to martian network forwarding ssh requests to c1teststand computer. My NAT router creates a separate subnet with IP addresses 10.0.1.xxx and suubnet mask 255.255.255.0 gated through 10.0.1.1.
• However, the issue is for c1teststand, there are now two networks accessible which have same IP addresses 192.168.113.xxx. So when you try to do ssh, it always search in its local c1teststand subnetwork instead of routing through the NAT router to the martian network.
• To work around this, I had to manually provide an ip router to c1teststand for connecting to two of the computers (nodus and pianosa) in martian network. This is done by:
ip route add 192.168.113.200 via 10.0.1.1 dev eno1
ip route add 192.168.113.216 via 10.0.1.1 dev eno1
• This gives c1teststand specific path for ssh requests to/from these computers in the martian network.
16273   Mon Aug 9 10:38:48 2021 AnchalUpdateBHDc1teststand subnetwork now accessible remotely

I had to add following two lines in the /etc/network/interface file to make the special ip routes persistent even after reboot:

post-up ip route add 192.168.113.200 via 10.0.1.1 dev eno1
post-up ip route add 192.168.113.216 via 10.0.1.1 dev eno1

16318   Thu Sep 9 09:54:41 2021 StephenSummaryBHDBHD OMC invacuum wiring - cable lengths

[Koji, Stephen - updated 30 September]

Cable lengths task - in vacuum cabling for the green section (new, custom for 40m) and yellow section (per aLIGO, except likely with cheaper FEP ribbon cable material) from 40m/16198. These arethe myriad of cables extending from the in vacuum flange to the aLIGO-style on-table Cable Stand (think, for example, D1001347), then from the cable stand to the OMCs.

a) select a position for the cable stand.

- Koji and I discussed and elected to place in the (-X, -Y) corner of the table (Northwest in the typical diagram) and near the table edge. This is adjacent to the intended exit flange for the last cable.

b) measure distances and cable routing approximations for cable bracket junctions

- Near OMC bracket to the cable stand, point to point = 17.2, routing estimate = 24.4.
- Far OMC bracket to the cable stand, point to point = 20.5, routing estimate = 32.2.

- Recommendation = 48" for all green section cables (using one length for each OMC, with extra slack to account for routing variation).

c) (outdated - see item (b) and attachment 3) measure distances (point to point) and cable routing approximations for all items.

+X OMC (long edge aligned with +Y beam axis) (overview image in Attachment 1)

- QPDs to the cable stand, point to point = 12, routing estimate = 20.
- DCPDs to the cable stand, point to point = 25, routing estimate = 32.
- PZTs to the cable stand, point to point = 21, routing estimate = 32.

+Y OMC (long edge aligned with +Y beam axis) (overview image in Attachment 1)

- QPDs to the cable stand, point to point = 16, routing estimate = 23.
- DCPDs to the cable stand, point to point = 26, routing estimate = 38.
- PZTs to the cable stand, point to point = 24, routing estimate = 33.

Cable stand to flange (Attachment 2) (specific image in Attachment 2)

- point to point = 35, routing estimate = 42

- Recommendation = 120" for all yellow section cables, per Koji's preferences for zigzag cable routing on stack and coiling of slack.

Attachment 1: bhd_cable_length_check_cable_bracket_to_components.png
Attachment 2: bhd_cable_length_check_flange_to_cable_bracket.png
Attachment 3: bhd_cable_length_check_cable_bracket_to_omc_bracket.png
16344   Mon Sep 20 14:11:40 2021 KojiUpdateBHDEnd DAC Adapter Unit D2100647

I've uploaded the schematic and PCB PDF for End DAC Adapter Unit D2100647.

• CH1-8 SUS actuation channels.
• 5CHs out of 8CHs are going to be used, but for future extensions, all the 8CHs are going to be filled.
• It involves diff-SE conversion / dewhitening / SE-diff conversion. Does this make sense?
• CH9-12 PZT actuation channels. It is designed to send out 4x SE channels for compatibility. The channels have the jumpers to convert it to pass through the diff signals.
• CH13-16 are general purpose DIFF/SE channels. CH13 is going to be used for ALS Laser Slow control. The other 3CHs are spares.

The internal assembly drawing & BOM are still coming.

16359   Thu Sep 23 18:18:07 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

I have noticed that the dumbells coming back from C&B had glue residues on them. An example is shown in attachment 1: it can be seen that half of the dumbell's surface is covered with glue.

Jordan gave me a P800 sandpaper to remove the glue. I picked the dumbells with the dirty face down and slid them over the sandpaper in 8 figures several times to try and keep the surface untilted. Attachment 2 shows the surface from attachment 1 after this process.

Next, the dumbells will be sent to another C&B.

Attachment 1: dumbell_before.png
Attachment 2: dumbell_after.png
16370   Fri Oct 1 12:12:54 2021 StephenUpdateBHDITMY (3002) CAD layout pushed to Box

Koji requested current state of BHD 3D model. I pushed this to Box after adding the additional SOSs and creating an EASM representation (also posted, Attachment 1). I also post the PDF used to dimension this model (Attachment 2). This process raised some points that I'll jot down here:

1) Because the 40m CAD files are not 100% confirmed to be clean of any student license efforts, we cannot post these files to the PDM Vault or transmit them this way. When working on BHD layout efforts, these assemblies which integrate new design work therefore must be checked for most current revisions of vault-managed files - this Frankenstein approach is not ideal but can be managed for this effort.

2) Because the current files reflect the 40m as built state (as far as I can tell), I shared the files in a zip directory without increasing the revisions. It is unclear whether revision control is adequate to separate [current 40m state as reflected in CAD] from [planned 40m state after BHD upgrade]. Typically a CAD user would trust that we could find the version N assembly referenced in the drawing from year Y, so we wouldn't hesitate to create future design work in a version N+1 assembly file pending a current drawing. However, this form of revision control is not implemented. Perhaps we want to use configurations to separate design states (in other words, create a parallel model of every changed component, without creating paralle files - these configurations can be selected internal to the assembly without a need to replace files)? Or more simply (and perhaps more tenuously), we could snapshot the Box revisions and create a DCC page which notes the point of departure for BHD efforts?

Anyway, the cold hard facts:

- Filenames: 3002.zip and 3002 20211001 ITMY BHD for Koji presentation images.easm (healthy disregard for concerns about spaces in filenames)

Attachment 1: 3002_20211001_ITMY_BHD_for_Koji_presentation_images.easm
16424   Mon Oct 25 13:23:45 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDBefore photos of BSC

[Yehonathan, Anchal]

On thursday Oct 21 2021, Yehonathan and I opened the door to BSC and took some photos. We setup the HEPA stand next to the door with anti-static curtains covering all sides. We spend about 15 minutes trying to understand the current layout and taking photos and a video. Any suggestions on improvement in our technique and approach would be helpful.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/fkkdu9qAvH1g5boq6

16425   Mon Oct 25 17:37:42 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart I of BHR upgrade - Removed optics from BSC

[Anchal, Paco, Ian]

### Clean room etiquettes

• Two people in coverall suits, head covers, masks and AccuTech ultra clean gloves.
• One person in just booties to interact with outside "dirty" world.
• Anything that comes in chamber, first cleaned outside with clean cloth and IPA. Then cleaned by the "clean" folks. We followed this for allen keys, camera and beam finder card.
• Once the chamber cover has been removed, cover the annulus with donut. We forgot to do this :(

### Optics removal and changes

We removed the following optics from the BSC table and stored them in X-end flowbench with fan on. See attachment 1 and 2.

1. IPPOS SM2
2. GRX SM2
3. PRM OL1
4. PRMOL4
5. IPPOS SM3
6. IPANG SM1
7. PRM OL2
8. Unidentified optic inbetween IPPOS45P and IPPOS SM3
9. Beam block behing PR3
10. Beam block behind GR PBS
11. GR PBS
12. GRPERI1L (Periscope)
13. PRMOL3
14. IPPOS45P
15. Cylindrical counterweight on North-west end of table.
16. Cheap rectangular mirror on South west end of table (probably used for some camera, but not in use anymore)
17. IPANGSM2

We also changed the direction of clamp of MMT1 to move it away from the center of the able (where PRM will be placed)

We screwed in the earthquake stops on PRM and BS from front face and top.

We unscrewed the cable post for BS and PRM oplevs and loved it in between SR3 and BS and screwed it lightly.

We moved the PRM, turned it anti-clockwise 90 degrees and brought it in between TT2 and BS. Now there is a clear line of sight between TT2 and PR2 on ITMY table.

### Some next steps:

• We align the input beam to TT2 by opening the "Injection Chamber" (formerly known as OMC chamber). While doing so, we'll clear unwanted optics from this table as well.
• We open ITMX chamber, clear some POP optics. If SOS are ready, we would replace PR2 with SOS and put it in a new position.
• Then we'll replace PR3 with an SOS and align the beam to BS.

These are next few days of work. We need atleast one SOS ready by Thursday.

Photos after today's work: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EE7Mvhw5CjgZrQpG6

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16426   Tue Oct 26 10:17:14 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Things that I need to start suspending optics:

1. Winch adapter plate (D970314). Might need to make one.

3. Camera and camera mount

4. Beam height target

5. Height gauge

16429   Tue Oct 26 16:56:22 2021 PacoSummaryBHDPart I of BHR upgrade - Locked PMC and IMC

[Paco, Ian]

We opened the laser head shutter. Then, we scanned around the PMC resonance and locked it. We then opened the PSL shutter, touched the MC1, MC2 and MC3 alignment (mostly yaw) and managed to lock the IMC. The transmission peaked at ~ 1070 counts (typical is 14000 counts, so at 10% of PSL power we would expect a peak transmission of 1400 counts, so there might still be some room for improvement). The lock was engaged at ~ 16:53, we'll see for how long it lasts.

There should be IR light entering the BSC!!! Be alert and wear laser safety goggles when working there.

We should be ready to move forward into the TT2 + PR3 alignment.

16431   Wed Oct 27 16:27:16 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart II of BHR upgrade - Prep

[Anchal, Paco, Ian]

Before we could start working on Part II, which is to relocate TT2 to new location, we had to clear space in front of injection chamber door and clean the floor which was very dusty. This required us to disconnect everything we could safely from OMC North short electronics rack, remove 10-15 BNC cables, 4-5 power cords and relocate some fiber optic cables. We didn't had caps for fiber optic cables handy, so we did not remove them from the rack mounted unit and just turned it away. At the end, we mopped the floor and dried it with a dry cloth. Before and after photos in attachments.

Attachment 1: OMCNorthBefore.jpeg
Attachment 2: OMCNorthAfter.jpeg
16432   Wed Oct 27 16:31:35 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart III of BHR upgrade - Removal of PR2 Small Suspension

I went inside the ITMX Chamber to read off specs from PR2 edge. This was required to confirm our calculations of LO power for BHR later. The numbers that I could read from the edge were kind of meaningless "0.5 088 or 2.0 088". To make it more worthwhile this opening of the chamber, we decided to remove the PR2 suspension unit so that the optic can be removed and installed on an SOS in the cleanroom. We covered the optic in clean aluminum foil inside the chamber, then placed in on another aluminum foil to cover completely. Then I traveled slowly to the C&B room, where I placed it on a flow bench.

Later on, we decided to use a dummy fixed mount mirror for PR2 initially with the same substrate thickness, so that we get enough LO power in transmission for alignment. In the very end, we'll swap that with the PR2 mounted on an SOS unit.

16433   Wed Oct 27 16:38:02 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart II of BHR upgrade - Relocation of TT2 and MMT1/2 alignment

[Anchal, Paco]

We opened BSC and Injection Chamber doors. We removed two stacked counterweights from near the center of the BS table, from behind TT2 and placed them in the Xend flow bench. Then we unscrewed TT2 and relocated it to the new BHR layout position. This provided us with the target for the alignment of MMT1 and MMT2 mirrors.

While aligning MMT1 and MMT2, we realized that the BHR layout underestimated the clearance of the beam from MMT2 to TT2, from the TT1 suspension unit. The TT1 suspension stage was clipping our beam going to TT2. To rectify this, we decided to move the MMT2 mirror mount about a cm South and retry. We were able to align the beam to the TT2 optic, but it is a bit off-center. The reflection of TT2 now is going in the general direction of the ITMX chamber. We stopped our work here as fatigue was setting in. Following are some thoughts and future directions:

• We realized that the output beam from the mode cleaner moves a lot (by more than a cm at MMT2) between different locks. Maybe that's just because of our presence. But we wonder how much clearance all beams must have from MC3 to TT2.
• Currently, we think the Faraday Isolator might be less than 2 cm away from the beam between MMT1 and MMT2 and the TT1 suspension is less than 2 cm away from MMT2 and TT2.
• Maybe we can fix these by simply changing the alignment on TT1 which was fixed for our purposes.
• We definitely need to discuss the robustness of our path a bit more before we proceed to the next part of the upgrade.

Thu Oct 28 17:00:52 2021 After Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wNL4dxPyEgYTKQFG9

16434   Wed Oct 27 18:11:37 2021 KojiSummaryBHDPart II of BHR upgrade - Relocation of TT2 and MMT1/2 alignment

Closed the PSL shutter @18:11
During the vent, we want to keep the cavity unlocked if not necessary.

16435   Wed Oct 27 18:16:45 2021 KojiSummaryBHDPart II of BHR upgrade - Relocation of TT2 and MMT1/2 alignment

- Moving the MMT2 south by a cm is fine. This will give you ~0.5cm at TT1 without changing the other alignment much.
- IMC mode is moving because of your presence + HEPA blow.
- 2cm at Faraday is plenty for the beam diameter of a few mm.

16437   Thu Oct 28 16:32:32 2021 PacoSummaryBHDPart IV of BHR upgrade - Removal of BSC eastern optics

[Ian, Paco, Anchal]

We turned off the BSC oplev laser by turning the key counterclockwise. Ian then removed the following optics from the east end in the BSC:

• OM4-PJ (wires were disconnected before removal)
• GRX_SM1
• OM3
• BSOL1

We placed them in the center-front area of the XEND flow bench.

16438   Thu Oct 28 17:01:54 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart III of BHR upgrade - Adding temp fixed flat mirror for PR2

[Anchal, Paco, Ian]

• We added a Y1-2037-0 mirror (former IPPOS SM2 mirror) on a fixed mount in the position of where PR2 is supposed to be in new BHR layout.
• After turning out all lights in the lab, we were able to see a transmitted beam on our beam finder card.
• We aligned the mirror so that it relfects the beam off to PR3 clearly and the reflection from PR3 hits BS in the center.
• We were able to see clear gaussian beams splitted from BS going towards ITMX and ITMY.
16439   Thu Oct 28 23:13:19 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

{Tega, Yehonathan, Koji}

# Suspension of a Dummy Optic

We gathered the components needed for suspending a 2" optic housed in a 3" ring adapter:

1. SOS Tower

2. Winches+Winch adapter plate (Attachment 3)

2. HeNe Laser + Power supply

3. A steering mirror

4. QPD + ND2 Filter + Electronic amplifier

5. Oscilloscope

6. Dummy optic housed in a ring adapter (Attachment 2)

An OpLev was built using the HeNe laser, steering mirror, suspended optic, QPD (Attachment 1).

The beam height was set with a ruler. The QPD was placed in front of the laser and its height was adjusted until the Y signal vanished.

The beam was made parallel to the table. First, roughly by using an iris. Then, more accurately, by measuring the beam directed at the suspended optic with the QPD and zeroing the Y signal by adjusting the steering mirror.

## We suspended the dummy optic using a music wire we found in the cleanroom cabinet.

All the wire clamps on the ring adapter, SOS, and winches were loosened.

About 0.5m of music wire was cut. Then, the wire was threaded through the wire clamp on the adapter side block, around the ring adapter, and through the wire clamp on the other side block, keeping the wire untwisted. The optic was put on the safety stop and the height was roughly adjusted using the lower EQ stops.

The wire pair was then threaded through the wire clamp on the suspension block and held near the winches. The wire was made to go through the groves at the side blocks. The wire was clamped to the side blocks. The wires were clamped on the winches. The wires were pulled by the winches until the magnet marking on the side blocks was centered on the OSEMs' holes on the side plates of the SOS (attachment 4).

Once the heights were set, the wire was clamped at the suspension block.

## We balanced the dummy optic using a counterweight.

We placed the QPD at the laser reflection from the optic. We adjusted the screw set going through the counterweights to adjust the balance. The pitch imbalance was monitored by observing the Y signal on the oscilloscope.

1. Turns out that for a 1/4" thick optic, the rear counterweight needs to be removed for achieving balance.

2. To fix the counterweight on the setscrew we will use some epoxy.

3. Seems like the left optical table in the cleanroom is slightly tilted. We need to fix it.

4. The bottom long EQ stop is not touching the adapter due to the balancing mass socket. We might want to put a nut on it.

5. Still need to glue 3 more side magnet+dumbell assemblies to rods and then glue them before gluing them to the side blocks which will take at least 2 more days until we can start suspending a real optic.

Attachment 1: OpLev_Setup.jpg
Attachment 2: suspended_optic.png
Attachment 3: 20211029_113011.jpg
Attachment 4: 20211029_113052.jpg
16440   Fri Oct 29 14:39:37 2021 AnchalSummaryBHD1Y1 cleared. IY3 ready for C1SUS2 I/O and FE.

[Anchal, Paco]

We cleared 1Y1 rack today removing the following items. This stuff is sitting on the floor about 2 meters east of 1Y3 (see attachment 1):

• A VME crate: We disconnected it's power cords from the side bus.
• A NI PXIe-1071 crate with some SMA multiplexer units on it.

We also moved the power relay ethernet strip from the middle of the rack to the bottom of the rack clearing the space marked clear in Koji's schematics. See attachment 2.

There was nothing to clear in 1Y3. It is ready for installing c1sus2 I/O chassis and FE once the testing is complete.

We also removed some orphaned hanging SMA RG-405 cables between 1Y3 and 1Y1.

Attachment 1: RemovedStuff.jpeg
Attachment 2: 1Y1.jpeg
Attachment 3: 1Y3.jpeg
16443   Tue Nov 2 15:02:03 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

{Yehonathan, Tega}

We took the free-swinging spectra of the OpLev in the X and Y direction.

To make the motion of the optic quiet we turned off the airflow on the optical bench and moved the QPD close to the SOS so that the laser beam stays more or less within the QPD sensitive area.

In the process, we realized that the cleanroom HeNe went bad. It turned off after a few minutes after turning it on. The behavior repeated with another power supply. We replaced the HeNe and realigned it coarsely.

The data was taken using an oscilloscope while the optic was swinging freely. The PSD was calculated afterward (attachment 1).

Surprisingly, the pitch has a resonance frequency of ~ 2.5 Hz. And this is after we removed the back counterweight.

Additionally, we aligned the tilt of the optical table. Using a spirit bubble we adjusted the tilt by using a wrench on the table legs. As we suspected, the table was slightly tilted in the north-south direction.

Attachment 1: FreeSwingingSpectra.pdf
16444   Tue Nov 2 16:42:00 2021 PacoSummaryBHD1Y1 rack work

[paco, ian]

After the new 1Y0 rack was placed near the 1Y1 rack by Chub and Anchal, today we worked on the 1Y1 rack. We removed some rails from spaces ~ 25 - 30. We then drilled a pair of ~ 10-32 thru-holes on some L-shaped bars to help support the c1sus2 machine weight. The hole spacing was set to 60 cm; this number is not a constant across all racks. Then, we mounted c1sus2. While doing this, Paco's knee clicked some of the video MUX box buttons (29 and 8 at least). We then opened the rack's side door to investigate the DC power strips on it before removing stuff. We did power off the DC33 supplies on there. No connections were made to allow us to keep building this rack.

When coming back to the control room, we noticed 3/4 video feed (analog) for the Test masses had gone down... why?

Next steps:

• Remove sorensen (x5) power supplies from top of 1Y1 .. what are they actually powering???
• Make more bars to support heavy IO exp and acromag chassis.
• Make all connections (neat).

Update Tue Nov 2 18:52:39 2021

• After turning Sorensens back up, the ETM/ITM video feed was restored. I will need to hunt the power lines carefully before removing these.
16445   Tue Nov 2 18:54:41 2021 Anchal, PacoUpdateBHDOptical fibres laid for BHD upgrade

We successfully laid down all required optical fibre fiber cables from 1X4-1X7 region to 1Y1-1Y3 region today. This includes following cables:

• Timing fibre fiber from Master Timing Synchornizer D050239 on 1X6 to C1SU2 I/O chassis on 1Y1.
• Timing fibre fiber from Master Timing Synchornizer D050239 on 1X6 to C1BHD I/O chassis on 1Y3.
• CX4 cable from Dolphin Card on 1X4 to C1SU2 FE on 1Y1 for IPC.
• CX4 cable from Dolphin Card on 1X4 to C1BHD FE on 1Y3 for IPC.
• DAQ Network extension fibre fiber optic cable from DAQ Network Switch on 1X7 to another switch we mounted on 1Y3 for local DAQ network distribution.
16446   Tue Nov 2 22:50:30 2021 KojiUpdateBHDSOS assembly

2.5Hz is surprising. Can you move it down to sub 1Hz by adding a socket cap screw at the top instead of the set screw for the Teflon piece? How much mass do you need to add?

16448   Thu Nov 4 15:03:43 2021 KojiSummaryBHD1Y1 rack work

I have visited the binder file for the 40m wiring file in the control room.
The 12V power supply on 1Y1 is for the CCD cameras. So we still want to keep the 12V 0.8A power and the side connections for these. It is not necessary to be Sorensen. Can we replace it with an AC-DC adapter with +12V/1A for example? BTW, the video matrix and quads are AC-powered.

The mysterious thick cables and cross-connects (green wires) on the side panel (labeled AP1/AP2/SP/IMCREFL) are for "EO shutters". It was meant for the protection of the PDs from bright beams.
I don't think they have been used. And we don't need them.

16450   Fri Nov 5 12:21:16 2021 AnchalSummaryBHDPart VI of BHR upgrade - Removal of ITMYC optics

Today I opened the ITMY chamber and removed the following optics and placed them in Xend flow bench (See attachment 1-3 for updated photograph):

• OM1
• OM2
• ITMYOL1
• ITMYOL2
• SRMOL1
• SRMOL2
• POYM1
• 3 counterweights one of which was double the height of others.

I also unscrewed SRM and parked it near the Western end of the table where no optical paths would intersect it. Later we will move it in place once the alignment of the rest of the optics has been done.

While doing this work, I found two unnoted things on the table:

• One mirror mounted on a mount but not on a post was just sitting next to ITMY. I have removed this and placed it on Xend flow bench.
• One horizontal razor or plate on the South end of table, mounted on what I thought looked like a picomotor. The motor was soldered to wires without any connector in-line, so I could not remove this. This is on the spot of AS4 and will need to be removed later.

Attachment 1: XendFlowBenchLeftEnd.jpg
Attachment 2: XendFlowBenchMiddle.jpg
Attachment 3: XendFlowBenchRightEnd.jpg
16452   Fri Nov 5 20:35:10 2021 KojiUpdateBHDFeedthru / Optical Mounts

- New feedthrus [4xDB25 Qty 4 / 8xDB25 Qty 1] are placed on the wire shelf at the entrance -> Jordan, please clean them.

- There are plenty of 2" DLC mounts. There are also many 1.5" mounts but they are less useful.
We need at least 3 1" moounts and 1 1" or 2" lens mount (and the lens). Let's purchase them on Thorlabs. I'll work on the order.

Attachment 1: P_20211105_200817.jpg
16453   Mon Nov 8 10:13:52 2021 PacoSummaryBHD1Y1 rack work; Sorensens removed

[Paco, Chub]

Removed all sorensen power supplies from this rack except for 12 VDC one; that one got pushed to the top of the rack and is still powering the cameras.

16454   Mon Nov 8 13:13:00 2021 KojiSummaryBHD1Y1 rack work; Sorensens removed

Updated the rack layout. Now there is an issue.
We were supposed to have 1U space at the top, but it was occupied by the 12V.
We need to either lower the c1sus2 and IO chassis 1U or move the Sorensen at the bottom.

Attachment 1: 40m_BHD.png
16455   Mon Nov 8 15:29:05 2021 PacoSummaryBHD1Y1 rack work; New power for cameras

[Paco, Anchal]

In reference to Koji's concern (see previous elog), we have completely removed sorensen power supplies from 1Y1. We added a 12 Volts / 2 Amps AC-to-DC power supply for the cameras and verified it works. We stripped off all unused hardware from shutters and other power lines in the strips, and saved the relays and fuses.

We then mounted SR2, PR3, PR2 Sat Amps, 1Y1 Sat amp adapter, and C1SUS2 AA (2) and AI (3) boards. We made all connections we could make with the cables from the test stand, as well as power connections to an 18 VDC power strip.

16456   Mon Nov 8 17:22:27 2021 YehonathanUpdateBHDSOS assembly

Big Gluing Day

Today I glued the magnet+dumbell assemblies on the optics adapters.

Unlike magnet gluing on a 3" optic where one can use a magnet gluing fixture, here I had to position the magnets manually. There is a complication though: the magnet is much heavier than the dumbell making it almost impossible gluing the dumbell side down onto the adapter since it is very unstable in this position. A workaround is to put the magnets on some paramagnetic sheet so that the magnets stick to it and then flip it over and glue it on the adapter dumbell sides down.

The problem here is that I need to position the magnets relatively accurately on the metal sheet. To make things slightly easier I printed some drawings of the positions of the magnet, laminated them, and cleaned them to have a decent starting point (attachment 1).

1. I applied glue to the 4 circular grooves at the back of the adapter.

2. I picked 4 magnets (2 north, 2 south). Trying to match their strength.

4. Clean the dumbells' surfaces when necessary.

5. Put the magnets on a laminated magnet-positions-drawing on a metal sheet that was precleaned in the right order.

6. Flip the metal sheet and position it on the adapter such that the dumbells go as precisely as possible into the circular grooves on the adapater.

7. Adjust the magnets' positions by pushing them slightly with a non-magnetic tip.

Attachment 2 shows the numbering on the adapters for future tracking.

I also glued some magnets and aluminum rods to side blocks. Next gluing session I will glue magnets to the aluminum rods. Probably some dumbells will not stick well to the adapters. These will have to be cleaned and reglued as well.

Attachment 1: Magnets_Positions.png