40m QIL Cryo_Lab CTN SUS_Lab CAML OMC_Lab CRIME_Lab FEA ENG_Labs OptContFac Mariner WBEEShop
  40m Log, Page 116 of 355  Not logged in ELOG logo
ID Date Author Typeup Category Subject Text Attachments
  3058   Wed Jun 9 10:31:13 2010 steveUpdateSAFETYsafety trainingNancy and Sharmila received introductory
early bird surf safety training for the 40m
lab.
  
  3059   Wed Jun 9 11:13:11 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen Lockinglock with PDH boxA
progress on the end PDH locking :
  
  3060   Wed Jun 9 19:47:08 2010 nancyUpdatePEMlead balls on concrete


   
        
            
  
  3062   Thu Jun 10 07:53:14 2010 AlbertoUpdatePEMLaTeXlabs


   
        
            
  
  3063   Thu Jun 10 10:58:02 2010 KojiUpdateGeneralLaTeXlabsI could not dare to share my google doc
with this site...

  
  3064   Thu Jun 10 11:10:21 2010 AlbertoUpdateGeneralLaTeXlabs


   
        
            
  
  3065   Fri Jun 11 11:54:42 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen Lockingend PDH with thermal feedbackA thermal
feedback was installed to the end PDH locking
 LPF.pngthermal_feedback.png 
  3066   Fri Jun 11 13:32:28 2010 KojiUpdateGreen Lockingend PDH with thermal feedbackGJ! 

  
  3068   Fri Jun 11 14:31:04 2010 kiwamuUpdateIOOmode matching of new IOOWe decided not to care about the mode
after MMT1.
 profile_MMT.pngdist_MMO.png 
  3069   Fri Jun 11 15:04:25 2010 josephbUpdateCDSMulti-filter matrix medm screens finished and script for copying filters from SOS fileI've finished the MEDM portion of the RCG
FiltMuxMatrix part.  Now it generates
an appropriate medm screen for the matrix,
 FiltMatrixMedm.png 
  3071   Sat Jun 12 18:03:00 2010 sharmilaUpdateelogTemperature ControllerKiwamu and I setup a serial port terminal
for receiving data from TC200 via a RS-232
USB interface. It was done using a Python
  
  3072   Sat Jun 12 19:41:04 2010 AlbertoUpdateLocking40m Upgrade Optickle ModelI wrote down the settings according to
which I tuned the optickle model of the 40m
Upgrade.
 optickleIFOworkingpoint.pdf 
  3073   Sat Jun 12 19:43:19 2010 AlbertoUpdateWIKI-40M UpdateIFO modeling Wiki Page updatedToday I started writing the IFO modeling
wiki page.
The idea is to make it a reference
  
  3074   Sun Jun 13 08:28:44 2010 valeraUpdateLocking40m Upgrade Optickle Model In my calculation of the digital
filters of the optical transfer functions
the carrier light is resonant in coupled
  
  3075   Mon Jun 14 07:57:07 2010 albertoUpdateLocking40m Upgrade Optickle Model

    
        
  
  3076   Mon Jun 14 22:16:08 2010 JenneUpdateIOOMode scan after Mode Matching Telescope[Jenne, Kiwamu]
We measured the mode after the Mode
Matching Telescope. 
 after_MMT.png 
  3077   Tue Jun 15 16:28:32 2010 kiwamuUpdateIOOMode Profile after Mode Matching TelescopeWe obtained
a good mode match overlap of 99.0% for the
 newIOO_overlap_edit.png 
  3078   Tue Jun 15 19:24:25 2010 ranaUpdateIOOMode Profile after Mode Matching Telescope


   
        
            
  
  3079   Tue Jun 15 21:28:44 2010 albertoUpdateLocking40m Upgrade Optickle Model


   
        
            
 allTransferFunctions_DARMoff_0.pdfallTransferFunctions_DARM2AS_10pmDARMoffset.pdfJan_DARM2AS.pdf 
  3082   Wed Jun 16 18:14:13 2010 AidanUpdateGeneralGlass cover from overhead light smashed on PSL tableI was giving a tour of the 40m yesterday.
We were looking at the PSL table. About 30
seconds after I turned the lights on a glass
 DSC_1769.JPGDSC_1768.JPG 
  3084   Thu Jun 17 17:09:44 2010 AlbertoUpdateLSCShort Cavity Length AdjustmentsI calculated the phase shifts that the
sidebands would pick up in the arms in the
case we changed the arm length to 38.4m as
  
  3086   Fri Jun 18 13:47:20 2010 KojiUpdateLSCShort Cavity Length AdjustmentsYou should have been in my lecture yesterday!
Power in the cavity is not a good
index (=error signal) to judge the optimal
  
  3087   Fri Jun 18 15:07:26 2010 AlbertoUpdateLSCShort Cavity Length Adjustments


   
        
            
  
  3088   Fri Jun 18 21:45:39 2010 kiwamuUpdateIOOMode Profile after Mode Matching Telescope (Round 2)    
      
 MMT20100618_edit.pngnewIOO_overlap_edit.png 
  3089   Fri Jun 18 22:12:29 2010 AlbertoUpdateIOOMode Profile after Mode Matching Telescope (Round 2)GJ   
  3092   Sun Jun 20 18:28:25 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen LockingRe: lock with PDH boxOn the wiki I summarized about the modification
of the PDH box which is currently running
on the end PDH locking. 
  
  3093   Mon Jun 21 14:21:34 2010 Jenne, KiwamuUpdatePhotosInspection of Magnets for the TTs    
  3094   Mon Jun 21 18:01:34 2010 JenneUpdate40m UpgradingSRM, PRM hung, magnets inspected[Jenne, Kiwamu, Rana, Eric Gustafson]
The SRM and PRM have been re-hung,
and are ready for installation into the chambers. 
  
  3095   Mon Jun 21 20:11:21 2010 KojiUpdatePhotosInspection of Magnets for the TTsWere these magnets chipped before the Ni
plating?
  
  3096   Tue Jun 22 09:45:21 2010 Aidan, Joe, RazibUpdatePhase CameraCurrent phase camera setup. Seeing Acoustic beat We've set up a preliminary test bed
for the phase camera. It simply uses a HeNe
that is split into two beams. One is frequency
 2010-06-22_Phase_camera_layout_version_1.pdf 
  3097   Tue Jun 22 13:38:13 2010 KojiUpdatePhase CameraCurrent phase camera setup. Seeing Acoustic beat1. In terms of the AOM:

How much beam power is  incident
  
  3098   Tue Jun 22 18:56:32 2010 JenneUpdateEnvironmentBad placement of recycling binSomeone has been moving the big blue recycling
bin in front of the laser-chiller-chiller
(the air conditioner in the control room). 
 BlockingLaserChillerChiller_small.jpg 
  3099   Tue Jun 22 20:07:08 2010 JenneUpdate40m UpgradingFirst attempt at Tip Tilt hanging[Jenne, Steve, Nancy, Gopal]
We
made an attempt at hanging some of the Tip
 2_ECDs_small.jpgMagnetStickingOutFar_small.jpg 
  3100   Wed Jun 23 11:25:14 2010 Katharine and SharmilaUpdateWIKI-40M UpdateMaglevWeekly update

Lab work
  
  3101   Wed Jun 23 11:31:12 2010 nancyUpdateWIKI-40M UpdateWeekly UpdateThis week I attended a whole lot of orientations,
lectures, and meetings related to SURF. Done
with general and laser safety training.
  
  3103   Wed Jun 23 12:31:36 2010 GopalUpdateGeneral6.16.10-6.23.10 Weekly UpdateSummary of This Week's Activities:
6/16: LIGO Orientation; First Weekly
Meeting; 40m tour with Jenne; Removed WFS
  
  3104   Wed Jun 23 12:47:43 2010 JenneUpdateSUSPRM, SRM ready for vacuumI fitzed
with the PRM and SRM briefly, and I now believe
 SRM_pitch_offset_small.jpg 
  3105   Wed Jun 23 12:52:35 2010 kiwamuUpdatePhotosBS chamber before cleaning up    
  3107   Wed Jun 23 15:33:42 2010 josephbUpdateCDSDaily Downs UpdateI visited downs and announced that I would
be showing up again until all the 40m hardware
is delivered. 
  
  3108   Wed Jun 23 17:48:16 2010 steveUpdateMOPAlaser head tempThe laser chiller temp is fluctuating and
the power output is decreasing. See 120 days
plot.
 htemp120d.jpg 
  3111   Wed Jun 23 23:55:03 2010 Katharine, Sharmila, Rana, Steve and KiwamuUpdateVACwiped the BSSome unused
optics in the BS chamber were removed. 
  
  3112   Thu Jun 24 01:02:34 2010 Sharmilla, Rana and KiwamuUpdateGreen Lockinga channel for PPKTP temperatureWe added
a channel on c1psl in order to monitor the
  
  3113   Thu Jun 24 06:49:29 2010 AidanUpdateGreen Lockinga channel for PPKTP temperatureIs this a setpoint temperature that we
can change by writing to the channel or is
it a readout of the actual temperature of
  
  3115   Thu Jun 24 13:02:59 2010 JenneUpdateComputersSome lunchtime reboots[Jenne, Megan, Frank]
We rebooted c1iovme, c1susvme1, and
c1susvme2 during lunch.  Frank is going
  
  3116   Thu Jun 24 16:59:24 2010 josephbUpdateVACFinished restoring the access connector and door[Jenne,  Kiwamu, Steve, Sharmila,
Katherine, Joe]
We finished bolting the door on the
  
  3119   Fri Jun 25 08:10:23 2010 josephbUpdateCDSDaily Downs UpdateYesterday afternoon I went to downs and
acquired the following materials:
2 100 ft long blue fibers, for use
  
  3120   Fri Jun 25 12:09:27 2010 kiwamuUpdateComputersGPIB controller of HP8591EI've
just stolen a GPIB controller, an yellow
small box, from the spectrum analyzer HP8591E.
  
  3122   Fri Jun 25 20:32:30 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen Lockinggreen power on the PSL tableThe power
of the green beam generated on the PSL table
 optical_power.png 
  3124   Sat Jun 26 20:16:44 2010 josephbUpdateCDSNew checkout of RCG from SVN and changes madeORPHAN ENTRY FOUND ON ROSALBA:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
  3126   Mon Jun 28 11:27:08 2010 MeganUpdateElectronicsMarconi Phase NoiseUsing the three Marconis in 40m at 11.1
MHz, the Three Cornered Hat technique was
used to find the individual noise of each
 IndividualNoise11100kHzAllRanges.jpgIndividualNoise11100kHzSeparate.jpgDirectvsIndirectNoise.jpgFG12Noise.jpg 
ELOG V3.1.3-