40m QIL Cryo_Lab CTN SUS_Lab CAML OMC_Lab CRIME_Lab FEA ENG_Labs OptContFac Mariner WBEEShop
  40m Log, Page 217 of 354  Not logged in ELOG logo
ID Date Author Type Categoryup Subject Text Attachments
  9688   Mon Mar 3 23:16:06 2014 ranaUpdateLSCY Arm Loop Shape found to be weird: changed now I was getting the Y Arm ready for
Eric Q's loss measurements and so I looked
at the noise and loop shape. The loop shape
 Yarm_sweep_140303.pdfYarm_sweep_140303b.pdfyarm.pdf 
  9691   Wed Mar 5 11:33:10 2014 KojiSummaryLSC2 arm ALS->LSC transition - road mapStep by step description of transition
from 2arm ALS to Common/Differential LSC
for FPMI
  
  9692   Wed Mar 5 16:27:51 2014 ericqUpdateLSCPreliminary Arm Loss MeasurementsI measured the arm cavity losses as Kiwamu
did way back in ELOG
5074.
 Yarm.pdf 
  9693   Wed Mar 5 18:04:36 2014 ericqUpdateLSCEquivalent Displacement Noise from QPD Dark Noise in SQRTINVAt today's meeting, it was suspected that
these noise levels were far too low. (ELOG
 calc1.jpgcalc2.jpgSQRTINVspectra.dat.zipdarkTransmonSpec.py 
  9694   Wed Mar 5 19:15:39 2014 JenneSummaryLSCALS offset moving script modified

    

       
            
  
  9696   Wed Mar 5 22:32:21 2014 manasaUpdateLSCStuck at step 2

    

       
            
  
  9698   Thu Mar 6 11:15:32 2014 KojiSummaryLSCStuck at step 2You don't need to make transition from
ALS X/Y to ALS C/D. Just stabilize the arms
with ALS C/D from the beginning.
  
  9702   Fri Mar 7 00:43:34 2014 manasaUpdateLSCALS C&D locked (on MC2 and ETMs) and IR resonance obtained[EricQ, Manasa]

 ALS_MC2CARM.pdf 
  9708   Mon Mar 10 21:12:30 2014 KojiSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (1)The ALS error (i.e. phase tracker output)
is linear everywhere, but noisy. 
The 1/sqrt(TR) is linear and less
 composite_linear_signal.nb.zip 
  9709   Mon Mar 10 21:13:43 2014 nicolasSummaryLSC Composite Error Signal for ARms (2)In order to better understand how the composite
signal would behave in the presence of noise,
I decided to do a simple analysis of the
 rawsigs.pngerrorsigs.pngoptimalweights.pngcompositenoise.png 
  9710   Mon Mar 10 21:14:58 2014 ericqSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (3)Using Koji's mathematica notebook, and
Nic's python work, I set out to run a time
domain simulation of the error signal, with
 model.pngsimSweep.pdfalsSweep.pdf 
  9711   Mon Mar 10 21:16:13 2014 KojiSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (4) The LSC model was modified for CESAR.
A block called ALSX_COMBINE was made
in the LSC block. This block receives the
 ss1.pngss2.pngCESAR_OFFSETS.pdf 
  9712   Mon Mar 10 21:16:56 2014 KojiSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (5) After making the CDS modification, CESAR
was tested with ALS.
First of all, we run CESAR with threshold
  
  9713   Tue Mar 11 14:49:01 2014 KojiSummaryLSCImportant notice on the XARM servoThe nominal gain
of the XARM for the POX11 error signal is
  
  9715   Tue Mar 11 15:14:34 2014 denSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (1)

    

       
            
  
  9717   Tue Mar 11 15:21:08 2014 KojiSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (1)True. But we first want to realize this
for a single arm, then move onto the two
arms case. 
  
  9718   Tue Mar 11 18:33:21 2014 KojiUpdateLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (6) Today we modified the CESAR block.
- Now the sign(X) function is in
a block.
 14.png 
  9719   Tue Mar 11 18:34:11 2014 JenneUpdateLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (7)[Nic, Jenne, EricQ, and Koji]
We
have used CESAR successfully to bring the
 spectra-ungarble.pdfScreenshot-1.pngScanFromOffToOnResonance.pdfScanThroughResonance.pdf 
  9724   Thu Mar 13 01:18:00 2014 JenneUpdateLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (8)[Jenne, EricQ]
As Koji suggested in his email this
afternoon, we looked at how much actuator
 7x 
  9726   Fri Mar 14 09:44:34 2014 SteveUpdateLSCmorning lock   2hrsMorningLock.png 
  9728   Fri Mar 14 12:18:55 2014 KojiUpdateLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (9)Asymptotic cooling of the mirror motion
with CESAR was tested.
With ALS and the full control bandwidth
 asymptotic_cooling.pdf 
  9740   Wed Mar 19 21:37:45 2014 manasaSummaryLSCAttempt to lock PRMIsb with REFL165I&QI tried to
repeat Koji's PRMI lock using REFL165I/Q.
I was not able to lock PRMI stably. All I
  
  9742   Fri Mar 21 01:54:32 2014 ericqUpdateLSCSome early CARM modeling I've been getting a simulation going
with the eventual goal of simulating CESAR-type
signals for CARM. So for I've only been using
 7x 
  9744   Sun Mar 23 14:20:07 2014 ranaHowToLSCBLRMS screens We should make screens like this
for the LSC signals, errors, ALS, etc.
 blrms.png 
  9751   Wed Mar 26 11:16:59 2014 ericqSummaryLSCComposite Error Signal for ARms (3)Extending the previous model, I've closed
a rudimentary CESAR loop in simulink. Error
signals with varying noise levels are combined
 simlink.pdfsimulatedCESARLock.pdf 
  9753   Wed Mar 26 14:54:32 2014 KojiSummaryLSCPRMIsb locked with REFL165I&Q again[Manasa, Eric, Koji]
PRMIsb
was locked with REFL165I&Q.
  
  9754   Wed Mar 26 21:51:42 2014 ericqSummaryLSCPRMIsb locked with REFL165I&Q againIncidentally, while messing around with
transfer functions and sensing matrix elements
this evening, I was able to sideband lock
  
  9758   Fri Mar 28 17:22:55 2014 KojiSummaryLSCPRMIsb locked with REFL165I&Q againWhile I'm looking at the PRM ASC servo
model, I tried to use the current servo
filters for the ASC 
  
  9765   Mon Mar 31 13:15:55 2014 manasaSummaryLSCAlignment update

    

       
            
  
  9766   Mon Mar 31 13:26:23 2014 manasaUpdateLSCLSC model modifiedI have included Yarm CESAR to the LSC model.
It was just a copy paste of the Xarm CESAR.
Since we are now meditating about implementing
  
  9767   Mon Mar 31 17:47:57 2014 ericqSummaryLSCMICH sensing oddities in REFL 3FLast week, while I had the PRMI locked
on REFL33, I did some poking around with
mirror excitation to RFPD quadrature transfer
 REFL_33_traj.pdfREFL_165_traj.pdf 
  9768   Mon Mar 31 21:23:30 2014 GabrieleSummaryLSCMICH sensing oddities in REFL 3F

    

       
            
  
  9772   Tue Apr 1 21:45:01 2014 JenneSummaryLSCPRM violin notch not at correct freq?Koji and I have the PRMI locked right now,
and we hear a very strong violin mode ringing
up, at 628Hz.  This is, according to
  
  9774   Wed Apr 2 01:18:30 2014 JenneUpdateLSCAttempt at PRMI+2 armsI was trying to lock PRMI+2 arms, but I'm
losing patience with the MC losing lock. 
It's mostly well-behaved, but every now and
  
  9780   Thu Apr 3 00:30:52 2014 JenneUpdateLSCAttempt at PRMI+2 arms[EricQ, Jenne]
We started out this evening by
locking the PRMI, on different REFL PDs,
  
  9781   Thu Apr 3 03:06:34 2014 JenneUpdateLSCAttempt at PRMI+2 arms[EricQ, Jenne]
Much more success later! 
We've had the arms locked on ALS
  
  9783   Thu Apr 3 18:09:54 2014 ericqUpdateLSCAttempt at PRMI+2 armsSo, here's the basic: "We reduced
the CARM offset and saw more TRY" plot. 
 offsetTRY.pdf2dhist.pdfpdh_trans.pdf 
  9784   Thu Apr 3 18:55:10 2014 ericqSummaryLSCSome CARM related modeling The other day, Jenne and I were comparing
my MIST simulation to her Optickle simulation
for the CARM transfer functions I posted
 asIsPRCRes.pdfidealPRCRes.pdf3fPrclAnglesCarm.pdf 
  9785   Fri Apr 4 18:51:29 2014 ericqSummaryLSCMORE CARM related modelingIn today's ISC call, Kiwamu was comparing
two ways to approach resonance: 

    "C-Type": The
 9x 
  9787   Tue Apr 8 01:58:53 2014 JenneUpdateLSCPlaying with PRMI + 2 armsI played around with the PRMI + 2 arms
situation again this evening.  (I'm
not ready to call it "PRFPMI" until
  
  9788   Tue Apr 8 10:44:53 2014 KojiUpdateLSCPlaying with PRMI + 2 armsI vaguely remember that the ALS count (Phase
Tracker output) is converted to Hz@532nm
by a factor  ~20kHz/cnt.
  
  9789   Tue Apr 8 19:10:39 2014 ranaUpdateLSCarm length measurements Since we don't have an arm length
precision measurement (i.e. better than centimeters),
why not just do as Koji suggests and use
  
  9790   Tue Apr 8 23:04:14 2014 manasaUpdateLSCarm length measurements

    

       
            
  
  9791   Wed Apr 9 02:34:20 2014 JenneUpdateLSCJumping over the CARM resonance pointKoji was right, and I was using much too
large of a CARM offset. 
 TRX_TRY_QPDonly.pngLSC_error_signals.pngPRM_SUSangles.pngREFL1f_AS55.png 
  9792   Wed Apr 9 16:08:33 2014 JenneUpdateLSCCARM loop gains vs. CARM offsetI have taken EricQ's simulation results
for the CARM plant change vs.  CARM offset,
and put that together with the CM and CARM
 8x 
  9793   Thu Apr 10 01:56:05 2014 JenneUpdateLSCCARM transitioned to IR error signals![Jenne, EricQ]
This
 sqrtInvLock.pdf 
  9796   Fri Apr 11 01:02:07 2014 JenneUpdateLSCCARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!![EricQ, Jenne]
We're still working, but I'm really
excited, so here's our news: 
 onlyIRspectra.pdf 
  9797   Fri Apr 11 02:09:31 2014 JenneUpdateLSCCARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!![EricQ, Jenne]
A few more details on our work for
the evening, of 
 IRlocks.pdf 
  9798   Fri Apr 11 10:30:48 2014 jamieUpdateLSCCARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!!


   
        
            
  
  9799   Fri Apr 11 11:58:24 2014 JenneUpdateLSCCARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! A few time series from last night's
data. 
300 seconds, starting from 1081240100,
 DARM_IN1_getsSmaller.pngDARM_CARM_TRX_TRY.pngCARMtransition_DARMtransition.pngDARMin_DARMout.pngCARM_DARM_in_out.png 
ELOG V3.1.3-