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177
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Thu Dec 6 19:30:43 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise - 60 Hz! | A higher resolution spectrum [attached] shows
that nearly all of the excess dark noise
on the ISS is in 60 Hz harmonics (with some |
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183
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Fri Dec 7 19:14:30 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise - ground loop enlightenment | My alleged 60 Hz harmonics were all from a
ground loop created by connecting the SR785
ground to the ISS circuit ground; they disappeared |
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185
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Mon Dec 10 18:42:20 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS RIN script | I wrote a script to measure the ISS RIN.
The script uses the "labca" interface (described
in an [url=http://dziban.ligo.caltech.edu:40/40m/117]earlier |
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186
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Mon Dec 10 19:08:03 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | MZ | The MZ seems finicky today--it keeps unlocking
and relocking.
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197
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Tue Dec 18 21:31:31 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS RIN | My measurements of the ISS RIN via the SR785
and via the DAQ disagree considerably. The
spectral shapes are very similar, however, |
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211
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Sat Dec 22 00:52:57 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS surgery | In an attempt to quell oscillations in the
(unused) outer loop portion of the ISS, I
shorted the "PD+" and "PD-" signals from |
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221
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Thu Jan 3 09:12:59 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | MZ servo | Here is MZ trend for one year and 40 days.
Now days it runs out of range on the low
side.
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293
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Fri Feb 1 17:17:05 2008 |
John | Summary | PSL | Mach-Zender tweaking | I helped Rob adjust the alignment of the Mach-Zender
to try and reduce any AM on the laser light.
Our goal was to reduce the large offsets |
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325
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Wed Feb 20 11:34:17 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | laser head temp is up | MOPA head temp is running at 20.3C now
Nomally it is at 18.5C |
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326
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Wed Feb 20 16:24:37 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | the laser is recovering slowly | Head temp is still 20.5C and decreasing slowly.
Power output 2.9W
NPRO power 22 mW is increasing as head is |
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327
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Thu Feb 21 09:56:26 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | the laser is back | The laser and the psl recovered.
The water chiller temp is 19.98C and head
temp 18.4C
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365
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Fri Mar 7 19:04:39 2008 |
steve | Omnistructure | PSL | laser pointer | Green laser pointer was found in my desk.
I blamed Rana for not returning it to me
after a conference talk.
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450
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Fri Apr 25 15:44:21 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | scattering measurments | In pursuit of a low back scattering, high
power beam dump we looked at materials such:
polished copper, polished aluminum, diamond |
6x |
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479
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Thu May 15 12:05:49 2008 |
josephb | Configuration | PSL | Path to PSL Position QPD | The 50/50 beamsplitter that was being used
as the last turning mirror to the PSL Position
QPD has been replaced with a Y1-1037-45-S |
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497
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Sun May 25 20:30:25 2008 |
rana | Summary | PSL | PMC Mode Matching | I checked the PMC mode matching by ramping
the gain down to -10 dB (from +20 dB) and
moving the DC offset around until it caught |
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502
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Wed May 28 14:19:47 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | kaleidoscope of psl | atm 1: scattering psl table optics from the
top of the output periscope f4, 60s @MOPA
3 W
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516
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Wed Jun 4 10:18:52 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | wedged SS beam trap | I moved the SS trap over to the psl table.
Texas super # 8 was used from the large shipment.
TXs#8 scattering measured as before, meaning |
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524
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Fri Jun 6 16:10:51 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | HEPA filters are running at 100% | The psl HEPA filters were turned up to run
at 100% to accommodate beam trap work on
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 |
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526
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Mon Jun 9 17:32:14 2008 |
Yoichi | Configuration | PSL | PMC transmittance | I checked the current PMC transmissivity at
a low power.
The input laser power to the PMC was reduced |
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527
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Mon Jun 9 17:57:59 2008 |
Yoichi | Configuration | PSL | PMC input power backed to the original | I rotated back the HWP before the PBS to restore
the input laser power to the PMC.
Now the reading of PSL-PMC_PMCTRANSPD is |
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528
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Tue Jun 10 08:37:18 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | beam trap is being tested | High power beam trap is being tested just
west of FSS area on psl enclosure.
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529
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Wed Jun 11 11:45:25 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | ss trap works | The trap works well at 3 W level. No back
reflected beam coming out of the trap on
low power
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534
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Fri Jun 13 11:17:25 2008 |
Yoichi | Update | PSL | PMC transmittance at high power | We received a new cable for the Scientech
calorimeter. So I measured the transmittance
of the PMC at higher power.
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536
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Tue Jun 17 22:00:53 2008 |
John | HowTo | PSL | Problems turning MZ servo on/off | We were unable to toggle the MZ servo on/off
(Blank/Normal) from MEDM. Pushing on the
Xycom board and cables changed the fault |
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537
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Wed Jun 18 00:19:29 2008 |
rob | Update | PSL | MOPA trend | 15 day trend of MOPA channels. The NPRO temperature
fluctations are real, and causing the PMC
to consistently run up against its rails. |
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540
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Wed Jun 18 18:20:10 2008 |
Yoichi | Update | PSL | Investigation on the NPRO temperature stabilization glitches | As Rob pointed out in http://dziban.ligo.caltech.edu:40/40m/537
the MOPA NPRO has been showing some glitchiness
in the LTEC loop.
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541
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Wed Jun 18 18:26:19 2008 |
Yoichi | Update | PSL | Finding the optimal operation temperature for the NPRO by the slow act scan | Being suspicious of the temperature stabilization
of the NPRO crystal, I ran the slow scan
script written by Rana to find the suitable |
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550
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Fri Jun 20 17:42:48 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | SS trap scattering compared to black glass trap | Circular SS304 trap was compared to wedged
black glass trap.
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569
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Wed Jun 25 18:03:21 2008 |
Yoichi | Configuration | PSL | FSS Input Offset slider problem | While working on the PMC scanning, I noticed
that the FSS input offset slider is doing
nothing.
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575
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Thu Jun 26 18:24:28 2008 |
Yoichi | Update | PSL | FSS input ofset slider problem - fixed | I checked the FSS servo interface board and
found that a LT1125CSW used to differentialize
offset channel was broken (no virtual short).
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591
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Sun Jun 29 11:31:52 2008 |
John | Summary | PSL | ISS | I reduced the gain of the ISS (C1: PSL-ISS_VGAGAIN)
from 5dB to 2dB. Any higher and it constantly
saturates. |
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595
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Sun Jun 29 19:53:26 2008 |
John | Summary | PSL | ISS | [quote]I reduced the gain of the ISS (C1:
PSL-ISS_VGAGAIN) from 5dB to 2dB. Any higher
and it constantly saturates.[/quote]
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597
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Sun Jun 29 20:29:48 2008 |
rana | Update | PSL | Correlation of PSL SLOW control v. Room temperature | |
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602
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Mon Jun 30 13:48:47 2008 |
John, Rob | Configuration | PSL | Don't put the bin in front of the air conditioning unit | We spotted that the laser power was dropping.
[SIZE=5][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]The air |
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603
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Mon Jun 30 14:07:26 2008 |
Rob | Configuration | PSL | Don't put the bin in front of the air conditioning unit | [quote]We spotted that the laser power was
dropping.
[/quote]
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604
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Mon Jun 30 15:08:52 2008 |
John | Summary | PSL | MZ alignment | I adjusted the alignmnet of the Mach-Zehnder's
two North mirrors (downstream of the EOMs).
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607
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Mon Jun 30 18:36:01 2008 |
Yoichi | Update | PSL | MZ alignment again | John, Yoichi
We re-adjusted the MZ alignment. The reason |
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609
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Tue Jul 1 10:15:22 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | eventfull two days | The laser recovered from a short temp rise.
The MZ was aligned and realigned. The suspentions
were kicked up accidentally.
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611
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Tue Jul 1 11:57:24 2008 |
Yoichi | Configuration | PSL | MZ servo switch problem again | C1:PSL-MZ_BLANK switch (to turn on/off the
servo) is not working again. The switch is
always off regardless of the epics state.
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612
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Tue Jul 1 12:08:38 2008 |
John, Joe | Configuration | PSL | PMC input PD | Joe and I switched cables so that the PMCR
screen actually shows reflection not transmission.
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616
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Tue Jul 1 16:48:42 2008 |
rob, john | Configuration | PSL | MZ servo switch problem resolved forever | [quote]C1:PSL-MZ_BLANK switch (to turn on/off
the servo) is not working again. The switch
is always off regardless of the epics state.
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618
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Tue Jul 1 21:45:48 2008 |
John | Update | PSL | Mach Zehnder script and screen | I've edited C1: PSL_MACH_ZEHNDER.adl and /cvs/cds/caltech/scripts/PSL/MZ/lockMZ
to reflect the changes described in entry
#616. |
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639
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Mon Jul 7 13:49:27 2008 |
Yoichi | HowTo | PSL | MZ offset, gain tips | John, Yoichi
This morning John found that MZ servo is |
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642
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Mon Jul 7 16:30:08 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | PSL-PEM 16 days trend | This morning the laser head temp was up to
20.3C because the laser chiller was overflowing.
I removed 700 cc water.
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645
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Tue Jul 8 08:16:56 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | PMC problem | The PMC is unhappy. PMC auto locker is not
working.
DC output slider adjust has to be moved from |
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648
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Tue Jul 8 12:25:54 2008 |
John | Summary | PSL | ISS gain set to 2dB | |
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649
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Tue Jul 8 21:46:38 2008 |
Yoichi | Configuration | PSL | GC650M moved to the PMC transmission | I moved a GC650M, which was monitoring the
light coming out of the PSL, to the transmission
port of the PMC to see the transmitted mode |
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659
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Fri Jul 11 09:29:02 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | the PMC still hangs up | Morning alarms:
PMC high voltage is railing, it's auto locker |
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662
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Sat Jul 12 23:28:31 2008 |
rana | Update | PSL | PMC needs help | As everyone has noticed recently, the PMC
seems to have a PZT problem. It often zooms
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663
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Sun Jul 13 17:19:29 2008 |
rana | Summary | PSL | MOPA SLOWM Calibration | John, Rana
We first unlocked the FSS and ramped the |
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