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  7762   Thu Nov 29 02:43:48 2012 AyakaUpdatePEMDecreased RMS in Seismometers

    

       
            
 GUR1Xfilterbank.pngseismometers1129.jpgseismometers1129.pdf 
  7778   Mon Dec 3 17:04:12 2012 AyakaUpdatePSLPMC calibration for MC_F calibrationIn order to calibrate MC_F signal, I need
to know the calibration value from thorlab's
PZT driver to laser frequency.
 DSC_4955.JPGsweep_PZTdriver.pngPMC_PZT_FSR.pdftrans_fit.pngPMC-PZTcal_121203.zip 
  7784   Tue Dec 4 18:53:50 2012 AyakaUpdateAlignmentBS chamberBS chamber seemed to be kicked again around
10:00 am today.
I moved PZT mainly in YAW and locked
 BSchamb1204.pdf 
  7789   Wed Dec 5 01:06:22 2012 AyakaUpdateWienerFilteringThe microphones and the speaker on the AP table In order to see the acoustic coupling
on arm signals, I set 6 microphones and the
speaker on the AP table. The microphones
 DSC_4956.JPGDSC_4961.JPGAPsig.pdf 
  7799   Fri Dec 7 20:34:31 2012 AyakaUpdateSUSoplevs as acoustic and seismic noise couplers at high frequenciesI will
just leave the picture of spectrum that shows
the injected acoustic sound effects due to
 YARM_acous_oplev.pdf 
  7808   Tue Dec 11 09:31:47 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCOplev update for improving sensitivity Motivation
We observed that oplev servos affect
 7x 
  7809   Tue Dec 11 10:09:04 2012 AyakaHowToPEMcables needs care

    

       
            
  
  7812   Tue Dec 11 21:53:37 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCOplev update for improving sensitivity[Rana, Ayaka]
The BS oplev pitch feedback came
back.
 OL_BSpit.pdfBSoplevservo.png 
  7814   Wed Dec 12 11:49:05 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCAcoustic noise in POX and AS error signal[Koji, Ayaka]
Last night, I injected acoustic noise
at POX table and AS table with oplev controls
 POX_noise4.pdfAScontXARM_acoustic.pdf 
  7823   Thu Dec 13 17:24:53 2012 AyakaUpdatePSLPMC calibration for MC_F calibration I calibrated MC_F signal into Hz/rtHz
unit using the transfer function from
MC_F to PMC feedback signal.
 6x 
  7824   Thu Dec 13 18:06:59 2012 AyakaUpdateWienerFilteringNew microphone mounts Yesterday, I made new mounts for
microphones.
 IMG_0129.JPGIMG_0130.JPG 
  7829   Fri Dec 14 03:32:51 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCHigh frequency noise in AS signalI calibrated the AS error signal into the
displacement of the YARM cavity in the same
way as I did before (elog).
 XARM_OL.pdfAS_ITMXexc.pdfASspe_noise.pdfASgain.pngASspe.tar.gz 
  7830   Fri Dec 14 03:49:02 2012 AyakaUpdateGeneralEarthquakeThere was an earthquake around 2:30 am.
Now all the mirrors except SRM are damped.
 earthquake.pngseis.pdf 
  7833   Fri Dec 14 10:09:30 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCHigh frequency noise in AS signal

    

       
            
  
  7835   Fri Dec 14 16:35:38 2012 AyakaUpdateLSCHigh frequency sensitivity improvedSince I found that the the AS sensitivity
seems to be limited by circuit noise, I inserted
a RF amplifier just after the AS RF output.
 ASspe_noise_amp.pdfASspe_acoustic_amp.pdfASnoise.tar.gz 
  12621   Wed Nov 16 17:07:12 2016 AshleyUpdateGeneralPreliminary Microphone DataI am currently looking at the acoustic
noise around both arms to see if there are
any frequencies from machinery around the
 first_PSD_12kHz.pdfIMG_0171.JPG 
  12738   Thu Jan 19 10:21:54 2017 AshleyUpdateGeneralPreliminary Microphone DataBrief Summary:
I am currently looking at the acoustic
noise around both arms to see if there are
 xend_psd.pngxblrms.pngIMG_3734.JPG 
  12826   Mon Feb 13 17:39:45 2017 AshleyUpdateGeneralPreliminary Microphone Data Update
Problems that have occurred since
my last post: All of the sudden, I was getting
very strange data that was very quiet and
 figure_1.pngx_and_y_blrms_03.pngxblrms_median.png 
  13788   Wed Apr 25 17:44:39 2018 ArnoldUpdatePEMPEM Anti-Alias wiring

 
  
  13703   Mon Mar 26 10:15:20 2018 ArijitUpdateIOOPMC and IMC re-locked[Gautam, Arijit]

PMC and IMC re-aligned and re-locked.
Both cavities are staying locked. Arm cavities
  
  14062   Fri Jul 13 00:15:13 2018 Annalisa, TerraConfigurationAUXY arm cavity scan [Annalisa, Terra, Koji, Gautam]

Summary: We
find a configuration for arm scans which
 IMG_6492.JPGIMG_6494.JPG 
  14078   Tue Jul 17 17:37:46 2018 Annalisa, TerraConfigurationThermal CompensationHeaters installationSummary

We
installed two heaters setup on the ETMY bench
in order to try inducing some radius of curvature
 6x 
  14086   Thu Jul 19 04:44:09 2018 Annalisa, TerraSummaryThermal Compensationfrequency shift observed with heating!Annalisa, Gautum, Koji, Terra

Summary: with
the reflector setup, we measured a frequency
 scanning_fine_2018-07-19-07-32-08_parsed.pdfscanning_fine_2018-07-19-06-57-47_parsed.pdfYscan_scanning_parsed_2am.txt.pdf 
  8801   Thu Jul 4 01:09:33 2013 Annalisa, KojiUpdateLSCPRMI locked with REFL165Summary:
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The new REFL165 PD was installed on the AP
 130703_PRMI.pdfScreenshot.png 
  8183   Wed Feb 27 14:39:59 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCFibre laid for RFPD audio [Annalisa, Jenne, Rana, Steve]
We installed the fibres on cable
trays the 1Y2 and the Control Room.
  
  8190   Wed Feb 27 19:27:29 2013 AnnalisaHowToCOMSOL TipsMirror support Eigenfrequency I studied the eigenfrequencies of
a mirror support using COMSOL.
 
 IronSupport.pngIronSupportEigenfreq.png 
  8226   Mon Mar 4 20:03:42 2013 AnnalisaHowToCOMSOL TipsStudy of mirror mount eigenfrequencies I studied the eigenfrequencies of
a mirror mount designed with COMSOL.
I imposed fixed constraints for the
 MirrorSupport1.pngMirrorSupportEig1.pngpedestal.pngBase2.png 
  8244   Wed Mar 6 18:51:07 2013 AnnalisaUpdateAlignmentAuxiliary laser installed for FSR and TMS measurement of the PRCWe want to measure the g-factor of the
PRC using the beat note of the main laser
with an auxiliary NPRO laser.
 IMG_3-6-13.JPG 
  8257   Fri Mar 8 12:57:57 2013 AnnalisaUpdateABSLBS installed on ITMY table Sendhil and I installed the S polarized
BS on the ITMY table to steer the NPRO beam
through the AR wedge and align it to the
  
  8303   Mon Mar 18 12:02:12 2013 AnnalisaConfigurationABSLABSL setup for g-factor measurement of PRCMotivations
The ABSL
technique has been already used in the past
to measure the 
  
  8305   Mon Mar 18 12:35:29 2013 AnnalisaBureaucracyAuxiliary lockingYend table upgrade - go fetch NPRO from ATF

    

       
            
  
  8308   Mon Mar 18 20:13:18 2013 AnnalisaBureaucracyAuxiliary lockingYend table upgrade - go fetch NPRO from ATF

    

       
            
  
  8313   Tue Mar 19 20:24:56 2013 AnnalisaUpdateAuxiliary lockingAuxiliary laser on PSL table I moved the auxiliary laser from
the ITMY table to the PSL table and installed
all the optics (mirrors and lenses) to steer
  
  8322   Thu Mar 21 09:53:46 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLockingFinding the beat note Yesterday I tried to find the beat
note between the main PSL and the auxiliary
NPRO, but I didn't :( 
  
  8327   Thu Mar 21 13:11:42 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLockingFinding the beat note

    

       
            
 Beat_note_setup.jpg 
  8329   Thu Mar 21 14:02:45 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLockingincident angles

    

       
            
  
  8333   Fri Mar 22 23:23:38 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLockingBeat note still missing[Annalisa, Manasa, Koji]
I updated the setup for the beat
note. The main reason is that I needed to
 Beat_note_-_new_setup.jpg 
  8345   Mon Mar 25 23:20:57 2013 AnnalisaSummaryAuxiliary lockingBeat note found![Annalisa, Manasa]
The beat note between the main PSL
and the auxiliarly NPRO has been found!
  
  8361   Wed Mar 27 21:53:21 2013 AnnalisaUpdateABSLBeat note of ATF auxiliary laserAfter measuring the beat note, the "Alberto"
NPRO auxiliary laser has been moved from
the PSL table to the POY table. Its beam
  
  8368   Thu Mar 28 19:32:22 2013 AnnalisaSummaryAuxiliary lockingBeat note found! 
 I plot the variation of the
beat note frequency as a function of "Alberto"
 BeatFreq.jpg 
  8369   Thu Mar 28 23:00:30 2013 AnnalisaUpdateABSLBeat note of ATF auxiliary laser found 
The beat note for the ATF lab laser
has been found. 
  
  8370   Thu Mar 28 23:06:48 2013 AnnalisaUpdateAuxiliary locking"Alberto" NPRO laser again on PSL table "Alberto"NPRO laser has
been moved again on PSL table in order to
make a measurement of the beat note varying
  
  8386   Mon Apr 1 23:22:17 2013 AnnalisaUpdateAuxiliary lockingBeat note between "Alberto" NPRO laser and PSL laserI measured the beat note between the "Alberto"
NPRO laser and the PSL varying the PSL temperature
and find the matching NPRO temperature that
 Beat_Note.jpg 
  8396   Tue Apr 2 22:39:17 2013 AnnalisaUpdateAuxiliary lockingBeat note between "Alberto" NPRO laser and PSL laser 
 The beat note between the PSL
laser and the "Alberto" NPRO laser
 Beat_note_3col.jpg 
  8437   Wed Apr 10 15:49:22 2013 AnnalisaConfigurationCOMSOL TipsYend table eigenfrequency simulation with COMSOL I made a Simulation with COMSOL for
the Yend table. Mainly, I tried to see how
the lower eigenmode changes with the number
 Pics_end_table.pdf 
  8495   Fri Apr 26 10:50:07 2013 AnnalisaUpdateABSLATF laser on PSLThe ATF NPRO auxiliary laser has been moved
on the PSL table. All the optics for beat
note measurement are in place and alignment
  
  8561   Fri May 10 20:05:21 2013 AnnalisaUpdate40m UpgradingEndtable upgrade for auxiliary green laser : progressI rotated some mounts along
the green beam path, and I started aligning
the beam again.
  
  8565   Mon May 13 21:35:55 2013 AnnalisaUpdate40m UpgradingEndtable upgrade for auxiliary green laser : progressYend
table - Current status
  
  8576   Tue May 14 21:03:15 2013 AnnalisaUpdate40m UpgradingEndtable upgrade for auxiliary green laser : progress 
GREEN 
The new lenses arrived, and I put
  
  8584   Wed May 15 21:27:39 2013 AnnalisaUpdate40m UpgradingEndtable upgrade for auxiliary green laser : progress 
GREEN
I still have problems in maximizing
  
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