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9902
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Fri May 2 10:38:29 2014 |
steve | Update | PSL | thin window AR measured |
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CVI broadband AR coating was measured at the PSL-enclosure table around 9-10am today. The 2W Innolight first PBS S polarization beam was used with an other 1/2 wave plate and PBS.
W2-PW1-1004-C-633-1064-0 This 0.045" thick window has 0.7- 0.8 % reflected beam on each sides at 5 degrees of incidence, P polarization.
The specification is R avg <0.5 % per surface at 0 degree
Rana wants The device would be useless with such a high R, but R 0.1% is OK so I will get V coating.
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CVI V-AR coating at 1064 nm, 0 degree, catalog item is R< 0.25% on each sides,
R <0.1 % is custom at much higher prices.
This custom order should go with other orders that has similar need.
From CVI: 5-6-2014
I checked the trace info on the W2-PW1-1004-C-633-1064-0, BBAR coated window that you received. It is side 1, 0.42%R & side 2, 0.53%R @ 1064nm. And with the shift, I’m not too surprised you ended up with 0.7%. A V coat would start with <0.25% (and more typically coming in at ~0.1%) per surface. As far as stock options, I have a 1”dia x 4mmT, fused silica window that is recorded as side 1, R=0.09 and Side 2, R=0.08% @ 1064. Is this too think or will it work for you?
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9914
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Tue May 6 09:46:50 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | cleaning day | Keven and Steve,
We cleaned around the Vertex chambers, PSL and MC2 floor areas.
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Attachment 1: 120d.png
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9915
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Tue May 6 10:22:28 2014 |
steve | Update | CDS | c1ioo dolphin fiber |
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Steve and I nicely routed the dolphin fiber from c1ioo in the 1X2 rack to the dolphin switch in the 1X4 rack. I shutdown c1ioo before removing the fiber, but still all the dolphin connected models crashed. After the fiber was run, I brought back c1ioo and restarted all wedged models. Everything is green again:

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I put label at the dolphin fiber end at 1X2 today. After this I had to reset it, but it failed. |
Attachment 1: dolphin1x2.png
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9918
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Tue May 6 18:32:14 2014 |
steve | Update | LSC | TRY 60Hz noise hunt | This is an effort to get rid of our ground loops by isolating the electronic components from the optical table.
Aluminum mounting base plates of Thorlabs BA2 and Newport B-2 were replaced by plates or post made out of delrin material.
This is an insulator. DELRIN base plates were installed 6 places. The oplev-qpd has Nylon base plate.
The NPRO and HE/NE lasers are not isolated from the table. S8 and S9
I'm not sure about the doubling oven S10 
The optical table is grounded at G11 through ~1 Mohms to the ETMY chamber.
Alignment touch up needed at all D-marked component!
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Attachment 1: ETMY-ISCT_EISOL.jpg
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9921
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Wed May 7 14:01:36 2014 |
steve | Update | LSC | TRY 60Hz noise hunt |
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This is an effort to get rid of our ground loops by isolating the electronic components from the optical table.
Aluminum mounting base plates of Thorlabs BA2 and Newport B-2 were replaced by plates or post made out of delrin material.
This is an insulator. DELRIN base plates were installed 6 places. The oplev-qpd has Nylon base plate.
The NPRO and HE/NE lasers are not isolated from the table. S8 and S9
I'm not sure about the doubling oven S10 
The optical table is grounded at G11 through ~1 Mohms to the ETMY chamber.
Alignment touch up needed at all D-marked component!
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Attachment appendix:
D: component delrin isolated
N: component nylon isolated ( or Delrin )
S: component shell is shorting to optical table (except oven)
G: optical table ground
I failed to maximize TRY the pds. |
9933
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Thu May 8 17:25:17 2014 |
steve | Update | LSC | TRY 60Hz noise hunt | I worked at the ETMY-ISCT this morning and late afternoon. I will continue the 60 Hz noise hunt tomorrow. |
9937
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Fri May 9 11:23:11 2014 |
steve | Update | Green Locking | decreased X green light power | Green light power decreased from 3 mW to 1 mW at the ETMX-ISCT shutter. More later. |
9941
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Mon May 12 14:42:25 2014 |
steve | Update | endtable upgrade | optical table enclosure wall proposal and table at ETMY |
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Sanwiched wall as shown: 1" clear acrylic, 2 layers of 0.004" thick "window tint", 1 layer of 0.007" thermashield and 0.125" yellow acrylic
Visibility: 70 %, Transmission of 1064 nm 2-3 % at 0-50 degrees incident, power density ~ 0.7 W/mm2
Max power 100 mW
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More details about this east end " acrylic + " enclosure ( optical table cover ) can be found elog entry 6210, 7194 and 7106
Window tinted layer transmission plot is below.
We have a film which may meet your requirements and the values are shown below:
Wavelength (nm) Transmission Reflectance(front) Reflectance (back)
1060 .0772 .604 .759
1070 .0723 .615 .772
These values are taken from the LBNL Optics 6 program and if you have access to that program, the NFRC ID for the film is 202. If you do not have access to the program, I have a captured the graph which may be of some help. I apologize for the appearance of the graph but someone at LBNL decided it would look better with a dark gray background – the yellow is the transmission curve, the blue is the reflectance (front) and the green is the reflectance (back).

The film is referred to as “Hilite 70” and has a 72% visible light transmission. These results were obtained with the film mounted on 1/8” clear glass.
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
www.solargard.com
Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this email.
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Attachment 1: Hilite70.jpg
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Attachment 2: ETMY-ISCT.jpg
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Attachment 3: RoscoThermashield.pdf
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9965
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Fri May 16 16:08:12 2014 |
steve | Update | LSC | Isolating base plates | Electronic components should be ISOLATED as they are installed on the optical tables.
This is essential to avoid ground loops, 60 Hz and harmonic peaks in the spectrum. We have just got some made.
Please only use it for this reason. Earlier black delrin base plates were used up in not needed places.
The anodized Aluminum base plates with magenets certainly will conduct.
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Attachment 1: ISObaseplates.jpg
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10007
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Mon Jun 9 09:41:06 2014 |
steve | Update | safety | safety training | 2014 surf students Nichin and Akhil received 40m specific basic safety training last week. |
Attachment 1: 2014surfs.jpg
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10069
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Thu Jun 19 10:39:22 2014 |
steve | Update | safety | surf safety training |
Andres Medina and Andrew "Harry" Hall received 40m specific safety training. They did general safety already and their laser safety training will be this after noon. |
Attachment 1: 2014surfsAA.jpg
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10071
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Thu Jun 19 14:12:45 2014 |
steve | Update | safety | optical table scans |
PSL, AP, ETMY and ETMX optical tables were scanned for stay beam. |
10075
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Thu Jun 19 17:11:52 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | it is warmer today | The PSL HEPA was running at 30VAC-variac. It is 1 degree C warmer than usual. The HEPA fan motor turned up to 60 V |
Attachment 1: warmertoday.png
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10081
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Fri Jun 20 14:42:57 2014 |
steve | Update | SUS | vac illuminators turned off | |
10131
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Mon Jul 7 08:13:41 2014 |
steve | Update | General | yes,there was firework | |
Attachment 1: 8days.png
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10350
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Fri Aug 8 11:22:35 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
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10362
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Mon Aug 11 10:23:39 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
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May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
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10518
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Thu Sep 18 10:08:07 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
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May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
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Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
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10523
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Mon Sep 22 10:18:58 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | lab temperatures |
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Attachment 1: summerheat.png
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10560
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Thu Oct 2 14:36:52 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | oil drops on vertex crane |
Quote: |
KroneCrane Fred inspected and certified the 3 40m cranes for 2014. The vertex crane crane was load tested at fully extended position.
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Small oil drops were found during prevent inspection of the vertex crane. They were wiped off. It took 231 days to grow this size. |
Attachment 1: VertexOilDrops.jpg
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10665
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Tue Nov 4 10:40:46 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | lab temperatures and particle counts |
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Attachment 1: PEM100d.png
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10761
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Mon Dec 8 09:03:49 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | air cond maintenance tomorrow morning |
AC maintenance is scheduled from 8am till 11am tomorrow morning. |
10773
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Wed Dec 10 14:26:13 2014 |
steve | Update | PEM | air cond maintenance and particle plot |
Quote: |
AC maintenance is scheduled from 8am till 11am tomorrow morning.
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IFO air condition maintenance will continue tomorrow morning and it should be finished by 11:30AM
We have new guys taking over this job: Sal and Chris so it takes longer. The units will be shut down for a bit.
They will not enter the IFO lab. The CES housed units will be worked on. |
Attachment 1: 05.png
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11083
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Fri Feb 27 10:25:24 2015 |
steve | Update | Cameras | quad picture problem | MUX input 7 to ITMXF camera cable was replaced by temporary cable labeled as 888
The problem remains to be the same black stripe at the bottom of the image The single picture is OK. |
Attachment 1: quadMUX.jpg
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11148
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Thu Mar 19 17:11:32 2015 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | March 19, 2015 2 new JDSU 1103P, sn P919645 & P919639 received from Thailand through Edmond Optics. Mfg date 12/2014............as spares |
11178
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Fri Mar 27 10:38:40 2015 |
steve | Update | VAC | vac rack UPS battery replaced | Batteries replaced after 3.5 years with Amstron AP-1250F2, 8x 12V 6Ah
Quote: |
APC Smart -UPS 2200 model: SUA2200RM2U batteries were replaced by compatible RBC43, 8x 12V5A
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Attachment 1: UPSvac.jpg
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11227
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Mon Apr 20 16:42:48 2015 |
steve | Update | SUS | PRM and BS oplev laser replaced | The laser below is dead. JDSU 1103P, SN P845655 lived for 3.5 years.
Quote: |
JDSU 1103P died after 4 years of service. It was replaced with new identical head of 2.9 mW output. The power supply was also changed.
The return spots of 0.04 mW 2.5 mm diameter on qpds are BS 3,700 counts and PRM 4,250 counts.
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It was replaced by JDSU P/N 22037130,( It has a new name for 1103P Uniphase ) sn P919639 of mfg date 12-2014
Beam shape at 5 m nicely round. Output power 2.8 mW of 633 nm
BS spot size on qpd ~1 mm & 60 micro W
PRM spot size on qpd ~1 mm & 50 micro W |
Attachment 1: newOplevLaser.png
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11792
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Fri Nov 20 09:45:39 2015 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary |
Quote: |
Quote: |
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
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Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
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Attachment 1: oplev_summery.png
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12014
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Tue Mar 1 09:37:15 2016 |
steve | Update | VAC | vac rack UPS batteries replaced | Amstron batteries replaced after 11 months with SP-12-5.5HR, 2 years warranty from replaceUPSbattery.com
Quote: |
Batteries replaced after 3.5 years with Amstron AP-1250F2, 8x 12V 6Ah
Quote: |
APC Smart -UPS 2200 model: SUA2200RM2U batteries were replaced by compatible RBC43, 8x 12V5A
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Note: the replace battery LED did not go out ( well pasted 24 hrs ) till the self test bottom was hold down for 2-3 sec |
Attachment 1: vacRackBat.jpg
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12054
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Wed Mar 30 11:35:24 2016 |
steve | Update | safety | BS visitor's viewport is protected with lexan |
Quote: | The four horizontal viewports of arms are protected
by 3/8" thick, 8.5" OD Lexan disk of MR10 Polycarbonate.
ITMX, ETMX, ITMY and ETMY ccd cameras are not focused now. |
BS visitor's viewport glass is now covered with Lexan MR10
Note:
this Lexan cover is in vertical orientation so becomes lose when the black anodized cover is removed.
It needs to be held in place while it's housing is taken off. |
12125
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Mon May 23 10:55:49 2016 |
steve | Summary | SUS | ITMX oplev laser replaced |
May 23, 2016 ITMX dead He/Ne laser sn P845648 replaced after 1062 days [2.9 yrs] by 1103P, sn P859884, with output 2.6 mW, nicely round beam quality at 15 meters.
Power just before viewport 1 mW, returning light on qpd 154 microW = 7,500 counts
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Attachment 1: ITMXoplev.png
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12126
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Mon May 23 15:51:32 2016 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
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2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
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May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
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Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
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May 23, 2016 ITMX dead laser sn P845648 replaced after 1062 days [2.9 yrs] by 1103P, sn P859884, with output output 2.6 mW, nicely round beam quality at 15 meters. |
Attachment 1: oplSum.png
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12341
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Wed Jul 27 11:40:48 2016 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
Quote: |
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2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
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May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
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Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
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May 23, 2016 ITMX dead laser sn P845648 replaced after 1062 days [2.9 yrs] by 1103P, sn P859884, with output output 2.6 mW, nicely round beam quality at 15 meters.
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July 27, 2016 2 new 1103P from Edmonds in: P947034 & P947039, manf. date April 2016, |
12498
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Fri Sep 16 14:15:28 2016 |
steve | Update | PEM | partical counts | South end flow bench and both clean room assembly flow benches measured zero counts for 0.3 and 0.5 micron size particales.
The counting efficiency of 0.5 micron is 100%
location
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0.3 micron particles / cf min
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0.5 micron particles / cf min
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counter
MET
ONE
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effect |
ITMY table |
35,000 |
3,000 |
#3 |
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ETMY table |
35,000 |
3,000 |
#3 |
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ITMX table |
24,000 |
2,400 |
#3 |
PSL HEPA at 50V |
ITMX wall mounted |
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2,500 |
#1 |
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ETMX work bench |
5,000 |
600 |
#3 |
flow bench on |
The PSL HEPA performance was measured at the center of the table with MET ONE #3
Voltage Variac |
particles /cf min |
particles /cf min |
particle size |
0.3 micron |
0.5 micron |
60 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
10 |
0 |
40 |
1,400 |
110 |
20 |
1,400 |
100 |
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Attachment 1: 80days.png
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12553
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Wed Oct 12 15:01:22 2016 |
steve | Update | SUS | SOS ITM baffles plates are ready | The two 40 mm apeture baffles at the ends were replaced by 50 mm one. ITM baffles with 50 mm apeture are baked ready for installation.
Quote: |
Green welding glass 7" x 9" shade #14 with 40 mm hole and mounting fixtures are ready to reduce scatter light on SOS
PEEK 450CA shims and U-shaped clips will keep these plates damped.
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Attachment 1: baffle7x9_1.5.jpg
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Attachment 2: baffle_holder.jpg
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Attachment 3: baffle_top_view.jpg
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Fri Dec 2 10:57:08 2016 |
steve | Update | PEM | door seal replaced | The south end door leaky weather seals replaced.
The aim is here to get some overpressure inside / outside so the lab partical count would not depend on outside condition.
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Attachment 1: 1_year_PEM.png
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12753
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Wed Jan 25 10:46:58 2017 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | Oct. 5, 2015 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P919645, made Dec 2014, after 2 years
Jan. 24, 2017 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P947049, made Apr 2016, after 477 hrs running hot |
Attachment 1: oplev_sums.png
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12811
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Wed Feb 8 10:16:39 2017 |
steve | Update | SUS | clipping ITMX oplev | The ITMX oplev beam is clipping. It will be corected with locked arm
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Attachment 1: ITMX_oplev_clipping.jpg
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Attachment 2: ITMX_clipping.jpg
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Fri Feb 17 10:56:12 2017 |
steve | Update | PEM | particle counter moved into PSL enclousure | The MET#1 particle counter was moved from CES wall at ITMX to PSL enclousure south west corner at 11am.
The HEPA filter speed at the Variac was turned down to 20V from 40
This counter pumps air for 1 minute in every 20 minutes. Soft foam in bags used to minimize this shaking as it is clamped.
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Tue Feb 21 10:08:35 2017 |
steve | Update | PEM | noisy morning | Our new janitor Francisco is started working in IFO room today.
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The MET#1 particle counter was moved from CES wall at ITMX to PSL enclousure south west corner at 11am.
The HEPA filter speed at the Variac was turned down to 20V from 40
This counter pumps air for 1 minute in every 20 minutes. Soft foam in bags used to minimize this shaking as it is clamped.
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Large film crews are working just out side the north west corner of the lab. They started around ~ 5:30am Do not plan on working late tonight.
ETMX sus damping restored.
C1:PSL-FSS_RMTEMP, C1:PSL-PMC_PMCTRANSPD and C1:PEM-count_temp channels are not reading since Friday
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Wed Feb 22 08:54:17 2017 |
steve | Update | PEM | PSL enclousure particle count | ETMX sus damping recovered. PSL enclousure is dusty at 20V rotation speed. Rainy days as outside condition.
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The MET#1 particle counter was moved from CES wall at ITMX to PSL enclousure south west corner at 11am.
The HEPA filter speed at the Variac was turned down to 20V from 40
This counter pumps air for 1 minute in every 20 minutes. Soft foam in bags used to minimize this shaking as it is clamped.
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Tue Feb 28 08:04:48 2017 |
steve | Update | PEM | ETMX damping recovered | ETMX sus damping recovered.
Note: The giant metal garbage container was moved from the south west corner of CES months ago.
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ETMX sus damping recovered. PSL enclousure is dusty at 20V rotation speed. Rainy days as outside condition.
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Mon Mar 20 17:12:08 2017 |
steve | Update | PEM | particle counter inside of PSL enclousure | The logging script is multiplying by 100 instead of 10 !
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The MET#1 particle counter was moved from CES wall at ITMX to PSL enclousure south west corner at 11am.
The HEPA filter speed at the Variac was turned down to 20V from 40
This counter pumps air for 1 minute in every 20 minutes. Soft foam in bags used to minimize this shaking as it is clamped.
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Thu Aug 10 09:10:55 2017 |
steve | Update | General | dataviewer is recovering | It can look back 7 days trends now. There is still no vacuum channels. I can bring back the channels through the restore directory, but there are no data. |
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Mon Aug 28 10:51:21 2017 |
steve | Update | SUS | ETMX damping recovered | |
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Wed Mar 21 10:00:35 2018 |
steve | Update | General | projector light bulb replaced | Light bulb replaced.
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Bulb went out ~10am today. Looks like the lifetime of this bulb was <100 days.
Steve: bulb is arriving next week
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Fri May 18 07:41:01 2018 |
steve | Update | SUS | clipping ITMX oplev | The ITMX oplev still clipping
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The ITMX oplev beam is clipping. It will be corected with locked arm
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Tue Jul 10 14:20:09 2018 |
steve | Update | General | projector light bulb replaced | Bulb replaced at day 110 We have now spare now.
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Tue Jul 12 17:30:24 2011 |
steve, | Update | SUS | BS oplev spectra |
I repeated the BS oplev spectrum today and I do not understand why it does look different. I did it as Kiwamu describes it in entry#4948 The oplev servo was left ON! |
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Thu Jul 14 09:38:50 2011 |
steve, | Update | SUS | BS oplev spectra |
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I repeated the BS oplev spectrum today and I do not understand why it does look different. I did it as Kiwamu describes it in entry#4948 The oplev servo was left ON!
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It is working today! Finally I repeated the BS spectra, that we did with Kiwamu last week |
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