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  13890   Thu May 24 20:31:03 2018 gautamConfigurationALSDFD noisesA
couple of months ago, I took 21 measurements
of the delay line transfer function. As shown
 TF_X_mag.pdfTF_X_phase.pdf 
  13955   Wed Jun 13 12:21:09 2018 gautamUpdateALSPDFR laser checkoutI want to use the Fiber Coupled laser from
the PDFR
system to characterize the response of
  
  13957   Wed Jun 13 22:07:31 2018 gautamUpdateALSBeatMouth PDFR measurementSummary:

Neither
 IMG_7056.JPGBeatMouthPDFR.pdfBeatMouth_PDFRdata.tgz 
  13973   Fri Jun 15 14:22:05 2018 gautamUpdateALSBeatMouth PDFR measurementI did the measurement with the BeatMouth
open today. Main changes:


Directly pipe the RF output
 BeatMouthPDFR.pdfBeatMouth_PDFRdata.tgz 
  14468   Wed Feb 20 23:55:51 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS delay line electronicsSummary:

Last year, I worked
on the ALS delay line electronics, thinking
 delayLineDemod.pdf.zip 
  14475   Thu Mar 7 01:06:38 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS delay line electronicsSummary:

The restoration of the delay-line
electronics is complete. The chassis has
  
  14477   Tue Mar 12 22:51:25 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS delay line electronicsThis
Hanford alog may be of relevance as we
are using the aLIGO AA chassis for the IR
  
  14478   Wed Mar 13 01:27:30 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS delay line electronicsThis test was done, and I determine the
frequency discriminant to be 
 DFDcal.pdfDFDnoise.pdf 
  14479   Thu Mar 14 23:26:47 2019 AnjaliUpdateALSALS delay line electronicsAttachment #1 shows the schematic of the
test setup. Signal generator (Marconi) was
used to supply the RF input. We observed
 test_setup_ALS_delay_line_electronics.pdf 
  14480   Sun Mar 17 00:42:20 2019 gautamUpdateALSNF1611 cannot be shot-noise limited?Summary:

Per the manual (pg12)
of the NF 1611 photodiode, the "Input
 PDnoise.pdf 
  14481   Sun Mar 17 13:35:39 2019 AnjaliUpdateALSPower splitter characterizationWe characterized the power splitter ( Minicircuit-
ZAPD-2-252-S+). The schematic of the measurement
setup is shown in attachment #1. The network/spectrum/impedance
 Measurement_setup.pdfTotal_loss.pdfAmplitude_unbalance.pdfPhase_unbalance.pdf 
  14482   Sun Mar 17 21:06:17 2019 AnjaliUpdateALSAmplifier characterisationThe goal was to characterise the new amplifier
(AP1053). For a practice, I did the characterisation
of the old amplifier.This test is similar
 Gain_measurement.pdfAmplifier_gain.pdfnoise_measurement.pdfnoise_characterisation.pdf 
  14486   Mon Mar 18 20:22:28 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS stability testI'm running a test to see how stable
the EX green lock is. For this purpose, I've
left the slow temperature tuning servo on
  
  14498   Thu Mar 28 19:40:02 2019 gautamUpdateALSBeatMouth with NF1611s assembledSummary:

The parts I was waiting for arrived.
I finished the beat mouth assembly, and did
 IMG_7381.JPGIMG_7382.JPGrelTF_schem.pdfdarkNoise.pdf 
  14502   Fri Mar 29 21:00:06 2019 gautamUpdateALSBeatMouth with NF1611s installed
Newfocus 15V current limited supply
was taken from bottom NE corner of the ITMY
Oplev table to power the BeatMouth on the
 IMG_7384.JPGIMG_7385.JPG 
  14503   Sun Mar 31 15:05:53 2019 gautamUpdateALSFiber beam-splitters not PMI looked into this a little more today.


Looking at the beat signal
between the PSL and EX beams from the
 IMG_7384.JPG 
  14510   Wed Apr 3 09:04:01 2019 gautamUpdateALSNote about new fiber couplersThe new fiber beam splitters we are ordering,
PFC-64-2-50-L-P-7-2-FB-0.3W,
have the slow axis working and fast axis
  
  14513   Wed Apr 3 12:32:33 2019 KojiUpdateALSNote about new fiber couplersAndrew seems to have an integrated solution
of PBS+HWP in a singe mount. Or, I wonder
if we should use HWP/QWP before the coupler.
  
  14516   Fri Apr 5 00:33:58 2019 gautamUpdateALSPromising IR ALS noiseSummary:

I set up a free-space
beat on theNW side of the PSL table between
 IMG_7388.JPGfreeSpace_IR_beat.pdf 
  14519   Fri Apr 5 11:49:30 2019 gautamUpdateALSPSL + X green beat recoverySince we haven't been using it, the
PID control was not enabled on the doubling
oven on the PSL table (it is disabled after
  
  14521   Mon Apr 8 00:04:08 2019 gautamUpdateALSIR ALS noise budgetTo start the noise budgeting, I decided
to measure the "DFD noise", which
is really the quadrature sum of the following
 DFDnoise.pdf 
  14523   Mon Apr 8 18:28:25 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX Green PDH checkoutI worked on characterizing the green PDH
setup at EX, as part of the ALS noise budgeting
process. Summary of my findings:
 IMG_7393.JPGgreenModeMatch.pdf 
  14524   Mon Apr 8 23:52:09 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX Green PDH error monitor calibratedSome time ago, I had done an actuator
calibration of ITMX. This suspension
hasn't been victim to the recent spate
 errMonCalib.pdferrMon.pngOLTF.pdfEX_frequencyNoises.pdf 
  14525   Tue Apr 9 00:16:22 2019 ranaUpdateALSEX Green PDH error monitor calibratedG=10 or
G=100?
  
  14526   Tue Apr 9 00:18:19 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX Green PDH error monitor calibratedwrong assumption - i checked the gain just
now, it is G=10, and is running in the "low-noise"
mode, so can only drive 4V. fixed elog, filter.
  
  14527   Tue Apr 9 18:44:00 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX Green PDH discriminant measurementI decided to use the more direct method,
of disconnecting feedback to the EX laser
PZT, and then looking at the cavity flashes. 
 cavityFlashes.pdfmodelPDH.pdf 
  14528   Tue Apr 9 19:07:12 2019 gautamUpdateALSIR ALS noise budgetUpdated the noise budget to include the
unsuppressed frequency noise from the EX
laser. It does not explain the noise
 ALS_noiseBudget.pdfALS_noiseBudget.pdf 
  14533   Thu Apr 11 01:10:05 2019 gautamUpdateALSLarge 2kHz peak (and harmonics) in ALS XThese weren't present last week. The
peaks are present in the EX PDH error monitor
signal, and so are presumably connected with
 EX_PDH_2kNoise.pdf 
  14548   Wed Apr 17 00:50:17 2019 gautamUpdateALSLarge 2kHz peak (and harmonics) in ALS X no moreI looked into this issue today. Initially,
my thinking was that I'd somehow caused
clipping in the beampath somewhere which
 EX_PDHnoise.pdf 
  14549   Wed Apr 17 11:01:49 2019 gautamUpdateALSLarge 2kHz peak (and harmonics) in ALS X no moreEX green stayed locked to XARM length overnight
without a problem. The spectrogram doesn't
show any alarming time varying features around
 EX_PDH_specGram.pdf 
  14643   Wed May 29 18:13:25 2019 gautamUpdateALSFiber beam-splitters are now PMTo maintain PM fibers all the way through
to the photodiode, I had ordered some PM
  
  14645   Fri May 31 15:55:16 2019 gautamUpdateALSPSL + X beat restoredCoupling into the fast axis
of the fiber:

The PM couplers I bought require
  
  14740   Tue Jul 9 18:42:15 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX green doubling oven temperature controller power was disconnectedThere was no green light even though the
EX NPRO was on. I checked the doubling oven
temperature controller and found that its
  
  14800   Mon Jul 22 23:53:16 2019 gautamUpdateALSIR ALS locking attemptSummary:

My goal tonight was to lock the
PSL frequency to be resonant in the
 ALS_X_outOfLoopnoise.pdfALS_X_inLoopnoise.pdfCARM_loopShape.pdf 
  14802   Wed Jul 24 00:22:24 2019 gautamUpdateALSPSL frequency locked to XARM length using ALSSummary:

I succeeded in locking the PSL
frequency to the XARM cavity length, with
 ALS_X_noise_POX.pdfBR_comparison.pdfALS_CARM_OLG.pdf 
  14811   Thu Jul 25 12:25:56 2019 gautamUpdateALSIR ALSX noiseSummary:


There are some broad peaks
in the ALS out-of-loop noise, centered at
 ALS_broadPeaks.pdf 
  14823   Fri Aug 2 11:37:38 2019 gautamUpdateALSEY IR ALS AssaySummary:

I'd like to confirm that the
IR ALS scheme will work for locking. The
 IMG_7780.JPGEy_MM_20190802.pdf 
  14835   Tue Aug 6 23:09:20 2019 gautamUpdateALSEY table work
Removed power monitoring PD (It
was off anyways)
Installed Steering
mirror and collimator in K6XS mount (fast
  
  14838   Fri Aug 9 16:37:39 2019 gautamUpdateALSMore EY table workSummary:


220 uW / 600 uW (~36 %
mode-matching) of IR light coupled into fiber
 IMG_7791.JPGfiberCleaning.pdf 
  14846   Thu Aug 15 18:54:54 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS sensing noise due to IMCSummary:

I came aross an interesting
suggestion by Yutaro that KAGRA's
 ALSsensingNoise.pdf 
  14847   Fri Aug 16 04:24:03 2019 ranaUpdateALSALS sensing noise due to IMCWhat about just use high gain feedback
to MC2 below 20 Hz for the IMC lock? That
would reduce the excess if this theory is
  
  14918   Mon Sep 30 18:20:26 2019 gautamUpdateALSALS OOL noise - a first lookAttachment #1 shows a
first look at the IR ALS noise after my re-coupling
 ALS_OOL_20190930.pdf 
  14938   Fri Oct 4 00:32:24 2019 gautamUpdateALSMore locking updatesSummary:

I managed to achieve a few transitions
of control of the XARM length using the ALS
 ALS_singleArm.pngALS_OOL_20191003.pdf 
  14943   Sat Oct 5 21:26:34 2019 gautamUpdateALSY-end green alignment tweakedSummary:

I improved the alignment of the
green beam into the Y arm cavity.
 ALSY_alignment.pngALSY_OOL.pdf 
  14944   Sun Oct 6 15:23:27 2019 gautamUpdateALSArm control using error signals achievedSummary:

I
 ALSY_20191006.pdftransitionIRALS.pngarms_ALS.pdf 
  14979   Fri Oct 18 20:21:33 2019 shrutiUpdateALSAM measurement attempt at X end[Shruti, Rana]

- At the X end, we set up the network
analyzer to begin measurement of the AM transfer
  
  14981   Mon Oct 21 12:25:46 2019 gautamUpdateALSDFD electronics checkoutSummary:

There are no unexpected red-flags
in the performance of the DFD electronics.
 ALSnoiseAnomaly.pdfDFDcalib.pdfspectra.pdfPTgains.pdf 
  14984   Tue Oct 22 15:32:15 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX uPDH electronics checkoutSummary:

The EX PDH setup had what I thought
was insufficient phase and gain margins.
 uPDH_X_OLTFs.pdf 
  14986   Wed Oct 23 10:23:26 2019 ranaUpdateALSEX uPDH electronics checkoutDuring our EX AM/PM setups, I don't
think we bumped the PDH gain knob (and I
hope that the knob was locked). Possible
  
  14987   Wed Oct 23 11:11:01 2019 gautamUpdateALSEX uPDH electronics checkoutThe closest thing I can think of is here.

  
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