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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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7982
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Fri Feb 1 12:22:27 2013 |
Zach | Summary | ASC | Optics lit | It's OK; even Siegman got it wrong---48
times.
RA: NO, stil not OK. |
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8459
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Thu Apr 18 02:24:58 2013 |
Den | Update | ASC | dither alignment of yarm | I modified our existing c1ass model to
include alignment of input steering TT1 and
TT2 for YARM and BS for XARM. Corresponding |
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8465
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Fri Apr 19 13:28:39 2013 |
Den | Update | ASC | dither alignment of yarm | I've put 4 scripts into ASS directory for
YARM alignment. They should be called from
!Scripts YARM button on c1ass main medm screen. |
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8467
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Fri Apr 19 16:58:59 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | Arm A2L measurement scripts 90% working again | After Den's work with the ASS model this
week, all of the channel names were changed
(this wasn't pointed out in his elog....grrr), |
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8562
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Sat May 11 01:11:52 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | PRC mode stabilization with a shadow sensor at POP | Ah, AWESOME.
Indefinite PRMI lock was finally achieved. |
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8618
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Wed May 22 17:29:34 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | QPD for POP ASC tested | I fiddled around with the QPD that I'll
use to replace Koji's temporary razor blade
yaw sensor for detecting POP beam angular |
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8649
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Tue May 28 17:00:50 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | Proposed POP path, to be installed this evening | I have mounted 2 2" G&H high reflective
mirrors, to be used in the new POP path.
Manasa and Annalisa are doing green things |
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8658
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Thu May 30 17:18:58 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | New POP path | I have placed the G&H mirrors and the
Y1 as pictured in my proposed layout in elog |
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8663
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Sat Jun 1 14:14:56 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | New POP path | I have a lens solution for the new POP
QPD, plotted below. To get the beam
size, I started with the waist at the ITM, |
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8707
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Fri Jun 14 03:10:40 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | New POP path - PDs in place, need cabling | I have placed the lenses and the PDs in
their new positions on the POP path.
As Koji had pointed out to me in reply to |
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8710
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Fri Jun 14 17:54:11 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | New POP path - cabling work |
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8720
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Wed Jun 19 01:12:42 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | model name ASS -> ASC ??? | I am proposing a model name change.
Currently, we have an "ASS" model,
but we do not have an "ASC" model. |
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8723
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Wed Jun 19 04:56:07 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | model name ASS -> ASC ??? | Sounds good.
Or we just stuff any angle control
things in to Angular Stabilization System |
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8728
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Wed Jun 19 22:02:03 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | New POP path - ready to try | I put the POPDC cable back to the DC output
of the bias tee that is the first thing at
the LSC rack that the POP110 PD sees. |
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8805
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Mon Jul 8 15:31:48 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration prep | I am prepping to do the POP QPD calibration,
and so have turned off the POP QPD, and put
it onto a micrometer stage. My plan |
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8808
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Tue Jul 9 01:18:48 2013 |
Nic, Koji | Update | ASC | PRMI locking / PRM ASC adjustment | [Koji, Nic]
- Locked PRMI with REFL165 I/Q
- Aligned the POP beam on the QPD. |
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8810
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Tue Jul 9 11:41:22 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration attempt | I was bad, and forgot to elog the most
important part of my work yesterday - that
I had rotated the POP QPD by 90 degrees, |
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8812
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Tue Jul 9 16:08:32 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration attempt | [Jenne, Alex]
Calibration data for the POP QPD
has been taken, with the PRMI locked on sideband |
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8840
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Fri Jul 12 21:23:42 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration attempt | These are the data, one plot for when the
vertical QPD position was changed, and one
for when the horizontal (yaw) QPD position |
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8851
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Mon Jul 15 17:16:59 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration attempt | I tried to retake POP QPD calibration data
again today. The MC was mostly fine,
but whenever the PRMI unlocked, both ITM |
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8854
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Tue Jul 16 01:17:21 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD calibration attempt | [Rana, Jenne]
I took POP QPD calibration data with
a new method, on Rana's suggestion. |
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8897
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Tue Jul 23 01:30:27 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD analysis | I have some data for how much motion of
any PRMI-relevant optic affects the beam
seen by the POP QPD. |
9x |
8926
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Fri Jul 26 13:39:30 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | POP QPD analysis | It was not actually easy to see from the
entry what signal was taken in what condition
but from the shape of the spectra |
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8977
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Wed Aug 7 15:32:37 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | ASS setting up accelerated (slightly) | I moved bunch of ezcawrite from the ASS
Dither On script to a snapshot file.
This accelerated a half of the "up" |
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8980
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Wed Aug 7 19:16:20 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | ASS setting up accelerated more | I have furthered Koji's work, and moved
the filter on/off state for all the filter
banks also to the burt snapshot. |
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8982
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Wed Aug 7 22:18:43 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | ASS update | While Gautam is working on the Xarm green
ASS...
The EPICS monitor points for the |
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8997
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Mon Aug 12 14:05:34 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | PRCL ASS software in place |
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8998
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Mon Aug 12 15:39:40 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | PRCL ASS screens in place | I have added the PRCL ASS to the main ASS
screen, and created the servo and lockin
screens. The filters loaded are the |
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8999
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Mon Aug 12 17:30:03 2013 |
Koji | Update | ASC | PRCL ASS software in place | Why POPDC??? |
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9001
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Mon Aug 12 23:13:14 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | PRCL ASS software in place |
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9126
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Thu Sep 12 01:06:09 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | SRCL ASS implemented | I have modified the ASS model to also have
an ASS for SRCL. The input options
are POPDC, POP110, AS110. I suppose |
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9207
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Sun Oct 6 20:55:08 2013 |
rana | Summary | ASC | MC WFS Limits set based on 40 days of trends | MC3 watchdog gets tripped sometimes when
lock is lost. I noticed that there were no
limits set in the MC WFS drive. The attached |
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9249
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Thu Oct 17 13:26:13 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD realigned | I locked the PRMI, and tried to turn on
the ASS, but this caused PRMI to lose lock.
Since this is similar to what happened |
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9460
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Thu Dec 12 21:30:52 2013 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | PRMI-relevant oplevs centered | The ITM oplevs were pretty close to the
edge of their ranges, and none of the oplevs
have been centered in a while, so I centered |
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9469
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Fri Dec 13 19:33:56 2013 |
Den | Update | ASC | ETM X,Y QPDs | I have modified/compiled/installed/restarted
c1scx and c1scy models to include arm transmission
QPDs in angular controls. |
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9558
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Wed Jan 15 18:42:57 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP ASC QPD offline for a few hours this afternoon | I was in the lab, near the south end of
the ITMX oplev table, looking for something,
and I bumped the POP ASC QPD's power supply. |
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9619
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Mon Feb 10 18:59:25 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | PRM ASC better, but not great yet | I have turned off the 3.2Hz res gains in
the PRC ASC loops, since those seem to make
the loops unstable. |
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9620
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Mon Feb 10 19:56:10 2014 |
rana | Update | ASC | PRM ASC better, but not great yet | Ignoring the OSEM damping loops, the oplev
servo loops make it so that the POP ASC loops
do not see a simple pendulum plant, but instead |
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9769
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Mon Mar 31 23:57:22 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | PRM ASC characterization / design | A
series of measurements / calculations for
the PRM ASC characterization and servo design |
7x |
9773
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Tue Apr 1 22:03:44 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | [Koji Jenne]
New PRM ASC was implemented. [to
be cnt'd] |
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9777
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Wed Apr 2 19:50:12 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | As the designed ASC filters in this
entry had too little phase margins (~10deg),
I had to compromise the servo design. |
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9779
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Wed Apr 2 23:08:51 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | The new PRM ASC design
Pitch
FM1: zero at 0Hz, pole at 2000Hz, |
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9930
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Thu May 8 14:37:02 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP ASC QPD power | I was thinking about POP today, and wanted
to know if there was something to be done
to allow us to use the PRCL ASC for at least |
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10114
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Mon Jun 30 22:06:55 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | IFO (mostly) aligned - ASS working | [Koji, Jenne]
The Yarm ASS is now working (as is
the Xarm ASS). Both of the TT's pitch |
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10124
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Wed Jul 2 16:18:32 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | IFO aligned, PRMI + 2 arms achieved | After the meeting, I aligned the IFO to
the IR, and then I aligned the Ygreen to
the Yarm. I then found the beatnotes |
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10278
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Sat Jul 26 14:45:33 2014 |
Gabriele | Metaphysics | ASC | Response of POP QPD | Koji asked me to perform a simulation
of the response of POP QPD DC signal to mirror
motions, as a function of the CARM offset. |
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10337
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Wed Aug 6 10:45:56 2014 |
Gabriele | Update | ASC | POP QPD signals | In addition to the simulation described
in my
previous elog, I simulated the signal |
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10338
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Wed Aug 6 12:44:52 2014 |
Koji | Update | ASC | POP QPD signals | This is nice. Can we test this idea with
POP22 + a razor blade?
Just to take transfer functions in |
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10398
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Fri Aug 15 01:31:44 2014 |
Jenne | Update | ASC | POP QPD to ETMs model wiring complete | I have added a few things to the ASS model,
and the ASC sub-block, so that we can send
POP QPD information down to the ETMs for |
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10454
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Thu Sep 4 18:30:13 2014 |
Gabriele | Summary | ASC | Optimal Gouy phase for POP QPD | Jenne asked me to simulate the signals
on POP QPD when moving different mirrors,
as a function of the Gouy phase where the |
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