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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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51
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Wed Jan 2 07:45:39 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | First Contact test | Conclusion:
Good. First contact did not damage the coating
surface, and reduced the loss |
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52
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Sun Jan 6 23:22:21 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | SolidWorks model of the OMC suspension | |
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53
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Thu Jan 10 18:37:50 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Wedging of the PZTs | Yesterday I measured the thickness of the
PZTs in order to get an idea how much the
PZTs are wedged. |
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54
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Wed Jan 16 14:10:50 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Autocollimator tests of optics perpendicularity/parallelism | The
items:
- Autocollimator (AC) borrowed from |
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55
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Fri Jan 18 13:25:17 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Autocollimator calibration | An autocollimator (AC) should show (0,0)
if a retroreflector is placed in front of
the AC. |
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56
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Sat Jan 19 20:47:41 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Wedge measurement with the autocollimator | The wedge angle of the prism "A1"
was measured with the autocollimator (AC).
The range of the AC is 40 arcmin. |
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57
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Tue Jan 22 11:10:25 2013 |
Koji | Facility | General | Eyeware storage and hooks for the face shields are installed | A carpenter has come to install the eyeware
storage and hooks for the face shields. |
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58
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Tue Jan 22 17:56:32 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | Rotary stage selection | Newport UTR80
Sensitivity: 4 arcsec
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59
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Mon Feb 4 00:39:08 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Wedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stage | Method:
Mount the tombstone prism
on the prism mount. The mount is fixed on |
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60
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Wed Feb 6 02:34:10 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Wedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stage | Measurement:
A6: α
= 0.665 deg, β = +3.0 arcmin (1.5 div |
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61
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Thu Feb 7 21:35:46 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Dmass's loan of LB1005 / A2&C2 sent to Fullerton / First Contact @40m | Dmass
borrowed the LB1005 servo amp from the OMC
lab. |
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62
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Thu Feb 7 23:01:45 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | UV epoxy gluing test | [Jeff, Yuta, Koji]
Gluing test with UV-cure epoxy
Optocast 3553-LV-UTF-HM |
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63
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Thu Feb 21 18:44:18 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Perpendicularity test | Perpendicularity test of the mounting
prisms:
The perpendicularity of the prism |
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64
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Wed Feb 27 18:18:48 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | More perpendicularity test | Mounting Prisms:
(criteria: 30arcsec = 145urad =>
0.36mm spot shift) |
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65
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Fri Mar 1 23:06:15 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | More perpendicularity test final | Perpendicularity of the "E" mirror
was measured.
Mounting Prisms: |
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66
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Fri Mar 1 23:52:18 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Wedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stage | Measurement:
E1: α =
0.672 deg, β = +0.0 arcmin (0 div up)
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67
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Tue Mar 5 19:37:00 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Characterization | eLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement details | EDIT (ZK): Koji points out that (1 -
Ti) should really be the non-resonant reflectivity
of the aligned cavity, which is much closer |
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68
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Wed Mar 6 23:24:58 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Characterization | eLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement details | I found that, in fact, I had lowered
the modulation depth since when I measured
it to be 0.45 rads --> Psb = 0.1. |
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69
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Thu Mar 7 15:53:47 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | OMC Transportation fixture, OMC PD/QPD mounts | |
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70
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Thu Mar 14 17:06:21 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | OMC SUS work @LLO | EDIT (ZK): All photos on
Picasa. Also, I discovered that |
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71
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Thu Mar 14 22:18:23 2013 |
Koji | General | General | New loans for the diode test | ALL
returned
Loan
from ATF: |
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72
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Fri Mar 15 02:15:45 2013 |
Koji | Electronics | Characterization | Diode testing | Diode testing
o Purpose of the measurement
- Test Si QPDs (C30845EH) for ISC |
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73
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Sun Mar 17 21:59:47 2013 |
Koji | Electronics | Characterization | Diode testing ~ DCPD | - For the dark noise measurement, the lid
of the die-cast case should also contact
to the box for better shielding. This made |
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74
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Wed Mar 20 09:38:02 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Characterization | [LLO] OMC test bench modified | For various reasons, I had to switch
NPROs (from the LightWave 126 to the Innolight
Prometheus). |
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75
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Sat Mar 23 02:32:23 2013 |
Koji | Facility | General | N2 cylinder delivered | Preparation for ionized N2 blow
- 99.9998% N2 cylinder delivered
(ALPHAGAZ 2 grade by AIR LIQUIDE) ALPHAGAZ |
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76
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Sat Mar 23 02:41:00 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | Black glass beam dumps for the first OMC | Received black glass beam dumps from
MIT
- gluing by EP30-2 looks pretty fine. |
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77
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Sat Mar 23 13:34:14 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | PZT assembly prototype glued |
Prototype
PZT assembly |
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78
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Sat Mar 23 16:36:15 2013 |
Koji | Electronics | Characterization | Diode QE measurement | Quantum efficiencies of the C30665GH
diodes were measured.
- The diode was biased by the FEMTO |
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79
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Mon Mar 25 02:04:05 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC building plan / procedure ~ WB18 | WB 18 March
Diode test
Dark current |
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80
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Mon Mar 25 18:34:25 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC building plan / procedure ~ Mar 25 Mon | 25 March (Mon):
Inspect the test PZT assembly
=> Give it to Bob. |
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81
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Mon Mar 25 19:31:16 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC Top-side gluing | [Koji Jeff Zach]
AAA
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82
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Tue Mar 26 22:33:07 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Loan for the OMC building | Loan from PSL Lab
- 300mm mirror with Ultima mount
and pedestal |
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83
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Wed Mar 27 20:54:45 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC building plan / procedure ~ Mar 26 Mon | 26 March (Tue):
- Curved mirror characterization
(Koji, done) |
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84
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Wed Mar 27 20:54:54 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC building plan / procedure ~ Mar 27 Wed | 27 March (Wed)
- AOM drift investigation (Lisa,
Zach) |
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85
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Wed Mar 27 20:55:10 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC building plan / procedure ~ Mar 28 Thu | 28 March (Thu):
Rebuild the bottom template
in the lab
Place the bottom |
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86
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Thu Mar 28 03:37:07 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | Test setup input optics progress | [Lisa, Zach]
Last night (Tuesday), I finished
setting up and aligning most of the input |
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87
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Fri Mar 29 08:55:00 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | Beam launched into fiber |
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88
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Mon Apr 1 03:13:41 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | Failure of PZT-glass joints | [Koji, Jeff, Zach, Lisa]
We glued a test PZT-mirror assembly
last week in order to make sure the heat |
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89
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Mon Apr 1 03:23:48 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | UV power calibration | [Koji Lisa Jeff Zach]
Eric G bought a UV power meter from
American Ultraviolet. |
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90
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Mon Apr 1 10:28:03 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | Additional UV blast for the top surface | [Koji, Lisa, Jeff, Zach]
Jeffs concern after talking with the |
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91
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Mon Apr 1 18:17:01 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | Mirror curvature center test | Locations of the curvature minimum
on the OMC curved mirrors have been measured.
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6x |
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92
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Wed Apr 3 17:39:38 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | Characterization | Calibration of the test PZTs before the glue test | We want to make sure the responses of the
PZT actuator does not change after the EP30-2
gluing. |
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93
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Wed Apr 3 18:42:45 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | EP30-2 gluing test | EP30-2 gluing test
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94
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Thu Apr 4 00:35:42 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | MMT installed on breadboard, periscope built | [Koji, Zach]
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95
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Thu Apr 4 01:35:04 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Mode matching to the OMC cavity | The fiber output was matched with the lenses
on a small bread board.
The detailed configuration is found |
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96
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Thu Apr 4 01:43:06 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Mirror T measurement | [Zach, Koji]
The measurement setup for the transmission
measurement has been made at the output of |
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97
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Thu Apr 4 23:44:52 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Beam launched into fiber | We had to move our flipper mirror to share
the beam between Peter's setup and ours as
our flipper is at the place where the ISS |
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98
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Fri Apr 5 14:39:26 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | Characterization | Calibration of the test PZTs after the heat cure | We attached fused silica windows on the
test PZTs. http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/OMC_Lab/93
The glued assemblies were brought |
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99
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Fri Apr 5 18:18:36 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | AOM probably broken |
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100
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Mon Apr 8 11:11:37 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | More Mirror T measurement | More Ts of the mirrors were measured.
A mirror specification:
Request: 8300+/-800 ppm |
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