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  24   Tue Oct 9 04:59:24 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralOMC Test Optical Setup   OMC_test_setup.pngOMC_test_setup.pdf 
  26   Fri Oct 12 17:15:19 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralLoan from the 40m / ATF
    HWP set
         
    
  
  30   Wed Oct 17 20:36:04 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralRoC test cavity lockedThe RoC test setup has been built on
the optical table at ATF.
 detailed_RoC_setup.pdfomc_cav_lock_SCRN_SHOT.pngCav_scan_response_20121016.pdf 
  31   Thu Oct 18 20:23:33 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationImproved measurementSignificant
improvement has been achieved in the RoC		  Cav_scan_response_zoom_20121017.pdfdetailed_RoC_setup.pdf 
  32   Wed Nov 7 01:28:20 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedge angle test (A1)Wedge
angle test
Result: Wedge angle of Prism A1:		  wedge_measurement.pngwedge_measurement_setup.png 
  35   Thu Nov 8 13:24:53 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMore wedge measurementA1
Horiz Wedge    0.497   
+/-    0.004 deg		  wedge_measurement_overall.pdf 
  37   Thu Nov 8 19:52:57 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralHow to apply UV epoxyKA's question:
Do		  UVepoxy.jpg 
  38   Thu Nov 8 20:12:10 2012 KojiOpticsConfigurationHow many glass components we need for a plateOptical prisms 50pcs (A14+B12+C6+E18)
Curved Mirrors 25pcs (C13+D12)
  
  39   Fri Nov 9 00:43:32 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationFurther more wedge measurementNow it's enough for the first OMC (or even
second one too).
Today's measurements all distributed		  wedge_measurement_overall.pdf121108a_A1.pdf 
  40   Sat Nov 17 02:31:34 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMirror T testMirror T test
The mirror was misaligned to have
~2deg incident (mistakenly...) angle.		   
  41   Mon Nov 19 13:33:14 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationResuming testing mirror RoCsIn order to resume testing the curvatures
of the mirrors, the same mirror as the previous
one was tested.		  Cav_scan_response_zoom_20121016.pdf 
  42   Mon Nov 26 01:40:00 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMore RoC measurementC1: RoC: 2.57845 +/− 4.2e−05m
 RoC_measurement.pdf 
  43   Thu Nov 29 21:18:23 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralOMC Mounting Prisms have come   PB293030.JPGPB293032.JPG 
  44   Tue Dec 18 20:04:40 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationPrism Thickness MeasurementThe thicknesses of the prism mirrors (A1-A5)
were measured with micrometer thickness gauge.
Since the thickness of the thinner		  prism.png 
  48   Mon Dec 31 03:10:09 2012 KojiOpticsGeneralSolidWorks model of the OMC breadboard   D1201439_aLIGO_Breadboard_layout_assy_121224.pngD1201439_aLIGO_Breadboard_layout_assy_130105.easm 
  49   Mon Dec 31 03:11:45 2012 KojiOpticsCharacterizationFurther more RoC measurementTotal (excluding C2, C7, C8): 2.575 +/-
0.005 [m]
New results		  Cav_scan_response_zoom_20121125_C6_9.pdf 
  50   Wed Jan 2 07:35:55 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationThickness of a curved mirrorMeasured the thickness of a curved mirror:
Took three points separated by 120
degree.		   
  51   Wed Jan 2 07:45:39 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationFirst Contact testConclusion:
Good. First contact did not damage the coating
surface, and reduced the loss		  Cav_scan_response_zoom_20121125_C2_before.pdfCav_scan_response_zoom_20121125_C2_after.pdf 
  53   Thu Jan 10 18:37:50 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedging of the PZTsYesterday I measured the thickness of the
PZTs in order to get an idea how much the
PZTs are wedged.		  PZT_wedging.pdf 
  54   Wed Jan 16 14:10:50 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationAutocollimator tests of optics perpendicularity/parallelismThe
items:
- Autocollimator (AC) borrowed from		   
  55   Fri Jan 18 13:25:17 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationAutocollimator calibrationAn autocollimator (AC) should show (0,0)
if a retroreflector is placed in front of
the AC.		  autocollimator_calibration.pdf 
  56   Sat Jan 19 20:47:41 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedge measurement with the autocollimatorThe wedge angle of the prism "A1"
was measured with the autocollimator (AC).
The range of the AC is 40 arcmin.		  autocollimator_wedge_measurement.pdf 
  59   Mon Feb 4 00:39:08 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stageMethod:

    Mount the tombstone prism
on the prism mount. The mount is fixed on		  autocollimator_wedge_measurement.pdf 
  60   Wed Feb 6 02:34:10 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stageMeasurement:

    A6:   α
= 0.665 deg, β = +3.0 arcmin (1.5 div		   
  62   Thu Feb 7 23:01:45 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationUV epoxy gluing test [Jeff, Yuta, Koji]
Gluing test with UV-cure epoxy
Optocast 3553-LV-UTF-HM		   
  63   Thu Feb 21 18:44:18 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationPerpendicularity testPerpendicularity test of the mounting
prisms:
The perpendicularity of the prism		  perpendicularity_test.pdfP2203206.JPG 
  64   Wed Feb 27 18:18:48 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationMore perpendicularity testMounting Prisms:
(criteria: 30arcsec = 145urad =>
0.36mm spot shift)		   
  65   Fri Mar 1 23:06:15 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationMore perpendicularity test finalPerpendicularity of the "E" mirror
was measured.

Mounting Prisms:		   
  66   Fri Mar 1 23:52:18 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationWedge measurement with the autocollimator and the rotation stageMeasurement:

    E1:   α = 
0.672 deg, β = +0.0  arcmin (0 div up)
  
  67   Tue Mar 5 19:37:00 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterizationeLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement detailsEDIT (ZK): Koji points out that (1 -
Ti) should really be the non-resonant reflectivity
of the aligned cavity, which is much closer		  eOMC_visibility_3_4_13.png 
  68   Wed Mar 6 23:24:58 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterizationeLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement detailsI found that, in fact, I had lowered
the modulation depth since when I measured
it to be 0.45 rads --> Psb = 0.1.		  TEK00005.PNGTEK00007.PNGeOMC_visibility_3_4_13.pngeOMC_AMTF_vs_power_3_6_13.png 
  74   Wed Mar 20 09:38:02 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterization[LLO] OMC test bench modified For various reasons, I had to switch
NPROs (from the LightWave 126 to the Innolight
Prometheus).		  new_setup_traced.jpg 
  76   Sat Mar 23 02:41:00 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralBlack glass beam dumps for the first OMCReceived black glass beam dumps from
MIT
- gluing by EP30-2 looks pretty fine.		  P3223314.JPGP3223319.jpgP3223320.jpg 
  77   Sat Mar 23 13:34:14 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralPZT assembly prototype glued 
Prototype
PZT assembly		  P3223322.jpgP3223323.jpgP3233336.jpgP3233348.jpg 
  81   Mon Mar 25 19:31:16 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralOMC Top-side gluing[Koji Jeff Zach]  
AAA
 P3253353.jpgP3253372.jpgP3253394.jpgP3253400.jpg 
  86   Thu Mar 28 03:37:07 2013 ZachOpticsConfigurationTest setup input optics progress[Lisa, Zach]
Last night (Tuesday), I finished
setting up and aligning most of the input		  OMC_test_setup_IO.jpg2013-03-27_05.48.20.jpg2013-03-28_02.29.36.jpg 
  87   Fri Mar 29 08:55:00 2013 ZachOpticsConfigurationBeam launched into fiber

    

       
            		   
  88   Mon Apr 1 03:13:41 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralFailure of PZT-glass joints[Koji, Jeff, Zach, Lisa]
We glued a test PZT-mirror assembly
last week in order to make sure the heat		   
  89   Mon Apr 1 03:23:48 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralUV power calibration[Koji Lisa Jeff Zach]
Eric G bought a UV power meter from
American Ultraviolet.		   
  91   Mon Apr 1 18:17:01 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralMirror curvature center testLocations of the curvature minimum
on the OMC curved mirrors have been measured.
  6x 
  93   Wed Apr 3 18:42:45 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralEP30-2 gluing testEP30-2 gluing test
  
  94   Thu Apr 4 00:35:42 2013 ZachOpticsConfigurationMMT installed on breadboard, periscope built[Koji, Zach]
 2013-04-03_23.43.00.jpg 
  95   Thu Apr 4 01:35:04 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMode matching to the OMC cavityThe fiber output was matched with the lenses
on a small bread board.
The detailed configuration is found		   
  96   Thu Apr 4 01:43:06 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMirror T measurement[Zach, Koji]
The measurement setup for the transmission
measurement has been made at the output of		   
  97   Thu Apr 4 23:44:52 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationBeam launched into fiberWe 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		   
  99   Fri Apr 5 18:18:36 2013 ZachOpticsConfigurationAOM probably broken

    

       
            		  Isomet_1250C_zin_4_5_13.png 
  100   Mon Apr 8 11:11:37 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMore Mirror T measurementMore Ts of the mirrors were measured.
A mirror specification:
Request: 8300+/-800 ppm		   
  101   Mon Apr 8 11:29:08 2013 KojiOpticsCharacterizationMirror/PZT Characterization links
    Mirror
List
    http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/OMC_Lab/152		   
  103   Mon Apr 8 20:56:52 2013 KojiOpticsConfigurationPZT & Curverd Mirror arrangementAssembly #1:
Mounting Prism #16
PZT #26		  PZT_assembly.pdf 
  104   Mon Apr 8 21:11:14 2013 KojiOpticsGeneralPZT assembly gluing[Jeff, Zach, Koji] 
PZT assembly gluing
Glue gun -> to be returned to		   
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