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Author |
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Subject |
Text |
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352
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Mon Apr 22 19:54:28 2019 |
Koji | General | | OMC(004): Spot positions at the end of Apr 22nd | |
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353
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Tue Apr 23 10:21:12 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Configuration | Moving the spots to the centre of the curved mirrors | [Koji,Philip, Liyuan, Joe]
CM1:
We moved the curved mirrors to |
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354
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Wed Apr 24 13:58:51 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Characterization | OMC power budget and UV Epoxy Bonding of BS1 | [koji,philip,joe,liyuan,stephen]
need to add spot positions.
Mirrors: PZT11,PZT22, A14, A5 |
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355
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Thu Apr 25 15:05:19 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Characterization | Looking at PZT HOM spacing dependance and thinking about workflow | [koji, joe]
The template or glass breadboard
was wobbling, and we noticed that the caivty |
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356
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Wed May 1 15:40:46 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot positions and the scattering | Tried a few things.
1. Replaced CM1 (PZT ASSY
#10=M21+PZT#22+C12) with PZT ASSY #7 (=M1+PZT#13+C13) |
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357
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Fri May 3 11:06:28 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot positions and the scattering | Experiment on 5/1
- CM1 right knob was moved 1div (10um)
backward such that the spots were better |
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358
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Thu May 9 16:07:18 2019 |
Stephen | Mechanics | General | Improvements to OMC Bonding Fixture | [Stephen, Koji]
As mentioned in eLOG
331, either increased thermal cycling |
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359
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Thu May 9 17:35:07 2019 |
Koji | Optics | General | Alignment strategy | Notes
on the OMC cavity alignment strategy
- x3=1.17 γ + 1.40 δ, x4=1.40 |
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360
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Thu May 9 18:10:24 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot position scan / power budget | (Now the CCD image is captured as a movie
and the screen capture is easier!)
Various spot positions |
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361
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Wed May 15 19:07:53 2019 |
Koji | Clean | General | What is this??? | Suddenly something dirty emerged in the
lab. What is this? It looks like an insulation
foam or similar, but is quite degraded and |
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362
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Thu May 16 12:41:28 2019 |
Chub | General | General | fire pillow found on optics table | That is an expanding fire pillow, also
known as firebrick. It is used to create
a fire block where holes in fire-rated walls |
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363
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Mon May 20 19:53:17 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | DCPD high power test | We want to perform a damage test of OMC
DCPDs with high power beam. The OMC DCPD
is the 3mm InGaAs photodiodes with high quantum |
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364
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Wed May 22 07:31:37 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Camera test (DCPD high power test) | C30665 (3mm) camera test. The camera was
Canon PowerShot G7X MkII. Exposure 1/15s,
F 5.6, ISO 125, MF (~the closest), no zoom. |
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365
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Thu May 23 01:42:46 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | C30665 high power test | An Excelitas C30665 PD with the
cap removed (SN07 in Case H slot #2) was
exposed to the beam with the optical power |
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366
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Thu May 23 23:27:38 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | IGHQEX3000 high power test | LaserComponents IGHQEX3000 (Cage
B2: Serial# B1-23) was exposed to the beam
with the optical power from 1.6mW to 332mW. |
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367
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Tue May 28 12:14:20 2019 |
Stephen | Optics | General | CM PZT Assembly Debonding of EP30-2 in Acetone | [LiyuanZ, StephenA]
Downs B119
Summary: |
8x |
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368
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Mon Jun 24 12:54:58 2019 |
Koji | Clean | General | HEPA BOOTH | https://www.airscience.com/purair-flow-laminar-flow-cabinets |
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369
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Mon Jul 1 12:38:49 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | A and M prisms perpendicularity measurement | [Stephen, Koji]
The perpendicularity of
some of the A and M prisms were tested. |
6x |
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370
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Mon Jul 1 12:49:42 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Scattering measurement of A and C mirrors | Liyuan's scattering measurement for
the A and C mirrors. |
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371
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Thu Aug 22 12:35:53 2019 |
Stephen | Optics | Characterization | Wedging of the debonded PZTs 2019 August | Wedge and thickness measurements of PZTs
12 and 13 took place after debonding and
cleaning - results are shown in the first |
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372
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Fri Aug 23 11:11:44 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Characterization | Finding the curvature bottom | I attempted to fit the data taken
by Koji of the beam spot precession at the
CCD in order to find the location of the |
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373
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Thu Aug 29 11:51:49 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Characterization | Wedging of the debonded PZTs - Calculation | Using the measurements of PZTs 12,13 taken
by Stephen, I estimated the wedging angle
and orientation following Section 2.3.1 of |
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374
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Thu Sep 5 15:40:42 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Configuration | PZT Sub-Assembly | Aim: To find the combinations
of mounting prism+PZT+curved mirror to build
two PZT sub-assemblies that best minimises |
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375
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Wed Sep 18 22:30:11 2019 |
Stephen | Supply | General | EP30-2 Location and Status | Here is a summary of the events of the
last week, as they relate to EP30-2.
1) I lost the EP30-2 syringes that |
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376
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Wed Sep 18 23:16:06 2019 |
Stephen | Supply | General | Items staged at 40m Bake Lab for PZT Subassembly Bonding | The following items are presently staged
at the 40m Bake Lab (see photo indicating
current location) (noting items broght by |
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377
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Wed Sep 18 23:38:52 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | Dirty ABO ready for PZT Subassembly Bonding | The 40m Bake Lab's
Dirty ABO's OMEGA PID controller was
borrowed for another oven in the Bake Lab, |
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378
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Mon Sep 23 21:29:51 2019 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly gluing (#9/#10) | [Stephen, Shruti, Koji]
We worked on the gluing of the
PZT sub-assy (#9 and #10) along with the |
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379
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Tue Sep 24 12:19:20 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | Dirty ABO test run prior to PZT Subassembly Bonding | The 40m Bake Lab's
Dirty ABO's OMEGA PID controller was
borrowed for another oven in the Bake Lab |
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380
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Thu Sep 26 17:33:52 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | Dirty ABO test run prior to PZT Subassembly Bonding - ABO is Ready! | Follow up on OMC
elog 379
I was able to obtain the following |
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381
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Mon Sep 30 23:16:53 2019 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly gluing (#9/#10) | Friday: [Stephen, Koji]
As the oven setting has qualified,
we brought the PZT assys in the air bake |
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382
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Tue Oct 22 10:25:01 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | OMC PZT Assy #9 and #10 Production Cure Bake | OMC PZT Assy Production Cure Bake (ref.
OMC
elog 381) for PZT Assy #9 and #10 started |
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383
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Tue Oct 22 11:52:53 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | Epoxy Curing Timeline of OMC PZT Assy #9 and #10 | This post captures the curing timeline
followed by OMC PZT Assys #9 and #10.
Source file posted in case any |
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384
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Tue Oct 22 11:56:09 2019 |
Stephen | Supply | General | Epoxy Status update as of 22 October 2019 | The following is the current status of
the epoxies used in assembly of the OMC (excerpt
from C1900052) |
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385
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Tue Oct 22 15:54:59 2019 |
Koji | Electronics | Loan / Lending | Borrowed LB1005 from Cryo Cav | From Cryo Cav setup
Borrowed LB1005 Servo box ->
OMC |
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386
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Fri Dec 6 00:55:25 2019 |
Koji | Optics | General | Beamdump gluing | [Stephen, Koji]
20 glass beamdumps were
bonded at the 40m cleanroom. |
6x |
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387
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Fri Dec 13 14:59:18 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | OMC Beam Dump Production Cure Bake | [Koji, Jordan, Stephen]
The beam dumps, bonded on Fri 06
Dec 2019, were placed in the newly tuned |
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388
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Wed Dec 18 21:54:53 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC Beam Dump Production Cure Bake | The beamdumps were taken out from the oven
and packed in bags.
The bottom of the V are completely |
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389
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Thu Feb 27 14:31:13 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Item lending | Item lending as per Ian's request:
Particle Counter from OMC Lab to QIL
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390
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Mon Aug 10 15:29:54 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Item lending | The particle counter came back to the OMC
lab on Aug 10, 2020
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391
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Mon Aug 10 15:34:04 2020 |
Koji | Facility | Loan / Lending | Glue bake oven | Black and Decker Glue Baking Oven came
back to the OMC lab on Aug 10, 2020, Georgia
had lent the unit for the SAMS assembly/testing. |
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392
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Mon Aug 10 15:53:46 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Lab status check | Check-in to the OMC lab to see the status.
Nothing seemed changed. No bug. The HEPA
is running normal. The particle level was |
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393
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Mon Sep 28 16:03:13 2020 |
rana | General | General | OMC Beam Dump Production Cure Bake |
are there any measurements of the BRDF
of these things? I'm curious how much
light is backscattered into the incoming |
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394
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Mon Sep 28 16:13:08 2020 |
Koji | General | General | OMC Beam Dump Production Cure Bake | According to the past backscatter test
of the OMC (and the black glass beamdump:
not V type but triangular type on a hexagonal-mount), |
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395
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Thu Oct 8 19:55:22 2020 |
Koji | General | Characterization | Power Measurement of Mephisto 800NE 1166A | The output of Mephisto 800NE (former TNI
laser) was measured.
The output power was measured with |
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396
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Fri Oct 9 01:01:01 2020 |
Koji | General | General | TFT Monitor mounting | To spare some room on the optical table,
I wanted to mount the two TFT monitor units
on the HEPA enclosure frame. |
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397
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Fri Oct 16 00:53:29 2020 |
Koji | General | General | TFT Monitor mounting | The image flipping of the display unit
was fixed. The vendor told me how to fix
it. |
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398
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Fri Oct 23 19:09:54 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Particle counter transfered to Radhika | See this entry: https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8081/40m/15642 |
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399
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Fri Nov 6 18:38:00 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Powermeter lent from OMC Lab to 2um ECDL | Thorlabs' powermeter controler +
S401C head was lent from OMC Lab. Returned
to OMC Jul 15, 2022 KA |
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400
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Mon Nov 9 22:06:18 2020 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | 5th OMC Transport Fixture | I helped to complete the 5th OMC Transport
Fixture. It was built at the 40m clean room
and brought to the OMC lab. The fixture hardware |
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401
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Fri Nov 20 18:51:23 2020 |
Koji | General | General | Instrument loan | FEMTO DLPCA200 low noise preamp (brand
new)
Keithley Source Meter 2450 (brand |
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