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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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145
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Tue Jun 18 10:01:11 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Cavity Finesse analysis | This is the analysis of the cavity finesse
data taken on Apr/13/2013 (before baking),
May/30/2013 (after baking), and Jun/02/2013 |
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144
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Fri Jun 14 06:35:21 2013 |
Jeff | General | General | [LLO] L1 OMC status | https://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7410
Weights:
Suspension cage and transportation |
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143
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Thu Jun 13 12:12:20 2013 |
Zach | General | General | [LLO] OMC and OMCS in LVEA | https://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7395
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142
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Thu Jun 13 12:04:57 2013 |
Koji | General | General | [LLO] OMC Optical Test - completed | https://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7373 |
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141
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Mon Jun 10 10:04:37 2013 |
Koji | General | General | [LLO] OMC Test | [Koji Zach]
We worked on the OMC test over
the weekend. |
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140
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Fri Jun 7 16:04:44 2013 |
Koji | General | General | [LLO] OMC arrived | [Koji Zach Suresh]
The OMC arrived at LLO without any
destruction! |
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139
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Wed Jun 5 18:51:31 2013 |
Koji | General | General | L1 OMC shipped out | [Koji, Jeff]
The L1 OMC |
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138
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Wed Jun 5 18:19:51 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Some recent photos from the OMC final test at CIT | Applying First Contact for the optics cleaning
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137
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Wed Jun 5 01:06:35 2013 |
Zach | General | Characterization | L1 OMC as-built diagram | D1300507
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136
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Mon Jun 3 21:19:03 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Planning | Monday - Evening
(Koji)
[done] - DCPD alignment |
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135
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Mon Jun 3 18:58:08 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC final tests | - QPD mount aligned, QPD output checked
The spots are with 100um from
the center of the diodes. [ELOG |
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134
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Fri May 31 14:07:54 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Transverse Mode Spacing measurement afte the baking | Measurement for pitch
Free Spectral Range
(FSR): 264.9703 +/− 0.0007 MHz |
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133
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Fri May 31 05:46:54 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | QPD alignment | Peter F suggested to check the bottom surface
of the PD housings if there is any protrusion/interference/whatever.
And that was true! It was found that |
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132
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Thu May 30 15:00:28 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | QPD alignment | The QPD alignment was adjusted using
the aligned beam to the cavity and the 4ch
transimpedance amplifier. |
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131
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Thu May 30 14:38:42 2013 |
Koji | Electronics | General | Cable fitting | Yesterday Jeff and Chub worked on the cabling
of the OMC. It turned out that the gender
of the cable connectors |
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130
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Thu May 23 23:41:48 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | DCPD/QPD Mount | DCPD mounts and QPD mounts were attached
on the breadboard. They are not aligned yet
and loosely fastened. |
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129
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Tue May 21 18:28:08 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Current most reliable OMC schedule | - The wrong Mighty Mouse connectors for
the PZT wires were prepared. The correct
ones are in the vacuum oven till Tuesday |
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128
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Mon May 20 14:59:21 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC is out from the oven | The OMC came back to the table again.
No obvious change is visible: no
crack, no delamination |
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127
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Tue May 14 19:06:00 2013 |
Koji | Clean | General | OMC Baking | The OMC is in the air bake oven now.
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126
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Mon May 13 15:00:23 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Current most reliable OMC schedule | May
Tue 14th The OMC
given to Bob (Air bake & Vac bake)
Mon
20th The OMC received from Bob
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125
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Mon May 13 14:59:16 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | Invar shim gluing | The invar reinforcement shims were glued
on the glass brackets on the breadboard.
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124
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Mon May 13 14:49:35 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | Characterization | Mounting Glass Bracket still broke with tightenin stress | [Koji / Jeff]
This is the elog about the work on
May 9th. |
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123
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Fri May 10 09:33:22 2013 |
Koji | Supply | General | COMSOL simulation on the glass bracket stress | |
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122
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Wed May 8 15:36:50 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Latest OMC schedule |
May
(done) Mon 6th:
Invar plate arrival / Spot position measurement
(done)
Tue 7th: Invar plate cleaning / Spot position |
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121
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Wed May 8 15:08:57 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Spot position measurement on the diode mounts | Remeasured the spot positions:
DCPD1: 1.50mm+0.085mm => Beam
0.084mm too high |
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120
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Mon May 6 19:31:51 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Spot position measurement on the diode mounts | Measurement Order: DCPD2->DCPD1->QPD1->QPD2
DCPD1: 1.50mm+0.085mm => Beam
0.027mm too low |
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119
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Fri May 3 21:09:08 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC is back | L1 OMC is back on the table for the action
next week. |
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118
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Thu Apr 18 11:59:02 2013 |
Koji | General | General | DCPD path gluing | [Jeff, Koji]
DCPD path gluing |
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116
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Thu Apr 18 11:43:59 2013 |
Koji | General | General | Mounting Glass Bracket Failure | [Jeff, Koji]
- While we were working on the optics
alignment, one of the mounting brackets made |
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115
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Wed Apr 17 07:30:04 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | QPD path glued | Yesterday,
all of the glass components for the QPD path
were glued. |
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114
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Tue Apr 16 23:26:51 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Further More Mirror T measurement | Since the previous measurement showed too
high loss, the optical setup was checked.
It seemed that a PBS right before |
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113
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Tue Apr 16 09:43:58 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Mirror list for L1OMC | L1 OMC
Cavity Mirrors
FM1 (input coupler): A8 |
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112
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Tue Apr 16 08:12:14 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Further More Mirror T measurement | T&Rs of the B mirrors and some of the
E mirrors are measured.
I found that |
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111
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Tue Apr 16 00:40:45 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | PD/QPD path gluing ~ preparation | [Jeff Koji]
- Placed the optics on the PD/QPD
path |
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110
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Sat Apr 13 21:06:02 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC Bottom-side: cavity glued | [Jeff, Zach, Lisa, Koji]
Gluing of the cavity mirrors went |
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109
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Fri Apr 12 09:25:31 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Alignment of the OMC (without glue) | [Zach Koji]
The first attempt not to touch the
curved mirrors did not work. (Not surprising) |
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108
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Thu Apr 11 15:10:22 2013 |
Koji | General | General | OMC Progress | [Zach, Jeff, Koji]
- Jeff configured the bottom
side template to have a nominal value |
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107
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Wed Apr 10 00:40:30 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | fauxMC locked | [Koji, Zach]
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106
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Tue Apr 9 13:56:09 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | PZT assembly post gluing / pre baking pictures |
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105
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Mon Apr 8 23:42:33 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Fake OMC roughly aligned | Mode matching:
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104
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Mon Apr 8 21:11:14 2013 |
Koji | Optics | General | PZT assembly gluing | [Jeff, Zach, Koji]
PZT assembly gluing
Glue gun -> to be returned to |
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103
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Mon Apr 8 20:56:52 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | PZT & Curverd Mirror arrangement | Assembly #1:
Mounting Prism #16
PZT #26 |
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102
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Mon Apr 8 11:49:18 2013 |
Koji | Mechanics | Characterization | PZT actuator tested at LLO | Test result of the PZTs by Valera and Ryan
PZT Length Angle
#
[nm/V] [urad/um]
11 14.5 17.6
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101
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Mon Apr 8 11:29:08 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Mirror/PZT Characterization links |
Mirror
List
http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/OMC_Lab/152 |
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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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99
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Fri Apr 5 18:18:36 2013 |
Zach | Optics | Configuration | AOM probably broken |
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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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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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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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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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