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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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170
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Mon Oct 14 15:50:55 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | H1 OMC Power budget | LHO OMC power budget
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171
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Tue Oct 15 18:50:08 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | QPD alignment | 1) Deburr the bottom surfaces of the QPD
housings
2) Aligned the QPDs |
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172
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Wed Oct 16 19:16:29 2013 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PD alignment |
shim 1.5mm 001/002 |
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181
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Tue Mar 25 17:10:10 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC spot position estimation | Spot positions were inferred from the photos |
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182
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Thu Apr 17 21:39:25 2014 |
Koji | Optics | General | More alignment | STORY:
- The cavity mirrors have scattering
spots. The cavity alignment should have been |
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183
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Mon May 12 22:43:02 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Measured FSR/TSM of the OMC cavity | Data analysis of the FSR/TSM measruement
last week.
1. FSR was measured with "the |
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184
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Wed May 14 02:15:15 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | FSR/TSM adjustment of the OMC cavity | 1. FSR was adjusted and measured with "the
golden arches" technique again.
FSR = 264.8412 MHz +/- 1400Hz => |
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185
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Fri May 16 00:13:36 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Cavity mirror gluing part 1 | BS1/FM1/FM2 for I1OMC were glued.
FM1 had to be intentionally rotated.
FM1 had to be intentionally shifted |
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186
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Sat May 17 07:40:14 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | I1OMC cavity mirrors glued | I1OMC cavity mirrors were glued.
FSR = 264.82MHz => Lcav = 1.132m
(nominal 1.132m) |
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187
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Thu Jun 19 23:16:50 2014 |
Koji | Optics | General | All of the prisms have been glued | - All of the PRISM mirrors have been glued
- 4 out of 5 beam dumps have been
glued |
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188
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Fri Jun 20 18:59:12 2014 |
Koji | Optics | General | All of the invar blocks have been glued | All of the INVAR blocks have been glued.
I found thinner shims in the stock.
On Monday, the template will be removed. |
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189
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Mon Jun 23 21:54:16 2014 |
Koji | Optics | General | All of the gluing completed | The bottom-side templates were removed.
The last beam dump was removed
TODO |
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196
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Sun Jul 6 02:45:56 2014 |
Koji | Optics | General | FSR Measurement | 3rd OMC FSR / Finesse measurement
RF AM was injected by detuning a
HWP. |
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197
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Sun Jul 6 02:46:20 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC power budget | 3rd OMC power budget (2014/7/2)
Input power: 34.8mW
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198
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Sun Jul 6 03:56:40 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | HOM measurement with PZT vol swept | Cavity FSR/TMS measurement (2014/7/5) with
PZT voltages swept from 0V to 200V (50V step) |
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199
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Sun Jul 6 08:31:14 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | HOM measurement with PZT vol swept | 3rd OMC, HOM diagram at PZT1=0V and PZT2=50V.
First coincidence with the carrier
is the 32nd-order carrier mode. Very good. |
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205
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Thu Jul 10 23:22:28 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | I1OMC QPD | QPD#
QPD1
QPD2 |
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206
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Fri Jul 11 00:06:33 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | I1OMC PD | DCPD#
DCPD1 DCPD2
Housing# |
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207
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Sun Jul 13 17:46:28 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC backscatter measurement | Backscattering
reflectivity of the 3rdOMC was measured.
Attached: Measurement setup |
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208
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Tue Jul 15 03:00:42 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC backscatter measurement | Presence of the misaligned SRM (T=20%)
was forgotten in the previous entry.
This effectively reduces the OMC reflectivity |
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209
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Tue Jul 15 03:34:16 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC backscatter measurement | Backscatter
measurement ~ 2nd round
Summary |
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217
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Wed Aug 27 23:13:13 2014 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Collection of the power budgetting info | L1
OMC Cavity power budget
H1 |
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241
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Tue Sep 8 11:18:10 2015 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PBS Transmission measurement | Motivation: Characterize
the loss of the Calcite Brewster PBS.
Setup: (Attachment |
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242
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Wed Sep 9 01:58:34 2015 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PBS Transmission measurement | Calcite Brewster PBS Continued
The
transmission loss of the Calcite brewster |
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243
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Thu Sep 10 04:03:42 2015 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | More polarizer optics measurement (Summary) | Brewster calcite PBS (eLIGO
Squeezer OFI)
Loss L = 3600 +/- 200ppm |
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244
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Wed Sep 23 17:49:50 2015 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | More polarizer optics measurement (Summary) | For the Glasgow PBS, the measurement has
been repeated with different size of beams.
In each case, the PBS crystal was |
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247
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Tue Dec 15 13:42:37 2015 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Dimensions / packaging of HQE PDs | The dimensions of a high QE PDs was measured
as well as the ones for C30665. (Attachment
4, Unit in mm) |
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252
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Sun Mar 6 02:13:28 2016 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PD glass reflections | On friday, I removed a glass cover of a
G30655 with a PD can cutter.
When a beam shoots a Perkin Elmer/Excelitas |
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254
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Sun Mar 13 22:02:09 2016 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | HQEPD QE measurement (direct comaprison) | Direct comparison of the PD responsibities
We
can expect 5% increase of the QE with the |
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255
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Sat Mar 26 01:49:48 2016 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | HQEPD QE | Calibration
of the transimpedance
Use KEITHLEY 2450 as a calibrated |
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266
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Tue Aug 23 23:36:54 2016 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Inspection of the damaged CM1 (prev H1OMC) | 1. Calum and GariLynn checking the CM1
defect from the front side.
2. Same as above |
7x |
267
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Thu Aug 25 02:17:09 2016 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Inspection of the damaged CM1 (prev H1OMC) | Initial inspection results by Calum, et
al.
https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-E1600268 |
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269
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Fri Sep 9 19:43:32 2016 |
Koji | Optics | General | D1102211 OMC Diode Mount Glass Block went to Downs | D1102211 OMC Diode Mount Glass Block (11pcs)
have been given to Calum@Downs |
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270
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Mon Nov 21 21:19:20 2016 |
Koji | Optics | General | LWE NPRO Laser / Input Optics / Fiber Coupling | - About 1.5 month ago, an 700mW LWE NPRO
has been brought to OMC Lab.
- The SOP can be found here. |
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271
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Wed Dec 7 19:18:10 2016 |
Koji | Optics | General | LWE NPRO Laser / Input Optics / Fiber Coupling | FIber Input Mount 132deg
Fiber output mount 275deg
-> 525mW P: 517mW S: 8mW extinction |
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277
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Tue May 16 19:05:18 2017 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC SN002 fix - temporary optics | Working on the SN002 OMC fix. Checked the
inventory. I think I am using C8 mirror as
the new temporary CM1 and PZT24 as the new |
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281
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Fri Jun 23 01:58:11 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC #002 Repair - CM1 gluing | [Alena, Koji]
Jun 21: Alena and Koji
worked on gluing of the CM1 mirror on the |
6x |
282
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Fri Jun 23 10:55:07 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | Dust layer on black glass beam dumps? | I wondered why the black glass beam dumps
looked not as shiny as before. It was in
fact a layer of dusts (or contaminants) accumulated |
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283
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Sat Jul 1 15:29:57 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | Black glass cleaning / Final bonding for the emergency repair for OMC #002 | [Alena, Koji]
Report of the work on June
30. |
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291
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Thu Feb 22 20:21:02 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | aLIGO EOM test | POSTED
to 40m ELOG |
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292
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Mon Apr 2 17:27:04 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | aLIGO EOM test | 2nd optical test http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/13725 |
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294
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Sat May 5 22:51:04 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | 3IFO EOM Optical test | The 3IFO EOM test performed at
the 40m. Result: 40m
ELOG 13819 |
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295
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Tue May 15 19:53:45 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | EOM Q comparison | Qs' were estimated with a lorentzian
function (eye fit)
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297
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Wed May 30 17:44:23 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | 3IFO EOM surface check | 3IFO EOM dark microscope images courtesy
by GariLynn and Rich
Attachment1/2: Hole #1 |
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308
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Sun Sep 23 19:42:21 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | [Koji Gautam]
With Gautam's help,
I ran a coating design code for an HR mirror |
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309
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Thu Sep 27 20:19:15 2018 |
Aaron | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | I started some analytic calculations of
how OMC mirror motion would add to the noise
in the BHD. I want to make some prettier |
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310
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Thu Nov 1 19:57:32 2018 |
Aaron | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | I'm still not satisfied/done with the
solution to this, but this has gone too long
without an update and anyway probably someone |
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311
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Thu Jan 10 20:42:54 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | FSR / HOM Test of OMC SN002 | OMC SN002 = Former LHO OMC
which CM1 was destroyed by the lock loss
pulse in 2016. This OMC needs to be optically |
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312
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Thu Jan 10 20:45:00 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PZT test cable | As OMC SN002 already has the PZTs connected
to the Mighty-Mouse connector, a test cable
with a female mighty-mouse connector was |
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313
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Sat Jan 12 22:49:11 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PM-SM patch cable mode cleaning effect | Mode
cleaning capability of an optical fiber was
measured. The conclusion |
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