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Entry  Tue Feb 2 18:35:47 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table 
    Reply  Tue Feb 2 18:54:02 2016, Koji, Update, Green Locking, Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table 
       Reply  Wed Feb 3 23:23:47 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table KnifeEdgeScans_x.pdfBeamscan_x.pdf
          Reply  Thu Feb 4 09:16:46 2016, Koji, Update, Green Locking, Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table 
             Reply  Fri Feb 5 00:23:01 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table Beamscan_setup.pdfBeamscan_x.pdfBeamscan_y.pdfZscan.pdf
                Reply  Fri Feb 5 16:50:24 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, First pass at mode-matching Modematch_AUXx.pdfNewSetUp.pngModematch_AUXx_2.pdfXendModeMatch.m.zip
                   Reply  Mon Feb 8 15:36:37 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Alternative mode-matching scheme Modematch_alternative.pdf
                      Reply  Tue Feb 9 04:37:10 2016, ericq, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap initiated 
                         Reply  Tue Feb 9 11:49:47 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap initiated Innolight_beamProfile.pdf
                            Reply  Tue Feb 9 19:15:36 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - updates Modematch_X.pdfXendModeMatch.m.zip
                               Reply  Wed Feb 10 17:57:15 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - updates 
                                  Reply  Fri Feb 12 17:05:40 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - green light recovered but no flashes in the arm 
                                     Reply  Fri Feb 12 19:07:52 2016, Koji, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - green light recovered but no flashes in the arm 
                                        Reply  Fri Feb 19 00:42:19 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - beam ellipticity from laser? IMG_6287.JPGIMG_6288.JPGIMG_6286.JPG
                                           Reply  Mon Feb 22 13:56:52 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap -reflected beam from ETM aligned 
                                              Reply  Tue Feb 23 23:01:16 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - Green PDH locking AM_scan.pdfAM_scan_zoomed.pdf
                                                 Reply  Wed Feb 24 19:29:13 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - Green PDH locked 
                                                    Reply  Fri Feb 26 01:52:44 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - Green PDH OLTF X_PDH_OLTF_20160225.pdf
                                                       Reply  Mon Feb 29 17:17:26 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - still no green beatnote 
                                                          Reply  Wed Mar 2 17:42:19 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - some progress 
                                                             Reply  Thu Mar 3 01:25:50 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - 2 IR + 1 green beatnotes found IR_beat_20160303_2.pdf
                                                                Reply  Fri Mar 4 01:11:41 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - both green beatnotes found IR_beat_20160303_green.pdf
                                                                   Reply  Sat Mar 5 23:31:01 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - some updates AUXxTelescope.png.pngPM_setup.pdfPLLolg.pdfAMPM20160303.pdfIRbeat_20160304.pdf
                                                                      Reply  Mon Mar 7 23:51:36 2016, gautam, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - some improvement PomonaTF.pdfXPDH.pdfYPDH.pdfgreenbeat_20160307.pdf
                                                                         Reply  Tue Mar 8 18:22:20 2016, rana, Update, Green Locking, Laser swap - some improvement 
Message ID: 11970     Entry time: Tue Feb 2 18:35:47 2016     Reply to this: 11971
Author: gautam 
Type: Update 
Category: Green Locking 
Subject: Lightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP table 

I've moved the following components that was a part of Koji's setup from the PSL table to the SP table so that I may measure the beam profile of the beam from the spare Lightwave NPRO and work on a mode-matching solution for the X-end.

  • Lightwave laser
  • Lightwave controller
  • Interlock switch (Newport)
  • HWP and PBS

I did some preliminary characterization of the beam from the Lightwave - in the power controlled mode, setting the "ADJ" parameter to 0 (which is the state recommended in the manual) gives an output power of ~240mW. I used the HWP and PBS to dump most of this into a "Black Hole" beam dump, but I was still getting about 300uW of power after this. This was saturating the CCD in the beam profiler (even though 300uW for a beam of ~1mm should be well within the recommended operating limits as per its manual - maybe the ND filter on the camera isn't really ND4.0), and so I further reduced the "ADJ" parameter on the laser controller to -20, such that I had no saturation of the CCD. I will try and take some data later today. The laser is presently in "Standby" mode, and the SP table is fully covered again.

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