The beam at the dark port was largely clipped.
The arm transmissions (TRX/TRY) were ~0.6 no matter how you try to align.
The PZT1/2 X was scanned and TRX/TRY are now both ~0.9.
This means that the beam was mostly clipped in or after the mode mathing optics.
FPMI contrast is (2.45-0.02)/(2.45+0.02) = 98%
Not so bad although it does not tell anything about clipping before the IFO.
In the next opportunity, we should try to "pin" the beam axis on the arm mirrors using A2L.
1. I am not sure exactly where the clipping was. It means that a small clipping might still be there.
2. I am afraid that the beam is still clipped in the faraday. The beam can be scanned using the steering on the PSL table.
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