Finished second progress report.
Working on improving the sensitivity of the Mach Zehnder to more accurately measure the fiber noise. Making more stable mounts that have fewer degrees of freedom/springs and are more solid should get rid of their vibrational modes and help with the noise. I found a good mount for the Faraday Isolator, and John and Aidan helped me to make the solid aluminum blocks to mount the fiber couplers. I'll also replace the laser feet with a similar solid mount. I will also get a plastic box to block out acoustic noise/air currents/etc. Am starting to couple into the fiber again; now I am using polarization maintaining fiber.
I am starting to plan the fiber noise cancellation setup, and thinking about the noise sources and their effects. |