I calibrated the REFL signals to meters from counts. The I-phase signals all line up very nicely, but the Q-phase signals do not at all. I'm not sure what the deal is.
I locked the PRMI on sidebands, and drove the PRM. I looked at the peak values at the drive frequency in the REFL signals, and used that as my "COUNTS" value for each PD.
I know the PRM actuator calibration is 19.6e-9 (Hz/f)^2 m/ct , so if I plug in my drive frequency (564 Hz, with the notch in the PRC loop enabled), and multiply by my drive amplitude in counts, I know how many meters I am pushing the PRM. Then, to get a meters per count calibration, I divide this calibration number (common for every PD) by the peak value in each PD, to get each signal's calibration.
As a side note, I also drove MICH, and tried to use this technique for the Q-phase calibrations, but neither calibration (using the PRCL drive nor the MICH drive) made the Q-phase signals line up at all.
At least for the I-phase signals, it's clear that REFL33 has more noise than REFL11 or REFL165, and that REFL55 has even more noise than REFL33.
Here are the calibration values that I used:
PD |
m/ct calibration |
REFL11 I |
1.71e-13 |
REFL11 Q |
2.05e-11 |
REFL33 I |
1.22e-12 |
REFL33 Q |
3.80e-11 |
REFL55 I |
9.54e-13 |
REFL55 Q |
6.29e-12 |
REFL165 I |
6.98e-14 |
REFL165 Q |
8.63e-13 |
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