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Entry  Wed Feb 12 19:47:40 2014, Jenne, Update, LSC, Calibrated REFL signals CalibratedUsingPRMdrive.pdf
    Reply  Wed Feb 12 20:30:41 2014, Koji, Update, LSC, Calibrated REFL signals 
Message ID: 9630     Entry time: Wed Feb 12 19:47:40 2014     Reply to this: 9631
Author: Jenne 
Type: Update 
Category: LSC 
Subject: Calibrated REFL signals 

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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