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  17560   Mon Apr 24 19:11:20 2023 KojiSummaryBHDLO/MI(DARM) signal strength comparison between the configurationsYuta and I had a discussion last week about
the signal strength between the configurations.
Here are some naive calculations.
  
  17561   Tue Apr 25 15:51:21 2023 JcUpdateIMCIMC has been tripping It has happened multiple times today that
IMC has tripped on its own. Yehonathan and
I have had to come back to manually lock
 Screenshot_2023-04-25_15-55-33.png 
  17562   Tue Apr 25 17:06:17 2023 AnchalUpdateALSDFD demod normalized by amplitude I modified the analysis to correct for
any affects due to Anti-Aliasing or Anti-Imaging
filters, and I also found a insignificant
 ITMYActCal.pdfITMYActCalTS.pdf 
  17563   Tue Apr 25 21:21:03 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDDewhitening noises{Mayank, Paco, Yehonathan}

Dewhitening noise curves were taken
using SR785+SR560 for the PRMI noise budget.
 De-whitening_noises.pdf 
  17564   Wed Apr 26 09:37:10 2023 PacoUpdateBHDIQ demod board gains for REFL11 and AS55We
measured the IQ demodulation board gains
for REFL11 and AS55. 
  
  17565   Wed Apr 26 11:27:49 2023 PacoSummaryBHDLO/MI(DARM) signal strength comparison between the configurations with finesseI'm
checking Koji + Yuta's not-so-naive calculations
using finesse. 
  
  17566   Wed Apr 26 12:05:10 2023 RadhikaUpdateALSXEND green PDH controllerTl;dr:
Tried to replace of XEND green PDH servo
controller with Moku template IIR filter,
 PDHservoTF_chebyIIfilter.pdfScreenshot_2023-04-25_at_09.28.05.png 
  17567   Wed Apr 26 12:59:42 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDUpdated noise budget with output electronicsI included the output electronic noises
into the PRMI carrier noise budget (attachment
1).
 Quickl_PRMI_noise_budget.pdf 
  17568   Wed Apr 26 18:41:56 2023 PacoUpdateOPLEV TablesITMX oplev laser died[Paco, Koji, Mayank]

We replaced ITMX Oplev
 PXL_20230427_004834747.jpgPXL_20230427_013642978.jpg 
  17570   Fri Apr 28 18:40:49 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDUpdated noise budget with some input electronic noises{Mayank, Yehonathan}

Yesterday, we measured AS55 and
REFL11 dark noises at the IQ demod boards
 PDIQ_Demod_noises.pdfWhitening_noises.pdfQuick_PRMI_noise_budget.pdf 
  17571   Fri Apr 28 20:17:37 2023 yutaSummaryASCIFO alignment in bad shape[Mayank, Paco, Yuta]

IFO alignment is not good.
 Screenshot_2023-04-28_20-16-19_Terrible.png 
  17572   Fri Apr 28 20:56:06 2023 KojiSummaryASCIFO alignment in bad shapeI suppose ASS Y arm is using PR2/3 to align
the beam to the arm.
Can't we have ASS PRM bring the
  
  17573   Mon May 1 08:57:45 2023 JCConfigurationIMCBad Alignment I had to realign the IMC today. When I
came in, it was very bad, not much flashing
at all, I had to do it from scratch. CH01
 Screenshot_2023-05-01_15-55-33.png 
  17574   Mon May 1 14:45:48 2023 MayankSummaryLSCAttenuated BHD DC Beam[Yuta, Mayank]

UPDATE: It turned out that the
pair of 0.3 OD ND filters we used were not
 20230501_144152.jpg 
  17575   Mon May 1 16:51:20 2023 PacoSummaryASCIFO alignment in bad shape[Yuta, Mayank, JC, Paco]

We fixed the IFO nominal
 alignmentScreenshot_2023-05-01_17-06-41.png 
  17577   Tue May 2 10:39:49 2023 JCConfigurationIMCBad Alignment It took a while, but I was finally able
to align IMC. It seems like WFS has been
getting really whacky lately when we arent
 BB26DF83-5B6A-4BC1-A2A0-6E18E1A2B91E.jpeg 
  17578   Tue May 2 17:33:53 2023 MayankSummaryLSCLocked PRMI in carrier for an hour with LO phase controlled using BH55[Mayank, Radhika, Paco]

We locked PRMI for
 Screenshot_2023-05-02_17-40-06.pngPRCL_OLTF_Screenshot_2023-05-02_18-10-28.pngPRMI_LO_phase_BH55_Q_Screenshot_2023-05-02_18-06-59.png 
  17579   Wed May 3 12:11:52 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDUpdated noise budget with measured noise and OLTF{Paco, Yehonathan, Yuta}

Paco and Yuta locked PRMI carrier
and I took the MICH OLTF measurement (attachment
 PRMI_carrier_MICH_OLTF.pdfQuick_PRMI_noise_budget.pdf 
  17580   Wed May 3 15:06:44 2023 yutaSummaryLSCPOP attenuation and PRMI PRG estimate[Paco, Yuta]

  
  17581   Wed May 3 16:24:07 2023 PacoSummaryLSCAttenuated BHD RFPD paths[Yuta, Paco]

We attenuated RFPD
  
  17582   Wed May 3 18:40:50 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDWhitening noises measurements{Mayank, Yehonathan}

We measured the noise at the WF1
(REFL11) and WF2 (AS55) boards at the LSC
 Whitening_noises.pdfWhitening_noises_on_off_ratios.pdf 
  17583   Thu May 4 17:14:15 2023 PacoSummaryLSCPRMI (MICH and PRCL) calibrated displacement and BS angle to MICH couplings[Mayank, Paco]

We calibrated PRCL
 calibrated_MICHPRCL_dispScreenshot_2023-05-04_18-46-05.pngBSASC_noise_toMICHScreenshot_2023-05-04_18-59-32.png 
  17584   Mon May 8 17:05:30 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDWhitening TF measurements{Mayank, Yehonathan}

We measured today the TFs of the
whitening boards. We measured in particular
 Whitening_TFs_REFL11_I.pdfWhitening_TFs_REFL11_Q.pdfWhitening_TFs_AS55_I.pdfWhitening_TFs_AS55_Q.pdf 
  17585   Tue May 9 11:32:04 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDWhitening TF measurements We forgot to take a reference TF measurement
by looping the SR785 on itself using the
same BNC cables used for the actual measurement.
 Reference_TF.pdfWhitening_TFs_AS55_I.pdf 
  17586   Tue May 9 12:06:35 2023 RadhikaUpdateALSXEND green PDH controller[Mayank, Radhika]

I retook a transfer function measurement
of the uPDH servo closed-loop (using the
 PDHservoTF.pdfPDHservoTF_eyeballZerosPoles.pdfeyeball_uPDH_fit.pdf 
  17587   Tue May 9 21:02:55 2023 RadhikaUpdateALSXEND green PDH controllerXAUX
laser locked with Moku:Go controller

The analog zeros and poles used
 PDHservoTF_eyeballZerosPoles.pdfIMG_4721.JPGXEND_AUX_Moku_OLTF.pdf 
  17588   Wed May 10 11:49:34 2023 YehonathanUpdateBHDUpdated PRMI AS55+REFL11 noise budgetI
added input noises and angle to length coupling
to the noise budget.
 Quick_PRMI_noise_budget.pdf 
  17589   Wed May 10 17:11:34 2023 PacoUpdateASCFPMI differential ASC - II
began commissioning the AS WFS for (PR)FPMI
configurations
 PXL_20230510_233850237~2.jpgPXL_20230511_000946357~2.jpgPXL_20230511_000941172~2.jpg 
  17590   Thu May 11 12:05:24 2023 ranaUpdateBHDUpdated PRMI AS55+REFL11 noise budgetIs the A2L coming from the optical lever
feedback? If so, we can make a 30 Hz ELP
to cut it off by 60 Hz.
  
  17591   Sat May 13 11:37:41 2023 ranaUpdateGeneralStripTool -> NDscope: PSL on wallAs a test, I have replaced the PSL StripTool
on the north wall of the control room with
a nearly equivalent NDScope display. It is
 Screenshot_2023-05-13_11-45-47.png 
  17592   Mon May 15 18:34:05 2023 PacoSummaryLSCLocked PRMI in carrier and LO phase with BH44 and achieved handoff to BHDC_DIFF[Yuta, Paco]

We locked PRMI-BHD
 prmibhd_Screenshot_2023-05-16_01-51-52.png 
  17593   Tue May 16 08:42:14 2023 PacoUpdateASCFPMI differential ASC - IIWe
aligned the AS WFS and measured some angular
motion from ETMX
 PXL_20230515_173719320~2.jpgASWFS_test0_Screenshot_2023-05-16_18-38-39.png 
  17594   Wed May 17 12:09:11 2023 YehonathanUpdateElectronicsPreping for new coil drivers commissioning in 1X4It's time to start commissioning the
new coil drivers. The Acromag box is already
there but it needs to be modified.
  
  17595   Fri May 19 09:23:58 2023 PacoUpdate MCF Noise The fan behind the
PSL controller is injecting excess band limited
 PXL_20230519_162346524.jpgMC_Fnoisehunting_Screenshot_2023-05-19_09-27-03.png 
  17597   Fri May 19 13:25:03 2023 KojiUpdatePSLMCF Noise This is super! And now is the time to replace
the internal fan!

 
  
  17598   Fri May 19 15:25:00 2023 MayankUpdatePSLPSL tripped - removed internal fansWe removed the PSL
controller internal (broken) fans after it
 20230519_123659.jpgafterfans_PSLcontroller_Screenshot_2023-05-19_15-48-04.png 
  17599   Wed May 24 11:50:34 2023 JCSummarySEISTACIS [Mayank, JC]

STACIS
 IMG_5633.jpegIMG_5634.jpegIMG_5638.jpegIMG_5635.jpeg 
  17600   Wed May 24 13:19:28 2023 PacoUpdateBHDBH44 and BH55 dc transimpedance modifiedWe lowered the BH44
and BH55 DC transimpedances to ~ 50 V/A
 PXL_20230524_191008053~2.jpgPXL_20230524_192525594~2.jpgPXL_20230524_193122794~2.jpgPXL_20230524_194225616~2.jpg 
  17601   Wed May 24 17:36:25 2023 PacoUpdateBHDBH44_I content and PRC alignmentBH44
is sensitive to PRC alignment noise

[Paco, Yuta]
 Screenshot_2023-05-24_17-38-22_PRMI_REFLDCvsBH44.pngScreenshot_2023-05-24_17-40-58_PRY_REFLDCvsBH44.pngScreenshot_2023-05-24_17-44-49_PRY_REFLDCvsBH44_PRM0.5Hz.pngScreenshot_2023-05-24_17-46-13_ITMSBOUNCE.png 
  17602   Thu May 25 13:38:28 2023 advaitSummaryPEMExisting temperature control hardwareOver the past few days I have been trying
to understand the existing sensor and heater
related hardware by manual inspection and
 temp_board.jpeg 
  17603   Thu May 25 14:40:03 2023 PacoUpdateCalibrationMeasured the PSL wavelengthThe PSL wavelength
is 1064.5068 +- 0.0015 nm
 PXL_20230525_205542591~2.jpgPXL_20230525_205332570.jpg 
  17604   Fri May 26 11:16:46 2023 AnchalSummaryPEMTemperature sensing circuit with AD590I wanted to mention here that I have a
printed circuit board design (LIGO-D1800304)
for using AD590 as temperature sensors. I
  
  17605   Fri May 26 15:04:12 2023 JCUpdatePSLPSL Fans ReplacedWe Changed
The Fans on the PSL

To
start, the part Koji ordered is 259-1818-ND
 IMG_5650.jpegIMG_5653.jpegScreenshot_2023-05-26_16-25-54.png 
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