ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
10084
|
Fri Jun 20 19:07:44 2014 |
rana | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | op340m DNS | I had forgotten to fix the DNS setup on op340m and so our slow, perl, PID loops for the laser were not running well (and that's why the FSS-FAST has been saturating).
I edited /etc/resolv.conf on there and then did /usr/sbin/reboot as super-user.
op340m:~>more /etc/resolv.conf
domain martian
nameserver 192.168.113.104
nameserver 131.215.125.1
nameserver 131.215.139.100
nameserver 131.215.9.49
op340m:~>date
Fri Jun 20 19:06:37 PDT 2014
The FSSSlowServo.pl now seems to be holding the NPRO PZT to ~6 V. I twiddled the PID settings a little bit to make sure nothing was squirrelly. Seems OK. Time constant of the loop is ~1 minute.
As a reminder, op340m runs our autoburt for all the FE machines, VME IOCs, does the watchdog threshold rampdown, and also the RefCav and NPRO temperature control. |
10095
|
Tue Jun 24 22:46:15 2014 |
ericq | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | op340m crons |
Quote: |
The FSSSlowServo.pl now seems to be holding the NPRO PZT to ~6 V. I twiddled the PID settings a little bit to make sure nothing was squirrelly. Seems OK. Time constant of the loop is ~1 minute.
As a reminder, op340m runs our autoburt for all the FE machines, VME IOCs, does the watchdog threshold rampdown, and also the RefCav and NPRO temperature control.
|
We had fiddled with the scripts/general/scripto_cron script to try and get the MC auto locker working on ottavia, but in doing so broke op340m's reliance on it to run it's cron jobs, like FSSSlowServo .
I've reverted scripto_cron to its original state, and the FSS slow servo starts up again.
However, scripts like this that we want to always have on seem to be a better fit, to me, for the init system, like we do with daqd and nds on the FB. op340m's inittab looks different than what I'm used to, so I'm not making any changes; this is just a thought.
MC autolocker is still being ran from an Ottavia GUI terminal; I'll try to get it consistently running on megatron, as suggested in ELOG10039, now that caget/caput issues seem to be sorted.
Addendum: I've changed the MC auto locker script to have megatron as its host. Haven't yet gotten it to run automatically; it's running in a detached tmux terminal. I'll finish it up tomorrow. |
11624
|
Mon Sep 21 00:51:36 2015 |
rana | Update | General | op340m, autoburt cron =? megatron | I modified the perl script which does our hourly autoburt so that it can run on megatron instead of op340m (old Solaris machine). Nothing major, just some path stuff. That was the last function of op340m that I know of, so after a week of watching this we ought to be able to power it off and send it to e-waste.
Seems to work so far. It complains about some models that aren't running but mostly it reports successful snapshot taking based on the .req files.
Unfortunately, it seems that its only doing the new target directory, so its missing all of our old VME machines which still use the /cvs/cds/caltech/target area.
But I think Gautam and Jamie and Aidan have volunteered to start our slow controls upgrade by moving the EX slow controls to Acromag and into the new target area. We ought to modify the CRON to point at the old directory for now, but its a temporary fix hopefully. |
625
|
Wed Jul 2 17:19:03 2008 |
John | Summary | Computers | op440m - shutdown and restarted | After 160days op440m was getting a little slow. |
1637
|
Mon Jun 1 14:33:42 2009 |
rob | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | op540m Monitor added to web status | I added op540m's display 0 (the northern-most monitor in the control room) to the MEDM screens webpage: https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:30889/medm/screenshot.html
Now we can see the StripTool displays that are usually parked on that screen.
|
3476
|
Fri Aug 27 11:24:13 2010 |
Jenne | Omnistructure | Computers | op540m dead | I think op540m has finally bitten the dust. I noticed that both of its screens were black, so I assumed that it had crashed due to known graphics card issues or something. But upon closer inspection, it is way more dead than that. I checked that it does have power (at least the power cable is securely plugged in at both ends, and the power strip its on is successfully powering several other computers), but I can't make any lights or anything come on by pressing the power button on the front of the computer tower.
Immediate consequences of op540 not being operational are the lack of DMT, and the lack of Alarms.
Joe is doing an autopsy right now to see if its really dead, or only 'mostly dead'.
EDIT: Joe says maybe it's the power supply for the computer. But he can't turn it on either. |
3061
|
Wed Jun 9 21:05:44 2010 |
rana | Summary | Computers | op540m is not to be used | This is a reminder (mainly for Steve, who somehow doesn't believe these things) that op540m is not to be used for your general pleasure.
No web, no dataviewer, no DTT. Using these things often makes the graphical X-Windows crash. I have had to restart the StripTool, our seismic BLRMS and our Alarms many times because someone uses op540m, makes it crash, and then does not restart the processes.
Stop breaking op540m, Steve! |
2549
|
Tue Jan 26 20:18:32 2010 |
rana | Configuration | ALARM | op540m: alarms and BLRMS and StripTool restored | I turned the StripTool and ALARMS and BLRMS back on on op540m. Looks like it has been rebooted 5 days ago and no one turned these back on. Also, there was a bunch of junk strewn around its keyboard which I restrained myself from throwing in the trash.
The BLRMS trends should be active now. |
3605
|
Fri Sep 24 16:31:35 2010 |
steve | Configuration | General | open frame- rack is moved | The squeezing open frame rack was moved from the south side of the PSL enclosure to the north side of the SP table.
AC power breaker is PC-2 #1
|
Attachment 1: P1060881.JPG
|
|
2246
|
Thu Nov 12 01:18:34 2009 |
haixing | Update | SUS | open-loop transfer function of mag levi system (comparison between simulink and measurement) | I built a Simulink model of the magnetic levitation system and try to explain the dip in the open-loop transfer function that was observed.
One can download the model in the svn. The corresponding block diagram is shown by the figure below.

Here "Magnet" is equal to inverse of the magnet mass. Integrator "1/s" gives the velocity of the magnet. A further integrator gives the displacement of the magnet.
Different from the free-mass response, the response of the magnet is modified due to the existence of the Eddy-current damping and negative spring in the vertical
direction, as indicated by the feedback loops after two integrals respectively. The motion of the magnet will change the magnetic field strength which in turn will pick
up by the Hall-effect sensor. Unlike the usual case, here the Hall sensor also picks up the magnetic field created by the coil as indicated by the loop below the mechanical
part. This is actually the origin of the dip in the open-loop transfer function. In the figure below, we show the open-loop transfer function and its phase contributed by both
the mechanical motion of the magnet and the Hall sensor with the black curve "Total". The contribution from the mechanical motion alone is shown by the magenta curve
"Mech" which is obtained by disconnecting the Hall sensor loop (I rescale the total gain to fit the measurement data due to uncertainties in those gains indicated in the figure).
The contribution from the Hall sensor alone is indicated by the blue curve "Hall" which is obtained by disconnecting the mechanical motion loop. Those two contributions
have the different sign as shown by the phase plot, and they destructively interfere with each other and create the dip in the open-loop transfer function.

In the following figure, we show the close-loop response function of the mechanical motion of the magnet.

As we can see, even though the entire close loop of the circuit is stable, the mechanical motion is unstable around 10 Hz. This simply comes from the fact that
around this frequency, the Hall sensor almost has no response to the mechanical motion due to destructive interference as mentioned.
In the future, we will replace the Hall sensor with an optical one to get rid of this undesired destructive interference.
|
1863
|
Fri Aug 7 18:06:24 2009 |
rob | Omnistructure | VAC | opening V1 when PTP1 is broken | We've had a devil of a time getting V1 to open, due to the Interlock code.
The short story is that if C1:Vac-PTP1_pressure > 1.0, the interlock code won't let you push the button to open V1 (but it won't close V1).
PTP1 is broken, so the interlock was frustrating us. It's been broken for a while, but this hasn't bitten us till now.
We tried swapping out the controller for PTP1 with one of Bob's from the Bake lab, but it didn't work.
It said "NO COMM" in the C1:Vac-PTP1_status, so I figured it wouldn't update if we just used tdswrite to change C1:Vac-PTP1_pressure to 0.0. This actually worked, and V1 is now open. This is a temporary fix. |
1865
|
Fri Aug 7 19:55:08 2009 |
steve | Summary | VAC | opening V1 when PTP1 is broken | The swapped in 307 convectron gauge controller is very likely to have the RS232 connection wired differently from the old one.
PRP gauge has now the same error message as the PTP1: "no comm" I would look at RS232 wiring of the PRP gauge on the broken
controller and adapt the swapped in one to communicate. The PRP was reading 620 Torr before the swap. |
8514
|
Tue Apr 30 22:40:57 2013 |
Jenne | Update | SUS | oplev XY-plots reflect new calibration | Back when Gabriele was here, he and I implemented online calibration of the oplevs, into microradians. A consequence of this is that all of the XY-plots on the medm screens were too small.
I have gone through all the screens that I could think of (SUS_SINGLE, SUS_SINGLE_OPTLEV_SERVO, OPLEV_MASTER, OPLEV_SUMMARY, OPLEV_SUMMARY_SMALL_SCALE, IFO_OVERVIEW) and made the range of the XY-plots +/- 100, rather than the old scale of +/-1.
I have also added red boxes behind the numbers on many (but not yet all) of these screens, so that you can see when (a) the oplev sum is too low, or (b) either the pit or yaw value is over 50 microradians.
While I was putzing around on the IFO overview screen, I also made the oplev sum numbers clickable, with the related display being that optic's oplev servo screen. |
9152
|
Sun Sep 22 22:05:10 2013 |
rana | Update | SUS | oplev XY-plots reflect new calibration | The ETMX oplev signal looks kind of dead compared to the ETMY. It has no features in the spectra and the SUM is pretty low.
I noticed that the cal fields are still set to 1. To get it close to something reasonable, I calibrated it vs. the SUSPIT and SUSYAW values by giving it a step in angle and using 'tdsavg' plus some arithmetic.
OLPIT = 45 urads/ count
OLYAW = 85 urads / count
These are very rough. I don't even know what the accuracy is on the OSEM based calibration, so this ought to be redone in the way that Jenne and Gabriele did before.
The attached image shows the situation after "calibration" of ETMX. This OL system needs some noise investigation. |
Attachment 1: noise.png
|
|
9188
|
Thu Oct 3 01:06:48 2013 |
rana, jenne | Update | SUS | oplev XY-plots reflect new calibration | As another proof that sometime is ill with ETMX Optical Lever:
We scanned the ETMX bias in PIT using ezcastep and saw that the OL response is very screwy. In the attached, you can see that the ETMX SUSPIT signal shows that the actual motion is good and linear. In fact, our sus diagonalization is extermely good and there's almost no signal in SUSYAW. |
Attachment 1: etmx_ol.png
|
|
9351
|
Tue Nov 5 19:55:12 2013 |
rana | Update | SUS | oplev XY-plots reflect new calibration | I used the same OSEM SUSPIT/YAW method as before to calibrate the ETMY optical lever signals. They were off by a factor of ~10.
ETMY Pitch 300 / 26 (old/new) urad/counts
ETMY Yaw 300 / 31 (old/new) urad/counts
These should be redone with the Kakeru / Ottaway arm cavity power technique if we want to get better than ~30% accuracy.
|
1245
|
Thu Jan 22 12:08:59 2009 |
pete | Update | oplevs | oplev calibration | Following the procedure described in Royal Reinecke's 2006 SURF report, I've calibrated the ETMY yaw oplev DOF. The idea is to sweep the mirror tilt, measuring the transmitted cavity power and the oplev error signal. The cavity power can be related to the mirror tilt in radians following D. Anderson APPLIED OPTICS, Vol. 23, No. 17, 1984.
I've made a simple matlab script which spits out the final number; it calls Royal's perl script to do the sweep. I get 420 microrad/ct for ETMY yaw. In 2006 Royal got 250 microrad/ct. Could something have changed this much, or is one of us wrong? I'll double check my procedure and do the other arm cavity oplevs, and describe it in detail when I have more confidence in it.
Kakeru and I plan to extend this to handle the PRM, SRM, and BS. One script to rule them all. |
8389
|
Tue Apr 2 15:58:40 2013 |
Jenne | Update | SUS | oplev calibration for ITMX, BS | [Jenne, Gabriele]
Optical lever calibrations:
ITMX pit calibration = -9.07 cts/mrad
ITMX yaw calibration = -12.33 cts/mrad
ITMX plot:
BS pit calibration = -22.86 cts/mrad
BS yaw calibration = -24.14 cts/mrad
BS plot:
Method: Similar to Manasa and Yuta's method last month. We mounted each oplev QPD on a micrometer translation stage, centered the beam using the steering mirror, then used tdsavg to get 10 second averages of the _INMON channel for various settings of the micrometer stage. For BS, we had to take out the PRM oplev to make room for the translation stage. All QPDs were remounted in their original positions, within less than 1mm. Measured the out-of-vac distances with the laser disto-meter, and the invac distances from the optic to the window from the CAD drawing.
Copying from other elog entries,
elog 8232:
We calibrated oplev for ITMY. Calibration factor for C1:SUS-ITMY_OL(PIT|YAW)_IN1 are;
OLPIT: 6.29 +/- 0.11 counts/mrad
OLYAW: 5.74 +/- 0.09 counts/mrad
elog 8221:
We calibrated oplev for PRM. Calibration factor for C1:SUS-PRM_OL(PIT|YAW)_IN1 are;
OLPIT: 15.6 +/- 0.3 counts/mrad
OLYAW: 17.8 +/- 0.3 counts/mrad |
8390
|
Tue Apr 2 16:13:10 2013 |
rana | Update | SUS | oplev calibration for ITMX, BS | Very good - now you need to just put the cal factor into the filter banks so that the PERROR and YERROR signals are in microradians all the time.
EDIT JCD: In progress. |
8232
|
Tue Mar 5 17:09:30 2013 |
yuta | Update | SUS | oplev calibration for ITMY | [Manasa, Sendhil, Yuta]
We calibrated oplev for ITMY. Calibration factor for C1:SUS-ITMY_OL(PIT|YAW)_IN1 are;
OLPIT: 6.29 +/- 0.11 counts/mrad
OLYAW: 5.74 +/- 0.09 counts/mrad
Note that there was ~10% of coupling between pitch and yaw. This is large considering statistical error, but I think this is from QPD mounted rotated (by ~5 deg).
Method:
Same as in elog #8221.
Result:
moved in y: moved in x: 
micrometer OLPIT OLYAW
moved in y 3.14 +/- 0.05 0.27 +/- 0.03
moved in x -2.87 +/- 0.04 0.17 +/- 0.03 (counts/mm)
Measured the path length of ITMY oplev returning beam was 2000 +/- 20 mm. This gives you the calibration factors above.
~10 % coupling between OLPIT and OLYAW can be explained by QPD rotation by ~ 5 deg, which seems not unreasonable. |
8221
|
Mon Mar 4 16:46:31 2013 |
yuta | Update | SUS | oplev calibration for PRM | [Manasa, Sendhil, Yuta]
We calibrated oplev for PRM. Calibration factor for C1:SUS-PRM_OL(PIT|YAW)_IN1 are;
OLPIT: 15.6 +/- 0.3 counts/mrad
OLYAW: 17.8 +/- 0.3 counts/mrad
We needed these values for g-factor measurement of PRC using angle dithering method.
What we did:
1. Adjusted QPD offsets (C1:SUS-PRM_OL[1-4]_OFFSET) by zeroing the output when turned oplev laser was turned off.
2. Centered PRM oplev beam on QPD using steering mirror.
3. Mounted PRM oplev QPD on a xy-stage and centered the beam on QPD.
4. Moved QPD in x and y using micrometers and measured dependance of C1:SUS-PRM_OL(PIT|YAW)_IN1 on QPD displacement.
5. Measured the path length of PRM oplev returning beam. We get the in-vac path length using optical layout CAD. We measured out of vac path using scale and tape measure.
6. Dismounted PRM QPD from the stage and put it back to the original position.
Result:
1. Figures below are OLPIT/OLYAW dependance on micrometer displacement moved in x and y. Error bars are measured fluctuation in the signal.
moved in x: moved in y:
2. We fitted the result by error function to get slope at zero crossing point. We also linear-fitted the other degree of freedom to get cross coupling between x and y. Slopes we get were;
micrometer OLPIT OLYAW
moved in x 4.68 +/- 0.08 0.01 +/- 0.03
moved in y -5.32 +/- 0.10 0.11 +/- 0.03 (counts/mm)
3. Measured the path length of PRM oplev returning beam was 3340 +/- 20 mm. This gives you the calibration factors above.
Discussion:
[Precision] According to Jamie's calculation, expected g-factor for PRC in PR2-flipped PRMI is 0.966/0.939 (elog #8068). We care about the g-factor change in ~0.01. Also, intra-cavity power dependance on mirror angle is proportional to 1/(1-g). So, we need to calibrate mirror angle in ~few 10 % of precision in order to get useful g-factor from angle dithering measurement. Measurement precision here meets this requirement.
[x/y coupling] Measured x/y coupling was less than 2 %. We assumed gains in 4 QPD quadrants are same, and assumed QPD is mounted well in x/y axes. These assumptions are OK considering precision we need.
[x/y difference] Calibration factors for OLPIT/OLYAW are different by ~10 %. This is not so crazy considering the incident angle on the QPD (~20 deg) and elliptic beam shape. |
8391
|
Tue Apr 2 16:55:34 2013 |
Jenne | Update | SUS | oplev calibration online for ITMs, BS, PRM | [Jenne, Gabriele]
We have put in a new EPICS input into the SUS library part, just before the OL_PIT and OL_YAW filter banks, so that the IN1 point is calibrated to microradians. I recompiled all SUS-related models. The OPTLEV_SERVO screen has been changed, so that you can see the calibration, and enter a value. The gains have been reduced by a factor reciprocal to the calibration, so the loop gain is the same.
ETMs, SRM and MCs all have "calibration" numbers of 1, so the numbers aren't really calibrated, they're just the same as always.
It looks like the PRM and the BS are moving significantly (factor of ~30) more than the ITMs at a few Hz! (Y-axis of plot is urad/rtHz)

EDIT JCD: We need to fix up the MEDM QPD indicators, and the OpLev red lights on the watchdog screen, so they match the new numbers. Also, Rana turned on the output limiters to 2000 for all oplev servos. |
5001
|
Wed Jul 20 14:42:34 2011 |
steve | Update | SUS | oplev gains today | C1:SUS-ETMX_OLPIT_GAIN set to 1.0 OLYAW 1.0
ETMY -0.2 -0.2
ITMY 2.0 -2.0
ITMX 0.5 0.5
BS 0.4 -0.4
PRM 0.5 -0.7
SRM 1.0 1.0
Earlier today Rana and I made power spectra of ETMY_OPLEV_ERROR signals with servo on and off.
It was indicating that the servo is not doing anything. These gain values were not set since IFO rebuilt.
Valera's entries were searched also. He did not do such thing. Rana may know where it is in the elog if it happened. |
5004
|
Wed Jul 20 19:24:12 2011 |
rana | Update | SUS | oplev gains today | I guess Valera forgot to elog it. Steve, please email him and get the info.
I started to check out the OL servos today so that our whole interferometer is not too floppy.
- The ETMX OPLEV DAQ channels were not in the list. Jamie ran the activateDQ.py script and it came back. Right now, we have no diagnostics to know if people have run this or not so the frames will have missing data now and again depending on how forgetful the rebooters are. Perhaps we can get activateDQ put into the make file???
- I turned ON all of the offset buttons on the OL1, etc. filter banks. This allows for the dark offsets to be set for the OL quadrants. With these buttons off it doesn't make any sense.
- I noticed that there are white (INVALID) fields all over the OPTLEV_SERVO screens. This is just because the new SUS models have not captured all of the functionality of the old system. Needs fixing.

Some of these OL spectra are not like the others...
 |
5014
|
Thu Jul 21 16:06:35 2011 |
steve | Update | SUS | oplev gains today checked by conlog | Present values agree with conlog records. It can be concluded that there were no big changes made. There are some 0.1-0.2 gain and one polarity changes during the periods of Valera's visits.
|
5010
|
Thu Jul 21 09:04:59 2011 |
valera, steve | Update | SUS | oplev gains were not optimized |
Hi Steve,
And I left it in that state per Jamie's request.
I was going to work on the servo tuning but found that the whitening was not working at that time.
What I was going to do is to measure the open loop gain to make sure the servo is stable, then
measure the noise and minimize the rms motion by tuning the gain and the filter transfer function.
I plan to come to the 40m lab on August 22 for two weeks.
Valera.
|
4030
|
Wed Dec 8 22:35:50 2010 |
kiwamu | Update | SUS | oplev installed on ITMX and ETMX | The oplevs have been installed on ITMX and ETMX.
Now the oplev servos are running.
The lock of the green beam became more stable after the oplevs were activated.
(what I did)
- opened the ITMX and ETMX chamber.
- rearranged the oplev mirrors in the vacuum chambers so that we can have the reflected oplev beam coming out from the viewport.
At the ITMX table, I put the oplev mirrors approximately on the designed places.
- aligned the beam on the optical benches
- strung a ribbon cable at the 1X9 rack.
This cable connects the oplev interface board and the ADC blue golden board.
- modified c1scx simulink model.
Since the model didn't have proper connections to the ADC channels, I added four ADC channels and plugged them into oplev servo in the model.
- relaunched the c1scx code after building and installing it.
- activated the oplev servos. Amazingly the default gains did work (i.e. all the gain = 1)
- after aligning X arm to the green beam, I did final centering of oplev beams
(details)
- - - - - ADC connection for ETMX oplev signals :
ADC0_24 = segment_1
ADC0_25 = segment_2
ADC0_26 = segment_3
ADC0_27 = segment_4
|
12858
|
Wed Mar 1 08:28:04 2017 |
Steve | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN | Gautam and Steve,
New JDSU 1103P HeNe oplev laser RIN was measured on the SP table with cover on.
This is the beginning of an effort to improve oplev laser noise.
|
Attachment 1: RIN_1103P.png
|
|
Attachment 2: RIN_HeNe.png
|
|
12863
|
Thu Mar 2 13:59:04 2017 |
Steve | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN | The laser got much better at low frequency as it warmed up. This laser is almost as good as the electronics?
Dark noise cal was the same today as it was 2 days ago.
|
Attachment 1: 1103P@2d.png
|
|
12864
|
Thu Mar 2 17:58:45 2017 |
rana | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN | This measurement looks bogus - the difference between dark and not dark is not significant enough to believe. Need to figure out how to match better into the ADC range. |
12866
|
Fri Mar 3 17:24:21 2017 |
Steve | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN | Corrected oplev laser RIN plot at day 3
RXA:
- to measure RIN, the lever arm should be really short, not long.
- the beam should be 3x smaller than the active area of the diode
- the specular beam should be dumped on a razor dump.
- we need to make a summary page for HeNe laser testing so that we can see 24 hour specgrams of these things for ~3-4 lasers at the same time.
- We should add specgram stuff for the existing HeNe SUM channels on the active OLs.
GV: The channel the PD Steve is using is hooked up to C1:ALS-FC_X_F_IN. As I found out today, there can be considerable RF pickup between the C1:ALS-FC_X_F_IN and C1:ALS-FC_Y_F_IN channels, which share a common 4-pin LEMO cable - this is because the rise time of the square wave output of the Wenzel dividers is <1us, so suitability of this particular channel for the RIN measurement set up has to be reconsidered. Perhaps we can use one of the six spare PEM channels over at 1X6. |
Attachment 1: 3march17.pdf
|
|
12873
|
Wed Mar 8 15:28:37 2017 |
Steve | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN | Gautam and Steve,
Quote: |
Corrected oplev laser RIN plot at day 3
RXA:
- to measure RIN, the lever arm should be really short, not long.
- the beam should be 3x smaller than the active area of the diode
- the specular beam should be dumped on a razor dump.
- we need to make a summary page for HeNe laser testing so that we can see 24 hour specgrams of these things for ~3-4 lasers at the same time.
- We should add specgram stuff for the existing HeNe SUM channels on the active OLs.
GV: The channel the PD Steve is using is hooked up to C1:ALS-FC_X_F_IN. As I found out today, there can be considerable RF pickup between the C1:ALS-FC_X_F_IN and C1:ALS-FC_Y_F_IN channels, which share a common 4-pin LEMO cable - this is because the rise time of the square wave output of the Wenzel dividers is <1us, so suitability of this particular channel for the RIN measurement set up has to be reconsidered. Perhaps we can use one of the six spare PEM channels over at 1X6.
|
We did the following:
1, switched data channel from C1:ALS-FC_X_F_IN to C1:PEM-MIC_1_OUT_DQ Actual connection at 1X7 rack, input C17
Tested channel with 1Hz, 100 mV sine wave through DV
2, placed BS into the beam path so the reflected value on the PDA100A 0.1mW, beam od ~1mm, beam path lenght 11 cm, gain 20dB 3.7Vdc
The full output of this 1103P 2.8 mW was saturating the PDA100A
Summery :finding it to be too good to be this good |
Attachment 1: RIN.jpg
|
|
Attachment 2: RIN_1103P_rotated.pdf
|
|
12932
|
Mon Apr 10 09:49:32 2017 |
Steve | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN test planning | We are planning to test 3 identical 1103Ps RIN with continous temp monitoring and control later.
Selected temp sensor Platinum RTD 1PT100KN1515CLA or RTD-830
Temp controller with analoge output 0-10Vdc, CNi854 and external dc pulse driven relay
Temperature Measurement Comparison Chart
Criteria |
Thermocouple |
RTD |
Thermistor |
Temp Range |
-267°C to 2316°C |
-240°C to 649°C |
-100°C to 500°C |
Accuracy |
Good |
Best |
Good |
Linearity |
Better |
Best |
Good |
Sensitivity |
Good |
Better |
Best |
Cost |
Best |
Good |
Better |
Order placed 4-12-17 for sensor RTD-830, controller CNi8-5-4 and relay SSRL240DC25 = ~$500.
Still need: fuse, fuse housing, on/off switch, female AC receptical, chassy box and AC power cord.
|
12934
|
Mon Apr 10 14:21:57 2017 |
rana | Update | Optical Levers | oplev laser RIN test planning | I'm suspicious of this temperature sensor comparison. Usually, what they mean by accuracy is not the same as what we mean. I would not buy these yet. How about we just use what Caryn used several years ago (elog search) ?
PS Steve LM34 |
10350
|
Fri Aug 8 11:22:35 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
|
11792
|
Fri Nov 20 09:45:39 2015 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary |
Quote: |
Quote: |
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
|
Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
|
|
Attachment 1: oplev_summery.png
|
|
10362
|
Mon Aug 11 10:23:39 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
|
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
|
10518
|
Thu Sep 18 10:08:07 2014 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
|
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
|
Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
|
11148
|
Thu Mar 19 17:11:32 2015 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | March 19, 2015 2 new JDSU 1103P, sn P919645 & P919639 received from Thailand through Edmond Optics. Mfg date 12/2014............as spares |
12126
|
Mon May 23 15:51:32 2016 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
|
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
|
Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
|
May 23, 2016 ITMX dead laser sn P845648 replaced after 1062 days [2.9 yrs] by 1103P, sn P859884, with output output 2.6 mW, nicely round beam quality at 15 meters. |
Attachment 1: oplSum.png
|
|
12341
|
Wed Jul 27 11:40:48 2016 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Quote: |
Quote: |
Quote: |
2005 ALL oplev servos use Coherent DIODE LASERS # 31-0425-000, 670 nm, 1 mW
Sep. 28, 2006 optical lever noise budget with DC readout in 40m, LIGO- T060234-00-R, Reinecke & Rana
May 22, 2007 BS, SRM & PRM He Ne 1103P takes over from diode
May 29, 2007 low RIN He Ne JDSU 1103P selected, 5 purchased sn: T8078254, T8078256, T8078257, T8078258 & T8077178 in Sep. 2007
Nov 30, 2007 Uniphase 1103P divergence measured
Nov. 30, 2007 ETMX old Uniphase 1103P from 2002 dies: .............., running time not known......~3-5 years?
May 19, 2008 ETMY old Uniphase 1103P from 1999 dies;.....................running time not known.....~ ?
Oct. 2, 2008 ITMX & ITMY are still diodes, meaning others are converted to 1103P earlier
JDSU 1103P were replaced as follows:
May 11, 2011 ETMX replaced, life time 1,258 days or 3.4 years
May 13, 2014 ETMX , LT 1,098 days or 3 y
May 22, 2012 ETMY, LT 1,464 days or 4 y
Oct. 5, 2011 BS & PRM, LT 4 years, laser in place at 1,037 days or 2.8 y
Sep. 13, 2011 ITMY old 1103P & SRM diode laser replaced by 1125P ..........old He life time is not known, 1125P in place 1,059 days or 2.9 y
June 26, 2013 ITMX 622 days or 1.7 y note: we changed because of beam quality.........................laser in place 420 days or 1.2 y
Sep. 27, 2013 purchased 3 JDSU 1103P lasers, sn: P893516, P893518, P893519 ......2 spares ( also 2 spares of 1125P of 5 mW & larger body )
|
May 13, 2014 ETMX, .............laser in place 90 d
May 22, 2012 ETMY,
Oct. 7, 2013 ETMY, LT 503 d or 1.4 y............bad beam quality ?
Aug. 8, 2014 ETMY, .............laser in place 425 days or 1.2 y
|
Sept. 5, 2014 new 1103P, sn P893516 installed at SP table for aLIGO oplev use qualification
|
May 23, 2016 ITMX dead laser sn P845648 replaced after 1062 days [2.9 yrs] by 1103P, sn P859884, with output output 2.6 mW, nicely round beam quality at 15 meters.
|
July 27, 2016 2 new 1103P from Edmonds in: P947034 & P947039, manf. date April 2016, |
12753
|
Wed Jan 25 10:46:58 2017 |
steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | Oct. 5, 2015 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P919645, made Dec 2014, after 2 years
Jan. 24, 2017 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P947049, made Apr 2016, after 477 hrs running hot |
Attachment 1: oplev_sums.png
|
|
12892
|
Fri Mar 17 15:30:39 2017 |
Steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | March 17, 2017 ETMX laser replaced at LT 3y with 1103P, sn T8070866 |
Attachment 1: oplev_sums.png
|
|
12933
|
Mon Apr 10 09:58:35 2017 |
Steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated |
Quote: |
Oct. 5, 2015 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P919645, made Dec 2014, after 2 years
Jan. 24, 2017 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P947049, made Apr 2016, after 477 hrs running hot
|
Jan. 26, 2017 RIN test stared with P947034, made Apr. 2016
Apr. 10, 2017 purchased two 1103P from Edmund: sr P964438 & sr P964431, made 02/2017
|
13126
|
Wed Jul 19 12:47:43 2017 |
Steve | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | 1103P, sn P893518 of 2013 vintage is dead at the sus fiber demo
Quote: |
Quote: |
Oct. 5, 2015 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P919645, made Dec 2014, after 2 years
Jan. 24, 2017 ETMY He/Ne replaced by 1103P, sr P947049, made Apr 2016, after 477 hrs running hot
|
Jan. 26, 2017 RIN test stared with P947034, made Apr. 2016
Apr. 10, 2017 purchased two 1103P from Edmund: sr P964438 & sr P964431, made 02/2017
|
July 19, 2017 1103P, sn P964438 as new installed at the south end for the glass fiber illumination. Turn laser off when you are done. |
13128
|
Wed Jul 19 18:24:15 2017 |
rana | Summary | SUS | oplev laser summary updated | The $1000 HeNe should not be used for illuminating fibers.
You should purchase these (total price per laser less than $6):
- 10 red laser diodes for $2.39 total
- 3-5 Vdc adapters
|
6370
|
Wed Mar 7 11:20:23 2012 |
steve | Update | SUS | oplev qpd offsets zeroed | All oplev qpd quadrons were zeroed by offset in blocked dark condition. |
6964
|
Wed Jul 11 16:19:08 2012 |
yuta | Update | SUS | oplev servo phiology | I heard that Steve did great work on oplev in Feb 2012.
Here's summary what happened to oplev since then.
Someone changed oplev filters and gain. I couldn't find elog about it. Does anyone know?
Quadrant sum:
Quadrant sum (C1:SUS-XXX_OLSUM) for each optic now and in Feb 2012 is
ITMX ITMY ETMX ETMY BS PRM SRM
2456 14630 1476 14885 3650 4302 2937 counts (now)
1300 14500 900 9000 3500 4000 2600 counts (Feb 6, 2012 elog #6256)
0.025 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.05 0.06 0.04 mW on QPD (Feb 6, 2012 elog #6256)
1350 15000 1500 15500 3500 4000 2600 counts (Feb 23, 2012 elog #6744)
ETMX oplev laser was replaced on May 22, 2012, and quadrant sum was 20500 counts at that time (elog #6656).
Oplev servo openloop transfer functions:
In Feb 2012, gains were adjusted and filter settings are recorded by Steve.
For all pitch OLTF, see elog #6309.
For all yaw OLTF, see elog #6323.
All the filters in Feb is listed in elog #6744.
Filters now are messed up, as Jamie pointed out in elog #6743.
Below is the current filter settings.
I turned ELP and RLP filters on, which wasn't on to cut-off noises at higher frequencies.
I left resonant gains of ETMs because I don't know what they are for.
I put ELP35 for ITMs, BS, PRM and SRM. I put RLP80 for BS, PRM and SRM.
I will leave ELP35 off for BS and SRM because they oscillate currently. ELP50 and ELP40 is on for a substitution. I will readjust them soon.
I don't know who changed all gains (except for PRM, which I adjusted in elog #6952). It doen't look like it is because of change in quadrant sum.
I also don't know who deleted 3.3 Hz resonant gain for BS.
I put all similar filters in same place to make it organized. Now, basic fitlers are organized. We may need some resonant gains for each optics.
OPLEV SERVO |
300^2:0 |
BR |
ELP |
RLP |
RES |
GAIN |
QPD counts |
filter position |
FM1 |
FM5 |
FM9 |
FM4 |
FM3, FM4 |
|
|
ETMY pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
0.5 (off)
|
-0.2 (was -1.5) |
14,900 |
ETMY yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
0.6 (off) |
-0.2 (was -1.0) |
|
ETMX pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
0.5 (off) |
0.5 |
1,500 |
ETMX yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
0.6 (off) |
0.6 (was 1.0) |
|
ITMY pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
|
2.1 (was 2.0) |
14,600 |
ITMY yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
|
-2.0 (was -4.0) |
|
ITMX pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
|
2.6 (was 1.0) |
2,500 |
ITMX yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
|
-1.6 (was-2.0) |
|
BS pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
50 (FM10) |
80 |
|
0.6 (was 0.5) |
3,700 |
BS yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
50 (FM10) |
80 |
(3.3 is some how deleted) |
-0.6 (was -1.0) |
|
PRM pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
3.3 (off) |
0.15 (was 1.0) |
4,300 |
PRM yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
35 |
80 |
3.3 (off), 4 (off) |
-0.2 (was 0.5) |
|
SRM pit |
300^2:0 |
BR |
40 (FM10) |
80 |
|
-2.0 |
2,900 |
SRM yaw |
300^2:0 |
BR |
40 (FM10) |
80 |
|
2.0 |
|
I also found Kiwamu's angular motion measurement during PRMI lock (elog #6320). They look different with my measurement yesterday (elog #6954). |
1612
|
Wed May 20 09:55:18 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | oplev servos turned off | All oplevs servos turned off to protect our suspentions from vibration due to drilling and pounding in CES high bay area.
This activity will be done from 10 am till 3 pm today.
Meanwhile our IFO-air conditions are turned off for maintenance.
Their performance of 6 months is shown on plot. |
Attachment 1: ACpart6m.jpg
|
|
4731
|
Tue May 17 16:53:22 2011 |
kiwamu | Update | SUS | oplev sign was wrong on ETMY | Last night I found that the sign of the oplev control of PITCH on ETMY was wrong. I flipped it to the correct sign.
We've been locking the Y arm by feeding a signal back to ITMY because pushing ETMY somehow made the lock unstable in the angular motion.
After the correction of the oplev contol sign, I was able to keep the lock robustly by pushing ETMY. |
|