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  11745   Tue Nov 10 02:34:28 2015 gautamUpdateLSCUpdated interpretation of peaksAfter thinking about the interpretation
of the various peaks seen in the scan through
2 FSRs, I have revised the information presented
 Y_scan.pdfmodDepth.pdf 
  11750   Tue Nov 10 19:25:42 2015 gautamUpdateGeneralFS725 Rubidium referenceIn the last few days, with Koji's help,
I have recovered both the FS725 Rubidium
references from W. Bridge, one from
  
  11751   Wed Nov 11 11:41:42 2015 gautamUpdateGeneralLong cable laid out for 1pps signalIn order to synchronise the FS725 Rb clock
with our GPS timing signals, I laid out a
longish cable running from 1X7 to the
  
  11761   Fri Nov 13 15:48:16 2015 gautamUpdateLSCPhase tracker calibration using Rubidium standard[yutaro, gautam]




 6x 
  11762   Fri Nov 13 17:33:39 2015 gautamUpdateLSCg-factor measurements


 findGFactor.zip 
  11767   Mon Nov 16 16:18:34 2015 gautamUpdateGeneralwater leak along Y-arm?A Caltech maintenance staff dropped by
at around noon today, and told me that he
had seen a small puddle of water on the other
  
  11809   Wed Nov 25 14:46:53 2015 gautamUpdateCDSc1lsc models restartedI noticed that all the models running
on C1LSC had crashed when I came in earlier
today. I restarted all of them by ssh-ing
  
  11833   Tue Dec 1 17:16:31 2015 gautamUpdateCDSScript for copying BLRMS filtersWe've been talking about putting in
BLRMS filters for several channels - it would
be a pain to manually copy over the correct
 makeFilterFiles.bash.zip 
  11840   Wed Dec 2 18:54:20 2015 gautamUpdateCDSChanges to C1MCS, C1PEM Summary:

I've
made several changes to the C1MCS model and
  
  11841   Thu Dec 3 03:01:07 2015 gautamUpdateLSCCalibration of C1CAL [ericq, gautam]

While trying to resolve the strange
SRCL loop shape seen yesterday (which has
 2015-12-C1CAL_Calibration.pdf 
  11844   Thu Dec 3 18:18:48 2015 gautamUpdateCDSBLRMS for optics suspensions - library blockIn order to be consistent with the naming
conventions for the new BLRMS filters, I
made a library block that takes all the input
  
  11849   Fri Dec 4 18:20:36 2015 gautamUpdateCDSBLRMS for IMC setup[ericq, gautam]

BLRMS filters
have been set up for the coil outputs and
 c1pem_timing.pngC1SUS_overclocked.png 
  11865   Tue Dec 8 23:24:08 2015 gautamUpdateGreen LockingY end laser (Lightwave) PZT calibrationSummary:

I
measured the PZT actuator gain for the Lightwave
 Ycalib_8Dec.pdf 
  11877   Sun Dec 13 21:55:28 2015 gautamUpdateGreen LockingY end laser (Lightwave) PZT calibrationSummary:

After
the discussions at the Wednesday meeting,
 IMG_5972.JPGServoY_TF_13Dec2015.pdfDatanCode.zipPSD_916Hz.pdf 
  11879   Mon Dec 14 16:27:11 2015 gautamUpdateGreen LockingY-end AUX PDH noise breakdownSummary:

I've
attached the results from my measurements
 YAUX_NB_Dec2015.pdfPDH_errSig_Calib.pdf 
  11883   Tue Dec 15 11:22:53 2015 gautamUpdateCDSc1scx and c1asx crashedI noticed what I thought was excessive
movement of the beam spot on ITMX and
ETMX on the control room monitors, and when
 CDS_FE_STATUS_OVERVIEW_15DEC2015.png 
  11886   Wed Dec 16 10:56:22 2015 gautamUpdateCDShard reboot of FB[ericq,gautam]

Forgot to submit this yesterday...

While we were trying to get the
  
  11887   Wed Dec 16 18:34:40 2015 gautamUpdateGreen LockingGreen beat channels temporarily set up as IR beat channelsSince there
are a few hours to go before the locking
efforts tonight, I've temporarily borrowed
  
  11890   Thu Dec 17 14:02:05 2015 gautamUpdateCDSIPC channels for beat frequency control set upI've set up two IPC channels that take
the output from the digital frequency counters
and send them to the end front-ends (via
  
  11891   Thu Dec 17 16:44:03 2015 gautamUpdateCDSALS Slow control MEDM screen updated


 ALS_SLOW_17DEC2015.png 
  11896   Tue Dec 22 16:23:33 2015 gautamUpdateIOOInput alignment to PMC tweakedWhen I came in this afternoon, I saw that
the PZT voltage to the PMC had railed. Following
the usual procedure of turning the servo
  
  11898   Tue Dec 22 16:44:03 2015 gautamUpdateGeneralFS725 Rubidium reference - REPAIRED


 FS725_repaired.jpg 
  11906   Mon Jan 4 16:09:54 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingY end laser (Lightwave) PZT calibrationSummary:

I
redid this measurement and have now determined
 choosingExcFreqs.pdflaserPZTcalib.pdf 
  11907   Mon Jan 4 16:45:11 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingY-end AUX PDH noise breakdownSummary:

I've
re-measured the noise breakdown for the Y-end
 ErrSigBreakdown.pdfcontrolSigBreakdown.pdfYEnd_PDH_OLTF.pdf 
  11930   Wed Jan 13 18:36:00 2016 gautamUpdateLSCrestoration of green beat electronicsIn preparation for tonight's work,
I did the following:

On the PSL table:
  
  11936   Tue Jan 19 17:27:58 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingAUX X power investigationsLast week, Eric and I noticed that the
green transmission levels at the PSL table
seem much lower now than they did a month
 X_END_POWER_BUDGET.JPG 
  11937   Tue Jan 19 17:54:39 2016 gautamUpdateLSCALSX Noise still anomalously high While carrying out my end-table power investigations,
I decided to take a quick look at the out-of-loop
ALSX noise - see the attached plot. The feature
 2016_01_19_ALS_OutOfLoop.pdfGreen_Locking_Trends.png 
  11944   Fri Jan 22 11:33:20 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingAUX-X AM/PM investigationsI was trying to characterize the AM/PM
response of the X end laser. I tried to measure
the AM response first, as follows:
 AUX_X_AM.pdfAUX_X_RIN.pdfNE_Mephisto.png 
  11946   Fri Jan 22 17:22:06 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingAUX-X AM/PM investigationsThere were a number of directories in /users/OLD/mott/PZT/2NPRO,
I've used the data in Innolight_AM_New.
Also, I am unsure as to what their "calibration"
 AM_response.pdfNE_investigations.pdf 
  11951   Tue Jan 26 17:50:22 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave frequency noise measurementI attempted to measure the frequency noise
of the extra Lightwave NPRO we have that
is currently sitting on the PSL table. I
  
  11953   Wed Jan 27 18:19:45 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave frequency noise measurementAfter adjusting the alignment of the two
beams onto the PD, I managed to recover a
stronger beatnote of ~ -10dBm. I managed
  
  11955   Wed Jan 27 23:14:25 2016 gautamUpdatePEMETMX floor vs table noise


 X_end_ACC_Data.pngX_End_ACC_Data.xml.tar.gz 
  11956   Thu Jan 28 00:29:30 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave frequency noise measurementSummary of the work done today:

Alignment and other work on
PSL table
 PLL_OLG.pdfFreq_noise_comparison.pdf 
  11958   Thu Jan 28 19:10:16 2016 gautamUpdateLSCStatus of the green PDH circuits 




 Servo_gain_calibration.pdf 
  11963   Sat Jan 30 00:12:22 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingInnolight laser is 10 years old 




 RIN_comparison.pdf 
  11967   Mon Feb 1 15:16:28 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingInnolight laser is 10 years oldThe Innolight laser control unit has a
25 pin D-sub connector on the rear which
is meant to serve as a diagnostics aid, and
  
  11969   Mon Feb 1 18:11:25 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave frequency noise measurementBefore distrubing the beat setup with the
spare Lightwave laser, I wanted to see if
I could resolve the apparent difference in
 Free_running_frequency_noise_comparison.pdf 
  11970   Tue Feb 2 18:35:47 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP tableI've moved the following components
that was a part of Koji's setup from
the PSL table to the SP table so that I may
  
  11973   Wed Feb 3 23:23:47 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP tableAs Koji pointed out in the previous elog,
the CCD beam profiler was ill suited for
this measurement. Nevertheless, to get a
 KnifeEdgeScans_x.pdfBeamscan_x.pdf 
  11977   Fri Feb 5 00:23:01 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLightwave NPRO moved from PSL table to SP tableI've repeated the measurement for the
x-direction and also did the y-direction,
taking into account Koji's suggestion
 Beamscan_setup.pdfBeamscan_x.pdfBeamscan_y.pdfZscan.pdf 
  11978   Fri Feb 5 15:02:13 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingX-end NE cable[Steve, gautam]

Steve thinks that the X-end Innolight
does not come with the noise-eater option
  
  11979   Fri Feb 5 16:50:24 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingFirst pass at mode-matchingI've done a first pass at trying to
arrive at a mode-matching solution for the
X-end table once we swtich the lasers out.
 Modematch_AUXx.pdfNewSetUp.pngModematch_AUXx_2.pdfXendModeMatch.m.zip 
  11981   Mon Feb 8 15:36:37 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingAlternative mode-matching schemeI looked in the optics cabinet to see what
lenses we have available, and re-ran the
mode-matching calculation to see if we could
 Modematch_alternative.pdf 
  11983   Tue Feb 9 11:49:47 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLaser swap initiatedSteve pointed me to an old
elog by Zach where he had measured the
waist of the 1W Innolight NPRO. I ran
 Innolight_beamProfile.pdf 
  11984   Tue Feb 9 19:15:36 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLaser swap - updatesSome updates on the laser swap situation:


Mode-matching calculation: 



I
should have caught this earlier, but it was
 Modematch_X.pdfXendModeMatch.m.zip 
  11985   Wed Feb 10 17:57:15 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLaser swap - updatesAfter the discussion at the meeting, I
decided to go ahead and open the top of the
oven so that I could get a visual on where
  
  11988   Fri Feb 12 17:05:40 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLaser swap - green light recovered but no flashes in the armAfter carefully tweaking the mode-matching
of the IR into the crystal and the four-axis
translation stage on which the doubling oven
  
  11990   Mon Feb 15 12:28:03 2016 gautamUpdateGeneralSomething has gone wrong - was there a power outage?I came into the 40m a few minutes ago,
and noticed the following (approximately
in this order):
 Vac_15Feb2016.png 
  11995   Tue Feb 16 23:42:22 2016 gautamUpdateGeneralPower Glitch recovery - arms recovered I was able to realign the arms, lock
them, and have run the dither align to maximize
IR transmission - looks like things are back
  
  11999   Fri Feb 19 00:42:19 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingLaser swap - beam ellipticity from laser?Eric and I spent some time yesterday night
trying to recover the green in the arm after
the laser swap. The problem essentially was
 IMG_6287.JPGIMG_6288.JPGIMG_6286.JPG 
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