ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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7425
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Fri Sep 21 12:12:56 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation | {Jan, Manasa}
We installed the AOM driver back
on the PSL table this morning. To calibrate |
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7464
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Tue Oct 2 16:15:22 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation |
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7471
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Wed Oct 3 16:52:16 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation | {Jan, Manasa}
We set start to check the performance
of the AOM on the PSL table. The AOM driver |
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7474
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Wed Oct 3 23:36:54 2012 |
Koji | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation | After the AOM work the beam wasn't well
aligned to the PMC. The PMC REFL CCD shows
large misalignment in yaw. |
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7479
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Thu Oct 4 17:54:59 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation |
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7480
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Thu Oct 4 18:48:04 2012 |
janosch | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation |
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7481
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Thu Oct 4 20:57:43 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation |
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7482
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Thu Oct 4 22:16:28 2012 |
Koji | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation | Do
more investigation to understand what is
causing the power reduction. |
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7483
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Thu Oct 4 22:16:40 2012 |
Den | Update | PSL | PMC is locked | PZT monitor is not lying to us, I've measured
it with a voltmeter. But PMC SERVO is still
interesting. If I break the loop after PMCERR |
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7492
|
Fri Oct 5 14:53:29 2012 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | TTFSS board not fully seated! | [Den, Jenne]
Den noticed that the -15V LED on
the TTFSS board was not illuminated. |
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7494
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Fri Oct 5 18:08:17 2012 |
Manasa | Configuration | PSL | AOM installation |
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7501
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Mon Oct 8 11:15:53 2012 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | PMC and FSS had a weird weekend | Something bizarre-o was going on with the
PMC and FSS over the weekend. On the
striptool, PMC's PZT looks like it was doing |
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7590
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Mon Oct 22 21:20:36 2012 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | Beam attenuation optics in place | [Jenne, Raji (before dinner)]
We put the beam attenuation optics
in place. Before putting any optics |
|
7766
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Fri Nov 30 11:38:35 2012 |
Steve | Update | PSL | foil removed from enclosure | Aluminum foil replaced by sheet metal on
Enclosure and AP table. |
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7778
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Mon Dec 3 17:04:12 2012 |
Ayaka | Update | PSL | PMC calibration for MC_F calibration | In order to calibrate MC_F signal, I need
to know the calibration value from thorlab's
PZT driver to laser frequency. |
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7779
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Tue Dec 4 01:43:37 2012 |
rana | Update | PSL | PMC calibration for MC_F calibration | If you can't find the PMC sidebands
in the transmission, its because the SNR
is too small. |
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7782
|
Tue Dec 4 11:30:36 2012 |
Zach | Update | PSL | PMC calibration for MC_F calibration | In order to have less unknown, you can
calibrate the PMC PZT separately. Lock the
PMC and take a transfer function from either |
|
7810
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Tue Dec 11 11:40:07 2012 |
Manasa, Ayaka | Update | PSL | PMC drift | [Manasa, Ayaka]
I found that MC got unstable this
morning. This is caused by the drift of PMC. |
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7811
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Tue Dec 11 19:51:36 2012 |
Koji | Update | PSL | PMC gain was too low / EPICS alerting value for PMC updated | [Ayaka, Koji]
Ayaka pointed out that the PMC has
too low unity gain frequency. We checked |
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7823
|
Thu Dec 13 17:24:53 2012 |
Ayaka | Update | PSL | PMC calibration for MC_F calibration | I calibrated MC_F signal into Hz/rtHz
unit using the transfer function from
MC_F to PMC feedback signal. |
6x |
7836
|
Fri Dec 14 17:12:19 2012 |
Evan Hall | Update | PSL | PMC yaw tune-up (from Wednesday night) | Wednesday night, there was ~0.4 V on the
PMC transmission PD. I adjusted the steering
mirrors into the PMC and got the transmission |
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7895
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Mon Jan 14 09:08:37 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | PMC is only ok short term |
The PMC PZT voltage slider
seemed sticky. First it would not do |
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7983
|
Fri Feb 1 12:34:55 2013 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | Too much power injected into vacuum | I noticed (while relocking the MC after
Jamie and I zeroed the LSC offsets) that
the MC refl power was 4.8 V. Usually |
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8077
|
Wed Feb 13 16:31:08 2013 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | PMC pitch input tuned, MC yaw input tuned | [Jenne, Yuta]
I looked at PMCR camera on the MC1
tv, and tweaked up the beam going into the |
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8130
|
Thu Feb 21 16:53:37 2013 |
Manasa | Update | PSL | PSL shutter | [Steve, Jenne, Yuta, Manasa]
We have kept the laser ON at low
power through the pump down process. As we |
|
8263
|
Fri Mar 8 21:00:05 2013 |
Manasa | Update | PSL | PMC fixed |
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8264
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Sat Mar 9 19:29:27 2013 |
Koji | Update | PSL | Modulation depth | Last night I measured the modulation depth
of the MC incident beam.
Method: |
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8421
|
Mon Apr 8 08:05:41 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | PMC locked | The PMC locked manually. MC grabbed
lock instantaniously |
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8422
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Mon Apr 8 10:19:46 2013 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | LSC left enabled |
Note: The TRY PD isn't installed
and normalized properly yet, so the IFO OVERVIEW |
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8424
|
Mon Apr 8 22:43:44 2013 |
rana | Update | PSL | MC locking troubles: MC/FSS servo unstable | The MC seemed to be losing lock recently
quite a bit. I noticed that the PC Drive
RMS signal was red. |
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8429
|
Tue Apr 9 07:48:10 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | PMC locked |
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8435
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Wed Apr 10 07:37:33 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | PMC locked |
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8460
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Thu Apr 18 02:51:52 2013 |
Den | Update | PSL | FSS slow servo | Today Rana pointed out that our FSS slow
servo is malfunctioning. It has been for
a while that our laser temperature control |
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8470
|
Mon Apr 22 12:03:58 2013 |
Koji | Update | PSL | PMC aligned too | PMC aligned. C1:PSL-PMC-PMCTRANSPD improved
from 0.72ish to 0.835ish. |
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8542
|
Tue May 7 18:42:20 2013 |
Jamie | Update | PSL | PMC not locking | I'm just now realizing that the PMC has
also not been locked since noon today, and
doesn't seem to be responding to anything |
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8545
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Tue May 7 20:09:10 2013 |
Jamie, Rana | Update | PSL | PMC problem was FSS slow actuator | Rana showed up and diagnosed the problem
as a railed FSS SLOW output. The SLOW
Monitor about was showing ~6V, which is apparently |
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8546
|
Tue May 7 20:35:15 2013 |
rana | Update | PSL | PSL database / screen maintenance |
Fixed LOCKMC screen to display
the SLOWM voltage instead of the ref cav
transmission.
PSL Status .db |
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8689
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Fri Jun 7 21:33:39 2013 |
Manasa | Update | PSL | PSL green to Y- BEAT PD blocked | To allow Annalisa to work on the Y-green
alignment as I work with the X-green, the
part of the PSL green beam that goes to the |
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9019
|
Fri Aug 16 19:36:49 2013 |
Charles | Update | PSL | PMC_trans Channel | Rana and I connected the PMC_trans output
to the BNC connector board on the west end
of the PSL table (the channel is labeled). |
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9094
|
Mon Sep 2 15:22:57 2013 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | PMC relocked | The PMC was locked on an LG 10 mode
(or something like it), for at least the
last 8 hours. I relocked it on the |
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9155
|
Tue Sep 24 10:55:45 2013 |
rana | Update | PSL | PMC re-aligned | After relocking the PMC at a good voltage,
Steve and I re-aligned the beam into the
PMC by walking the last two steering mirrors. |
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9252
|
Thu Oct 17 22:38:25 2013 |
Masayuki | Update | PSL | PSL temperature changed | [Manasa, Masayuki]
PSL
temperature changed |
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9255
|
Mon Oct 21 09:46:12 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | Laser just turned on | I have just turned on the PSL Innolight
laser. The laser shut down with unknown
reason a day ago. |
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9264
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Wed Oct 23 15:46:01 2013 |
Jenne | Update | PSL | PMC was unlocked | The PMC was unlocked for a little over
an hour. I relocked it, and the MC
locked itself. Today, it looks like |
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9291
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Fri Oct 25 10:45:16 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | laser drift monitor set up |
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9292
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Fri Oct 25 19:56:58 2013 |
rana | Update | PSL | laser drift monitor set up |
I went to re-align the beam
into the PMC just now. I also tapped all |
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9329
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Fri Nov 1 19:09:01 2013 |
rana, evan | Configuration | PSL | PMC reflected beam nonsense | While looking at the PMC REFL beam
for the AOM diffracted beam, we noticed that
although only one beam exists between the |
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9333
|
Mon Nov 4 09:03:21 2013 |
Steve | Update | PSL | PMC auto locker |
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9381
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Thu Nov 14 00:33:37 2013 |
rana | Configuration | PSL | PMC LO is dying... | Back in 2009, Jenne replaced the PMC board
mixer with a Level 13 one. Today I noticed
that the LO level on the PMC screen was showing |
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9397
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Fri Nov 15 14:08:13 2013 |
manasa | Update | PSL | PSL Innolight shuts down again |
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