40m QIL Cryo_Lab CTN SUS_Lab CAML OMC_Lab CRIME_Lab FEA ENG_Labs OptContFac Mariner WBEEShop
  40m Log, Page 328 of 354  Not logged in ELOG logo
 List |  Find |  Login |  Help 
New entries since:Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
 Full | Summary | Threaded | Show attachments  Show all entries    17696 Entries 
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 327, 328, 329 ... 352, 353, 354   Next  
ID Date Authorup Type Category Subject
  523   Fri Jun 6 15:56:00 2008 steveBureaucracySAFETYYoichi received safety training
Yoichi Aso received 40m specific safety training.
  524   Fri Jun 6 16:10:51 2008 steveUpdatePSLHEPA filters are running at 100%
The psl HEPA filters were turned up to run at 100% to accommodate beam trap work on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
  528   Tue Jun 10 08:37:18 2008 steveUpdatePSLbeam trap is being tested
High power beam trap is being tested just west of FSS area on psl enclosure.

When the pmc is operating at low power that means that the rest of the 3W is going into the
circular SS trap.

Please beware of the high power beam trap test
  529   Wed Jun 11 11:45:25 2008 steveUpdatePSLss trap works
The trap works well at 3 W level. No back reflected beam coming out of the trap on low power
sensing card level. The back scattering was not measured. The trap is insensitive to small pointing variations.
The SS surface did not show any visible degradation after 16 hrs of 3w exposure at elliptical beam size 4x8 mm

It is ready to be placed into the 35 W beam.
  550   Fri Jun 20 17:42:48 2008 steveUpdatePSLSS trap scattering compared to black glass trap
Circular SS304 trap was compared to wedged black glass trap.

The measurement set up of entry 529 was changed to define polarization.
CrystaLaser was remounted in horizontal position and half wave plate was placed after it.
These measurements were done in horizontal polarization.

atm1: the cSSt and wBGt was moved horizontally, ~90 degrees of the incident beam
atm2: traps were rotated around the incident beam, ~20 degrees each direction
atm3: set up
atm4: top view of traps
atm5: side view of trap
  581   Fri Jun 27 09:20:15 2008 steveFrogsPEMdust particle count is up & alarm handler is on
This 3 years plot show the trend of seasons.
When outside air quality goes bad ( 0.5 micron > 1 million ) the lab follows.
I will demonstrate this effect with a 4th of July fire works calibration.
Let's do not forget the construction activity next door either.

The alarm handler is busy:
It's sound level were reset to a modest level yesterday.
It would be nice to change the alarm sound so it can play Wagner:Der Ring des Nibelungen:
Das Rheingold, Die Walkure & Siegfried and Gotterdammerung
or something more appropriate than the present frog call

1, half micron count is climbing ( it's close to 16k now )
2, MZ refl signal is too high
3, MC lenght servo LO is too
  600   Mon Jun 30 08:59:23 2008 steveUpdateIOOIOO-MC_DEMOD_LO is low
The alarm handler is beeping relentlessly: asking for help in high partical count and low demod signal
  608   Tue Jul 1 09:26:33 2008 steveUpdateComputersRFM network is down
  609   Tue Jul 1 10:15:22 2008 steveUpdatePSLeventfull two days
The laser recovered from a short temp rise. The MZ was aligned and realigned. The suspentions were kicked up accidentally.
Now the computers are down.
  624   Wed Jul 2 15:14:42 2008 steveUpdateGeneraladded beam traps
I placed baked razor beam trap after INJ_SM1 and flipper in the injection path on the AP table


Quote:
I have constructed the beam injection optics for the abs length measurement.

The injection beam was coarsely aligned to the interferometer. The reflected beam from SRM was already seen at AS CCD.
I have attached the optical configration for this measurement and the optics layout at the AP table.

I am going to go to LHO for three weeks. During the absence Alberto tunes the mode matching and the alignment of the interferometer.

In the process of making this report, I noticed that one of the iris apertures is about disturbing the beam for OMCR CCD. I will check this before I go to Hanford. Also an RF spectrum analyzer is at the AP table. I try to return this near the PSL on Monday morning.

Attachment 1: Optical configuration for the abs length measurement.
1) One of the arms is locked to the PSL beam by the main control system (red).
2) A laser beam is injected from the AS port (blue). This laser essentially has different frequency from that of PSL.
3) The injected beam and the outgoing PSL beam appear at the output of the faraday in the injection system.
4) They beat each other at the frequency difference of those two lasers.
5) A PLL is used to lock the frequency difference to a local oscillator (LO).
6) The LO frequency is swept at around 3.87MHz, that is the approximate FSR frequency of the arm cavity.
7) If the LO frequency hits the FSR within the resonant width, the beating also appears at the transmitted light as the injected beam also becomes resonant to the arm cavity.
8) Amplitude of the beating at the transmitted light is measured by a RF spectrum analyzer as a function of the LO frequency. We get the FSR frequency (= the arm cavity length) from the top of the resonance.

Attachment 2: Optics at the AP table for the laser injection
700mW NPRO, laser source. vertically polarized.
Periscope, to raise the beam 1 inch to make the beam at the 4 inch elevation.
INJ_SM1/INJ_SM2, steering mirrors to align the injection beam to the IFO beam.
HWP1, half wave plate to make the beam to the farady horiz-polarized. nominal 42deg on the readout.
FI, Faraday isolator for protection of the NPRO from the returning light, for obtaining the returning light.
HWP2, to make the beam from the Faraday horiz-polarized. nominal 357deg on the readout.
MM_Lens, f=125mm to match the laser mode to the IFO beam.
SM1/SM2, steering mirrors to align the IFO beam to the Farady Isolator.
IRIS1/IRIS2, for the coarse alignment of the injection beam.
FLIP, flipper mount to turn on/off the injection optics.

Alignment procedure of the injection system
0) Ignite NPRO several hours before the experiment so that the laser frequency can be stable.
1) Turn up FLIP. Close the shutter of NPRO.
2) Adjust SM1/SM2 so that the ifo beam can appear at the output of FI.
3) Adjust height and position of IRIS1/IRIS2 with regard to the ifo beam so that the ifo beam goes through IRIS1/IRIS2 even when they are closed.
4) Turn down FLIP. Open the shutter of NPRO.
5) Adjust INJ_SM1/INJ_SM2 so that the injection beam can go through IRIS1/IRIS2 even when they are closed.
6) At this time, it is expected that the reflection of the injection beam from SRM appears at AS CCD, if SRM is aligned.
7) Adjust INJ_SM1/INJ_SM2 so that the injection beam at AS CCD can overlap to the IFO beam.
8) Confirm the beam at the output of the FI also overlaps.
---- We are here ----
9) Change the ifo configuration to the X or Y arm only.
10) Scan the crystal temperature of the 700mW NPRO in order to try to have the beating of the two beams at the PD. AS OSA may be useful to obtain the beating.
11) Once the beating is obtained, adjust INJ_SM1/INJ_SM2 such that the beating amplitude is maximized.
  642   Mon Jul 7 16:30:08 2008 steveUpdatePSLPSL-PEM 16 days trend
This morning the laser head temp was up to 20.3C because the laser chiller was overflowing.
I removed 700 cc water.

The PSL-FSS_RMTEMP became much more stable during the holidays as the psl enclosure was closed for 4 days

The high particle counts can be explaned by construction activity today.

The PMC & MZ PZT high voltages were out of range this morning.
  645   Tue Jul 8 08:16:56 2008 steveUpdatePSLPMC problem
The PMC is unhappy. PMC auto locker is not working.
DC output slider adjust has to be moved from rail to rail before it locks.

MZ is working great.
  646   Tue Jul 8 10:20:10 2008 steveUpdatePEMHEPA turned on
It is specially important to run the PSL-HEPA filters when inside counts is peaking at 30,000 counts

There is a small label at the hepa on/off switch:
enclosure open 100%,
low noise off,
normal 60% of Variac voltage setting on the top of the enclosure

Not running the HEPAs will lower the temp fluctuations from 1.5 to o.5 degree C
at the cost of particle counts from 0 to immidiate room counts.
  652   Wed Jul 9 15:04:22 2008 steveMetaphysicsPhotosSURFs helping hands
Surf students are helping out with baffle cleaning.
  659   Fri Jul 11 09:29:02 2008 steveUpdatePSLthe PMC still hangs up
Morning alarms:

PMC high voltage is railing, it's auto locker is frosen
I have to move DC Output Adjust slider by hand and it locks immediately

PSL_ISS is saturating. Saturation goes away when PMC is locked.

Laser chiller water is overflowing again: removed 450 cc water
  670   Tue Jul 15 09:47:09 2008 steveUpdatePEMlab temps and particles
All air condtion units were serviced last Friday.
AC filters are trying to control our particle counts but they have no capacity to match bad Pasadena conditions.
IFO room filters at CES were really clean.
Air make up filters inside and outside were dirty.
They showed the construction effect.
Control room and clean assembly units needed all filters replaced.

Note: the PSL-FSS_RCTEMP droped o.1C when enclouser HEPAs were turned back on
The RC temp controller should be better than that!
  672   Tue Jul 15 10:24:57 2008 steveUpdatePSLPMC temp & pzt voltage
The PMC pzt HV was happy with no HEPA temp stability.
Can we thermally insulate the pmc ?
  677   Wed Jul 16 09:27:17 2008 steveUpdateALARMPSL-FSS_RMTEMP alarm is false
Morning alarm sound is good for people who does not drink coffee.
Our 40m alarm is on every morning.
Those whom are not here in the morning thinks that this beeping sound is inspirational.
Would someone change this sound into less punishing form, like mockingbird chirp....

The C1PSL_SETTINGS.adl (40mm PSL Settings ) indicating that
C1:PSL-FSS_INOFFSET (Input Offset Adjust ) should be 0.3 +-0.05 V (red warning tag )

Alarm Handler: 40M pointing to yellow grade warning of PSL-FSS_RMTEM
This is a false alarm.

Two years trend of these channels are here:
  688   Thu Jul 17 08:30:15 2008 steveUpdatePSLPMC relocked manually
The PMC pzt HV and the servo gain adj. are railing at max this morning

Why is it on the decreasing side of FSS_RTTEMP slope?
  705   Mon Jul 21 10:00:42 2008 steveUpdatePEMifo room temp
Five years of temp trend with 5 C fluctuation. The campus chilled water supply was upgraded ~ 1 year ago.

I requested our thermostats to be calibrated.
  708   Mon Jul 21 15:52:22 2008 steveBureaucracySAFETYfire alarms test
The fire alarm test and evacuation drill was successfully completed at 13:45 Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Everybody was on time for the 40m meeting.
  712   Tue Jul 22 09:24:17 2008 steveUpdatePSLlaser power
Laser power reality of 120 days
  716   Tue Jul 22 16:50:09 2008 steveMetaphysicsEnvironmentprofessorial clean up of work bench
Atm1: is showing the spiritual satisfaction after work bench clean up by the professor himself.

Atm2: some items are still waiting to be placed back to their location
  790   Mon Aug 4 12:12:20 2008 steveConfigurationVACthe ifo is at atm
The 40m vac envelope was vented this morning.
P1 is at 760 Torr
  797   Tue Aug 5 10:23:00 2008 steveUpdateSUSearthquake and venting effects
atm 1, EQ
atm 2, vent 7 days later: venting kicks optic into place to be free,
PRM: LR magnet gets pushed in and it is stocked, side in free
  831   Wed Aug 13 17:00:59 2008 steveConfigurationSUSBS sat amp removed
The PRM sat amp is broken. Ben is working on it.
The BS sat amp was removed from the BS sus and it is used with the PRM in
order to damp it for wire stand-off alignment.
  833   Thu Aug 14 10:26:45 2008 steveHowToSUSsus cable pin cheater for out of vac damping
The 40m D25 vacuum feed troughs give you a mirror image pin count.

Sus damping outside of the vacuum envelope require this cheater cable where
on the male D pin 1 is connected to female D 13 and so on
and male D pin 14 is connected to female D 25 and so on
  834   Thu Aug 14 11:39:06 2008 steveUpdatePEMparticle counter is out of order
The 40m ifo paricle counter sensor failed last night.
  840   Fri Aug 15 14:12:31 2008 steveBureaucracySAFETYsafety glasses required
The MOPA shutter is opened,
the PSL enclosure is switched to bypass mode,
manual block removed from PMC,

the PSL output is still blocked and the mechanical shutter is still closed.

Pumpdown is at 300 Torr continuing

Laser safety glasses are required!
  843   Fri Aug 15 19:32:49 2008 steveConfigurationVACpumpdown complete
I have just reached vacuum normal. The maglev peaked at 49.8C body temp with aux fan on at 3.2 Torr
cc1 1e-4Torr

note: pumpdown was put on hold for Koji's goodby lunch
  845   Mon Aug 18 09:19:55 2008 steveSummaryVAC11 days at atm
It took 11 days to fix earth quake triggered sus problems of ITMX, SRM and PRM
Only ITMX north and BSC north vac doors were removed.

The PRM sus had to be removed form the vac envelope for "hip replacement"-new wire stand off was
epoxied in place.
Note: the PRM has no guide rod on the other side

ITMX, SRM and BS osems were optimized in place.
No crosscoupling optimization was performed.
Beam block was removed from ITMXC, it was too close to the main beam.

POX pick off mirror and mount will be replaced next vent.

Vac viewports were inspected from the inside.
  865   Thu Aug 21 10:24:20 2008 steveConfigurationSAFETYlaser safe mode condition
The MOPA and PSL shutters are closed.
Manual beam blocks are in place.
Enclosure interlock is enabled.
No other high power laser is in operation.

We are in laser safe of operation for visiting students from Japan

NO safety glasses required
  866   Thu Aug 21 16:28:59 2008 steveConfigurationSAFETYsafety glasses required
I just opened the MOPA shutter so PA is warming up.

High power beam path is cleared and laser safety glasses required.
  871   Fri Aug 22 16:06:29 2008 steveUpdatePEMparticle counter replaced, flowbenches & HEPAs checked
MetOne #2 counter was swapped in (on the top of IOC, facing SW direction, at ~75 deg upwards)
with channel one size 0.3 micron and channel two size 1.0 micron.
Sampling time was reduced from 60s to 6 sec at 0.1 cf/min at 25 min rate.

This means that displayed number needs to be multiplied by x100 to get particles/cf/min


HEPA filters and flow benches were checked:

PSL enclosure closed, HEPA speed at 60% 0-0 particles on optical table NW corner

AP covered optical table 1,000 particles of 0.3micron and 10 of 1.0 micron at NE corner

Flow bench at SE 0-0 particle (p)

on the top of SP cover at SE corner 60,000 p of 0.3 micron and 530 p of 1.0 micron

Mobile HEPAs 10cm from output screen in the center 800 p of 0.3 micron and 0 p of 1 micron
These filters will be replaced.

Clean assembly room:
both flow benches 0-0 p for 0.3-1.0 micron
east side bench 520 p of 0.3 micron and 210 p of 1.0 micron

Large hood in baking room with fan on 1.7 million p of 0.3 micron
and 16,000 p of 1.0 micron

Pasadena air just outside of main entrance:
3 million p of 0.3 micron and 30,000 p of 1.0 micron

My desk 743,000 p of 0.3micron, 63,000 p of 0.5 micron and 5,500 p of 1.0 micron cf/min

NOTE: existing COCHECKLIST.adl PEM displays needs to be corrected so it shows the 10 fold increase
and change particle size on this screen to 0.3 micron
  875   Mon Aug 25 10:23:53 2008 steveHowToGeneralcable killer
Rack 1Y7 double violation:

BNC cables left to be jammed by door

and see destroyed BNCs

RED fibers should be rerouted.
I placed protective obstacle in position
so the door can not be closed.

Please do not do this!

DNA analysis is in progress on your finger prints.
  876   Mon Aug 25 10:51:06 2008 steveUpdatePSLpsl headtemp is coming down
The laser water cooler was overflowing this morning.
I removed 500 cc water from the chiller.

The 4 days plot shows clearly:
that the capacity of the chiller is depending on the water level.
Overflowing water is a heat load for the chiller, so laser head temp goes up.
  885   Tue Aug 26 09:58:59 2008 steveOmnistructureCOCETMX is #03
This is the picture of ETMX from the upper south west viewport
  887   Tue Aug 26 15:06:16 2008 steveConfigurationVACrga scan
Pumpdown 66 PRM-maglev vac normal -day 11
short form: pd66PRM-m-d11
  901   Fri Aug 29 15:01:45 2008 steveUpdatePSLMOPA_HTEMP in increasing
The laser chiller temp is 21.9C ( it should be 20.0C )
Control room temp 73F ok, no obvious block

Ops, there is a piece of paper blocking the intake of the chiller

This is a four day plot. The paper was blocking the air flow all day.
  911   Tue Sep 2 10:09:03 2008 steveUpdatePSLhead temp is cooling down
The chiller was over flowing this morning.
800 cc of water was removed.
PSL-126MOPA_HTEMP peaked at 20.7 C (normal is 18.7 C)
  931   Fri Sep 5 08:34:03 2008 steveUpdatePSLMZ locked
The MC is happy.
The MZ can be locked if you move the slider by hand.
  933   Fri Sep 5 10:36:34 2008 steveUpdatePEMthermostate setting changed
Some one changed the thermostat (old control room ) setting behind 1Y6 from 73 to 79F
It should be in the elog.
The temp changed from freezing 20 to sunny 25 C
  935   Mon Sep 8 10:57:49 2008 steveUpdateIOOthe psl and mc are back to normal
The alarm handler is silent this morning.
This is almost unbelievably pleasant after two mount of harassment.
The MC did not lose lock for three days.

Atm1: the new fss layout
Atm2: PMC with lead brick
Atm3: 3 days plot
  936   Mon Sep 8 13:47:35 2008 steveUpdatePEMthermostate setting changed

Quote:

Quote:
Some one changed the thermostat (old control room ) setting behind 1Y6 from 73 to 79F
It should be in the elog.

In fact, it is. I demand satisfaction for the injury to my elogging reputation!




Thermostate setting was changed from 79F to 77F behind 1Y6
  938   Wed Sep 10 08:57:03 2008 steveUpdateGeneraletmy illuminator turned off
The ETMY illuminator was left on yesterday.
I just turned it off.
  942   Thu Sep 11 14:27:53 2008 steveBureaucracySAFETYsafety training
Peter Kalmus received 40m specific safety training last week.
  962   Thu Sep 18 09:30:12 2008 steveUpdateGenerallow noise metal film resistors are in
Low noise metal film resistor and capacitor kits from www.garrettelec.com are in.

manufacturer: Dale, 289 values, 25ea, surface mount,1206, 0.1% from 100 to 100K, 1/8 or 1/4W
additional values below 100 ohm and above 100K were purchased from Mouser with the same Dale specification

Ceramic capacitor kit from AVX
67 values, 25ea, surface mount, 1206 from 1.0 pF up

atm2: our new storage cabinet pick and put together by Jenni
  971   Fri Sep 19 08:09:55 2008 steveUpdatePSLpsl HEPAs turned on
I have just turned on the PSL HEPA filters at 60% operational speed.
  974   Fri Sep 19 11:48:14 2008 steveUpdateComputers old hubs can make one happy
Joseph finds a XIX century bottle neck hub: CentreCOM 3624TR 10Base-T
and happily replaces it with Netgear GS724T 1000Base-T
  984   Tue Sep 23 11:17:59 2008 steveUpdatePSLPMC scattering spot
The PMC output side has a new madly scattering spot at chamfer 2 o'clock position
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 327, 328, 329 ... 352, 353, 354   Next  
ELOG V3.1.3-