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  415   Thu Aug 17 14:19:04 2017 ZachElectronicsModelingTwo ESD Optimization2017-08-17


I ran a
sweep of the position of the middle ESD to
determine the optimal arrangement. From the
 17x 
  296   Wed Feb 8 17:01:01 2017 GabrieleOpticsDaily ProgressTwo laser installed, setup alignedToday I swapped out the 8mW laser
and installed two 2.5 mW lasers. I rebuilt
the input part of the optical levers and
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  300   Thu Feb 9 09:30:52 2017 GabrieleOpticsDaily ProgressTwo laser installed, setup alignedThe lasers are behaving well, there is
no high noise or wandering lines. The spectrum
below is taken in air: that explains the
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  409   Tue Aug 15 16:43:58 2017 ZachElectronicsModelingUnchanged Mode Insight2017-08-15


It appears
to me that the major factor limiting the
improvement of the modes that either remain
 Double.pdfThin.pdfOriginal.pdf 
  447   Tue Dec 12 15:35:27 2017 GabrieleGeneralMeasurementsUniversity Wafers substrates (76.2mm/0.5mm) annelaed2017-12-12

Four substrates
from University Wafers (76.2mm / 0.5mm) in
chamber
  
  122   Thu Sep 22 13:39:40 2016 GabrieleOpticsConfigurationUpdated design for the new C.Ri.Me. setupToday I measured the amount of space available
on the table for the new (4-fold) C.Ri.Me.
setup. It's 1050 x 1220 mm, with the
 crime_v2.pdf 
  331   Fri Mar 10 16:44:13 2017 GabrieleOpticsDaily ProgressUpdated in vacuum periscope of CR0This afternoon I removed the old periscope
from CR0 and installed a new one with finely
adjustable mount, like those in the new chamber.
  
  66   Wed Jul 27 15:43:02 2016 GabrieleFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum chamber dismantled and ready for cleaning[Alena, Gabriele]

As decided at out Red Door meeting,
we're going to clean the vacuum chamber
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  31   Thu Jul 7 17:44:11 2016 GabrieleFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum chamber tests[Alena, Gabriele]

This afternoon we opened the tall
belljar vacuum chamber, and took everything
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  33   Fri Jul 8 15:26:37 2016 AlenaFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum chamber testsFixed the 307 gauge controller (a missing
contact on the rair panel). The low pressure
gauge was connected to 1G port and has measured
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  36   Mon Jul 11 14:56:45 2016 AlenaFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum chamber testsInstalled a gate valve between the roughing
and tubbo pump. See below a pump down curve.
The convection gauge is not calibrated. the
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  38   Mon Jul 11 17:04:06 2016 AlenaFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum chamber testsAt 5pm the pressure was 6.5e-6 torr.

Checked again at:


9am, pressure was 2e-6
  
  52   Tue Jul 19 17:15:37 2016 GabrieleFacilityDaily ProgressVacuum pressure acquired[Alena, Gabriele]

We connected the analog output
of the vacuum gauge controller to one of
  
  186   Mon Nov 14 11:28:33 2016 GabrieleGeneralVacuumViton padsI added three 1"x1" viton pads
below the base plate, and realigned the entire
optical system to the horizontal reference
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  287   Wed Feb 1 15:23:42 2017 GabrieleOpticsNoise huntingWandering line is due to the laserThe wandering line I mentioned in my previous
elog, which is spoiling most of the sensitivity,
turns out to be power noise of the laser. 
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  95   Sun Aug 21 13:45:56 2016 GabrieleOpticsDaily ProgressWierd behavior of ring downs and Improved setupThe last two ring downs I measured today
showed a weird behavior of the lowest modes:

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  413   Wed Aug 16 14:35:05 2017 GabrieleGeneralComputersWorkstation is downWhile I was working, the network connection
went down. I tried to reboot the workstation,
but I won't boot anymore.
  
  418   Fri Aug 18 14:05:36 2017 GabrieleGeneralComputersWorkstation is now upReinstalled Debian 8, all packages and
CDS software.

Everything seems to be working
  
  504   Fri Mar 30 19:12:15 2018 GabrieleGeneralMeasurementsZirconia S1600519 S1600522 S16005652018-03-30


7:10pm in
chamber

S1800634 (Zirconia)
in CR1
S1600519 in CR2
S1600522
  
  2   Fri Jul 13 10:34:35 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationcamera imageWe were confused a bit about how the camera
image changes when you move the arm that
holds the camera and lens around the
  
  288   Wed Feb 1 15:35:30 2017 GabrieleGeneralDaily Progressexcitation not working - FIXEDMy bad, a cable was disconnected.




  
  5   Wed Jul 18 18:43:34 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationgone with the windHere a little purple video. It starts with
scattering angle around 15deg and stops at
about 80deg. 
 Purple.avi 
  4   Tue Jul 17 18:32:11 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationpurple imagesWe have the new 405nm laser pointer. 
The image to the left shows the scattered
light from the red laser, the image to the
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  6   Fri Jul 20 18:35:42 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationpurple improvements and first uncalibrated BSDF curvesToday we improved alignment of the lens-camera
arm. We discovered earlier that this alignment
affects the amount of "snowfall"
 Purple.mp4Red.mp4Purple_BSDF.pngRed_BSDF.png 
  8   Fri Oct 12 16:23:20 2012 janoschOpticsDaily Progressreassembled setupNothing has happened since Steve, the visiting
highschool teacher, has left. Meanwhile,
some parts of the multi-color BRDF setup
  
  131   Wed Sep 28 10:26:58 2016 ranaGeneralGeneralreferences on ideal glassesSome easy to read reviews on
thin films and ideal glass for people getting
started in this Q measuring game.



  
  1   Wed Jul 11 23:01:01 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationstarting the multi-color scatter experimentSteve Maloney, a visiting highschool teacher,
and I have started to set up a new scattering
experiment in the Richter lab. The idea is
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  7   Tue Jul 24 10:59:59 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationsum of purple and redWe played around with Matlab today. The
first step was to convert light wavelengths
into RGB colors. In this way we can combine
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  41   Thu Jul 14 16:56:00 2016 AlenaFacilityDaily Progresstest vacuum systemPlease see prosidures for pumping down
and venting with air for the test vacuum
chamber here
  
  3   Fri Jul 13 20:53:35 2012 janoschOpticsCharacterizationtwo imagesThe following two pictures were taken from
the same angle with green (left) and red
(right) incident laser at an angle of 15deg
 Green.pngRed.png 
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