I used the setup to measure scattered loss from an REO mirror (mirror for iLIGO refcav, the one we measured coating thermal noise) and get 6 ppm. This number agrees quite well with the previous Finesse measurement.
Finesse measurement from REO mirrors = 9700 , see PSL:424 The absorption loss in each mirror is ~ 5 ppm ( from photo thermal measurement, see PSL:1375). The measured finesse infers that the roundtrip loss is ~ 24 ppm, see here. So each mirror has ~ 12 ppm loss. With ~ 5ppm absorption loss, we can expect ~ 6-7 ppm loss for scattered loss. So this measurement roughly says that our scattered light setup and calibration is ok.
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