With the cavities locked, Tara and I took OLTFs of the PDH loops.
Below 100 kHz, we used the SR785 with a 70.7 mVpk excitation. Above 30 kHz, we used the HP4395A with a 22.4 mVrms excitation (these are the "HF" traces on the attached plot).
Before taking these TFs, we turned the loop gains up as high as possible without making the loops saturate.
- For north, the gains were 900 common and 900 fast, and the incident power was 1.26(5) mW.
- For south, the gains were 632 common and 770 fast, and the incident power was 1.05(2) mW.
We injected the excitation on common EXC. We then measured the TF which takes common OUT2 to common OUT1. This is almost the OLTF of the loop, except for an AD829 between OUT2 and OUT1 which has a gain of −4 V/V.
Currently I'm not sure how to explain the magnitude discrepancy between the SR785 and HP4395 measurements. Both OUT1 and OUT2 have a 50 Ω output impedance, so I would expect the impedance difference between the SR785 and HP4395 would cancel out in this measurement. |