I took some TF measurements, but I'm not sure if I used the right method to do this. All the resutls look essentially the same, so maybe I'm just measuring instrument noise and nothing else. Regardless, I' posting the results.
Measurement details:
For both measurements, I sent the source signal, first directly to PZT or EOM and second with a 50 Ohm termination in parallel. In case of EOM, I also did another measurement with low power to see if I can uncover any saturation effects my high powered source might be causing.
The output of two photodiodes, Thorlabs PDA10CS at (110,44) at dumped end of a PBS before PMC and at (64,28) at dumbed end of INput PBS of Faraday Isolator after PMC was measured and I took DC level of the outputs averaged over 10 s right after taking TF measurement. This was divided by the measured TF to get units of 1/V i.e. from PZT/EOM to RIN.
The parameter configuration files for the measurements are in the data directory.
What might have gone wrong:
I suspect that maybe AG4395A is unable to drive the capacitive load of PZT and EOM after a certain frequency. I need to find a better way to actuate the PZT and EOM in a known fashion, possibly through the FSS box or some buffer driver.
In the case of EOM, I'm also uncertain if the amplitude of actuation would be enough to do anything whatsover. Maybe the transfer function needs to be taken with high voltage driver.
Any comments on my measurement techniques are welcome as I'm surely not doing this right.
Rana's question about PMC:
I concluded that PMC is causing the 433 kHz peak because the only time I do not see it in CTN/:2502 is behind PMC when FSS is OFF. I couldn't think of a way to check if PMC Servo is causing it on its own. Can I do that without closing the loop somehow?
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