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  454   Mon Nov 14 08:34:45 2022 CamilleOpticsCharacterizationtransmission measurements through OMC #1 (before cleaning)[Camille, Koji]

Friday, Nov 11th, 2022

Setting up OMC #1 for transmission
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  455   Mon Nov 14 09:27:13 2022 KojiOpticsCharacterizationtransmission measurements through OMC #1 (before cleaning)The measured total optical loss of the
OMC was

1st:   0.015 +/- 0.003
 OMC_Powerbudget.xlsx 
  527   Mon Apr 24 15:29:48 2023 Camille MakaremOptics summary of zygo setupsSummary of Zygo setups

Initial Zygo Setup:
Our initial Zygo setup consisted of
 6x 
  598   Tue Aug 8 07:39:17 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralsteering the beam spot on the curved mirrors[Camille, Thejas]
7 August 2023
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  600   Tue Aug 8 10:42:11 2023 ThejasOpticsGeneralsteering the beam spot on the curved mirrorsThe spots look quite bright on the CMs,
we need to move the spots towards the center
of the mirorrs to avoid scatter points.
  
  601   Wed Aug 9 07:47:21 2023 Camille, ThejasOpticsGeneralsteering the beam spot on the curved mirrors[Camille, Thejas, Masayuki]
8 August 2023
 7x 
  583   Tue Aug 1 11:04:13 2023 Camille MakaremGeneralGeneralreoptimizing cavity alignment before locking[Camille, Thejas]
We rechecked the alignment this morning
and re-optimized the resonance a bit. There
  
  609   Thu Aug 17 09:06:51 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralrealignment of beam path through mode-matching lenses[Camille, Thejas]
16 August 2023
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  604   Fri Aug 11 10:42:05 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsCharacterizationpower budget measurements[Camille, Thejas]
10 August 2023
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  582   Mon Jul 31 13:19:14 2023 Camille MakaremGeneralGeneralplans for this week 31 July 2023Plans for this week:
1) Verify electronics setup for cavity
locking.
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  585   Thu Aug 3 07:22:19 2023 Camille MakaremGeneralGeneralparticle count and cavity optimization/alignmentYesterday, we measured the particle count
in the enclosure to ensure that the lower
setting on one of the HEPAs is still acceptable.
  
  591   Mon Aug 7 07:36:09 2023 Camille MakaremGeneralGeneralparticle count[Camille, Thejas]

We lowered the setting to MEDIUM on
  
  603   Thu Aug 10 12:33:42 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneraloptimizing the cavity post-cleaning[Camille, Thejas]

This morning, we continued the efforts
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  592   Mon Aug 7 07:40:33 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneraloptimizing reflected signal[Camille, Thejas] 4 August 2023

-REFL PD signal (unlocked): 3.5V
  
  593   Mon Aug 7 08:37:59 2023 KojiOpticsGeneraloptimizing reflected signalWith the current level of the mode
matching, the spot positions can be optimized.
I'd work on it first as the mirror RoC
  
  594   Mon Aug 7 08:51:56 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneraloptimizing reflected signalWe will plan to look at the reflection
CCD image this afternoon.

  
  607   Tue Aug 15 16:15:13 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralnew power measurements (after cleaning)[Camille, Thejas, Masayuki]

This afternoon we finished the realignment
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  606   Mon Aug 14 14:13:34 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralmode-mismatch in the cavityFor Set 1 of the data in https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8081/OMC_Lab/604,

VREFL(unlocked) = 3.226V
VREFL(locked) = 0.13V
  
  608   Thu Aug 17 07:57:12 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralmode-matching in the cavity[Camille, Thejas, Koji]
16 August 2023
  
  362   Thu May 16 12:41:28 2019 ChubGeneralGeneralfire pillow found on optics tableThat is an expanding fire pillow, also
known as firebrick.  It is used to create
a fire block where holes in fire-rated walls
  
  107   Wed Apr 10 00:40:30 2013 ZachOpticsConfigurationfauxMC locked[Koji, Zach]
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  67   Tue Mar 5 19:37:00 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterizationeLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement detailsEDIT (ZK): Koji points out that (1 -
Ti) should really be the non-resonant reflectivity
of the aligned cavity, which is much closer
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  68   Wed Mar 6 23:24:58 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterizationeLIGO OMC visibility vs. power measurement detailsI found that, in fact, I had lowered
the modulation depth since when I measured
it to be 0.45 rads --> Psb = 0.1.
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  602   Wed Aug 9 17:00:52 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralcleaning the cavity optics[Camille, Thejas]

We inspected surfaces of the cavity
  
  456   Tue Nov 15 07:46:58 2022 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralcleaning OMC #1Monday, November 14, 2022

Camille and Koji did a "deep
cleaning" of OMC#1:
  
  610   Mon Aug 21 07:59:40 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsGeneralcavity realignment and new power measurements[Camille, Thejas]
18 August 2023
 6x 
  611   Mon Aug 21 15:02:32 2023 KojiOpticsGeneralcavity realignment and new power measurementsThis is WOW!

Excellent mode matching work.

The measurement is still
  
  612   Mon Aug 21 16:05:07 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsCharacterizationcavity realignment and new power measurementsThanks for clarifying that. We will repeat
some power measurements and check the output
offset voltage to the laser.
  
  613   Mon Aug 21 16:15:09 2023 KojiOpticsCharacterizationcavity realignment and new power measurementsYou should proceed to the next steps. You'll
need to repeat the power measurements before
the bonding. Next time, the measurement procedure
  
  614   Tue Aug 22 10:25:10 2023 ThejasOpticsCharacterizationcavity realignment and new power measurementsThanks Koji, we did observe this discrepency
and thought that the code normalizes the
power/voltage readings to the reference power
  
  588   Thu Aug 3 15:04:26 2023 StephenGeneralGeneralaLIGO Unit 4 Build, Cable Routing, Preparation[Dean, Stephen]

Unit #4 aLIGO OMC unit
was transported to the 40m Bake Lab.
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  530   Fri Apr 28 13:25:40 2023 Thejas OpticsGeneralaLIGO OMC Unit-4[Camille, Koji, Thejas]

Yesterday, we cleaned the cavity
optics with first contact, aligned the input
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  537   Thu May 11 10:46:17 2023 Thejas GeneralCharacterizationaLIGO OMC[Thejas, Camille, Koji]

We aligned the laser beam to the
cavity and drove the OMC cavity PZTs (0 to
  
  291   Thu Feb 22 20:21:02 2018 KojiOpticsCharacterizationaLIGO EOM testPOSTED
to 40m ELOG
  
  292   Mon Apr 2 17:27:04 2018 KojiOpticsCharacterizationaLIGO EOM test2nd optical test http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/13725   
  153   Fri Aug 16 17:21:38 2013 KojiGeneralGeneral[OMC002] Build started[Jeff Koji]

The breadboard (SN2) was loaded
on the transportation fixture.
  
  74   Wed Mar 20 09:38:02 2013 ZachOpticsCharacterization[LLO] OMC test bench modified For various reasons, I had to switch
NPROs (from the LightWave 126 to the Innolight
Prometheus).
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  146   Tue Jun 18 15:45:38 2013 KojiGeneralGeneral[LLO] OMC installation in HAM6OMC installed
in HAM6!
  
  140   Fri Jun 7 16:04:44 2013 KojiGeneralGeneral[LLO] OMC arrived[Koji Zach Suresh]
The OMC arrived at LLO without any
destruction!
  
  143   Thu Jun 13 12:12:20 2013 ZachGeneralGeneral[LLO] OMC and OMCS in LVEAhttps://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7395
  
  141   Mon Jun 10 10:04:37 2013 KojiGeneralGeneral[LLO] OMC Test[Koji Zach]
We worked on the OMC test over
the weekend.
 OMC_pow_cal.pdfresponsivity.pdfOMC_pow_cal_compensated.pdf 
  142   Thu Jun 13 12:04:57 2013 KojiGeneralGeneral[LLO] OMC Optical Test - completedhttps://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7373   
  144   Fri Jun 14 06:35:21 2013 JeffGeneralGeneral[LLO] L1 OMC statushttps://alog.ligo-la.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7410
Weights:
Suspension cage and transportation
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  521   Thu Apr 13 07:47:28 2023 Camille MakaremOpticsCharacterizationZygo setup for curved mirror measurements[Camille, Thejas, Stephen]

We modified the Zygo setup for
measuring the sagitta of the curved mirrors.
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  19   Wed Aug 22 20:16:43 2012 KojiFacilityGeneralWorkbenches have been installed / Clean room stoolsLast Friday, new workbenches were installed.
Vladimir got a new table and a cleanroom
stool.
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  300   Mon Jul 2 15:27:31 2018 Rich AbbottElectronicsGeneralWork on EOM (3rd IFO unit)Koji, Rich

We took apart the unit removed
from the 3rd IFO (Unit serial number aLIGO
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  33   Wed Nov 7 20:21:42 2012 KojiGeneralGeneralWork completed in October [!]Completed work of the previous months:
[Jul]
[Aug]
  
  47   Mon Dec 31 01:45:04 2012 KojiGeneralGeneralWork completed in Nov and Dec [!]Completed work of the previous months:
[Jul]
[Aug]
  
  12   Tue Jul 31 21:29:43 2012 KojiGeneralGeneralWork completed in July [!]
    Completed Work: Facility/Supplies

   
        
  
  28   Tue Oct 16 15:50:09 2012 KojiGeneralGeneralWork completed in August/September [!]
    Work done
   

        
  
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