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Thu Sep 5 15:40:42 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Configuration | PZT Sub-Assembly | Aim: To find the combinations
of mounting prism+PZT+curved mirror to build
two PZT sub-assemblies that best minimises |
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373
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Thu Aug 29 11:51:49 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Characterization | Wedging of the debonded PZTs - Calculation | Using the measurements of PZTs 12,13 taken
by Stephen, I estimated the wedging angle
and orientation following Section 2.3.1 of |
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372
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Fri Aug 23 11:11:44 2019 |
shruti | Optics | Characterization | Finding the curvature bottom | I attempted to fit the data taken
by Koji of the beam spot precession at the
CCD in order to find the location of the |
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371
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Thu Aug 22 12:35:53 2019 |
Stephen | Optics | Characterization | Wedging of the debonded PZTs 2019 August | Wedge and thickness measurements of PZTs
12 and 13 took place after debonding and
cleaning - results are shown in the first |
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370
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Mon Jul 1 12:49:42 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Scattering measurement of A and C mirrors | Liyuan's scattering measurement for
the A and C mirrors. |
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369
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Mon Jul 1 12:38:49 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | A and M prisms perpendicularity measurement | [Stephen, Koji]
The perpendicularity of
some of the A and M prisms were tested. |
6x |
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368
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Mon Jun 24 12:54:58 2019 |
Koji | Clean | General | HEPA BOOTH | https://www.airscience.com/purair-flow-laminar-flow-cabinets |
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367
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Tue May 28 12:14:20 2019 |
Stephen | Optics | General | CM PZT Assembly Debonding of EP30-2 in Acetone | [LiyuanZ, StephenA]
Downs B119
Summary: |
8x |
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366
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Thu May 23 23:27:38 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | IGHQEX3000 high power test | LaserComponents IGHQEX3000 (Cage
B2: Serial# B1-23) was exposed to the beam
with the optical power from 1.6mW to 332mW. |
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365
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Thu May 23 01:42:46 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | C30665 high power test | An Excelitas C30665 PD with the
cap removed (SN07 in Case H slot #2) was
exposed to the beam with the optical power |
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364
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Wed May 22 07:31:37 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | Camera test (DCPD high power test) | C30665 (3mm) camera test. The camera was
Canon PowerShot G7X MkII. Exposure 1/15s,
F 5.6, ISO 125, MF (~the closest), no zoom. |
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363
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Mon May 20 19:53:17 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | DCPD high power test | We want to perform a damage test of OMC
DCPDs with high power beam. The OMC DCPD
is the 3mm InGaAs photodiodes with high quantum |
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362
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Thu May 16 12:41:28 2019 |
Chub | General | General | fire pillow found on optics table | That is an expanding fire pillow, also
known as firebrick. It is used to create
a fire block where holes in fire-rated walls |
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361
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Wed May 15 19:07:53 2019 |
Koji | Clean | General | What is this??? | Suddenly something dirty emerged in the
lab. What is this? It looks like an insulation
foam or similar, but is quite degraded and |
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360
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Thu May 9 18:10:24 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot position scan / power budget | (Now the CCD image is captured as a movie
and the screen capture is easier!)
Various spot positions |
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359
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Thu May 9 17:35:07 2019 |
Koji | Optics | General | Alignment strategy | Notes
on the OMC cavity alignment strategy
- x3=1.17 γ + 1.40 δ, x4=1.40 |
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358
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Thu May 9 16:07:18 2019 |
Stephen | Mechanics | General | Improvements to OMC Bonding Fixture | [Stephen, Koji]
As mentioned in eLOG
331, either increased thermal cycling |
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357
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Fri May 3 11:06:28 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot positions and the scattering | Experiment on 5/1
- CM1 right knob was moved 1div (10um)
backward such that the spots were better |
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356
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Wed May 1 15:40:46 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot positions and the scattering | Tried a few things.
1. Replaced CM1 (PZT ASSY
#10=M21+PZT#22+C12) with PZT ASSY #7 (=M1+PZT#13+C13) |
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355
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Thu Apr 25 15:05:19 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Characterization | Looking at PZT HOM spacing dependance and thinking about workflow | [koji, joe]
The template or glass breadboard
was wobbling, and we noticed that the caivty |
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354
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Wed Apr 24 13:58:51 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Characterization | OMC power budget and UV Epoxy Bonding of BS1 | [koji,philip,joe,liyuan,stephen]
need to add spot positions.
Mirrors: PZT11,PZT22, A14, A5 |
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353
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Tue Apr 23 10:21:12 2019 |
Joe | Optics | Configuration | Moving the spots to the centre of the curved mirrors | [Koji,Philip, Liyuan, Joe]
CM1:
We moved the curved mirrors to |
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352
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Mon Apr 22 19:54:28 2019 |
Koji | General | | OMC(004): Spot positions at the end of Apr 22nd | |
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351
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Mon Apr 22 09:54:21 2019 |
Joe | General | | Shortening cavity (A5,A14,PZT11,PZT22) to get closer to design FSR | [Koji,Joe,Philip,stephen]
in units 20um per div on the micrometer
[n.b. we reailised that its 10um per div |
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350
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Sat Apr 20 00:50:12 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): Spot positions | Similarly to OMC
ELOG 349 the spot positions after the
replacement of CM2 were measured (Attachment |
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349
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Fri Apr 19 11:34:19 2019 |
Koji | Optics | | OMC initial alignment and locking | The spot on CM1 was found displaced by
3.4mm (horiz.) and 3.0mm (vert.)
in the upper right direction looking from |
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348
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Fri Apr 19 09:35:28 2019 |
Joe | General | | Adjusting cavity axis, re-alignment of OMC and locking | [koji,philip,
joe, liyuan,
steven] |
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347
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Fri Apr 19 09:21:07 2019 |
Philip | Optics | | Cleaning of OMC optics | ach[Joe, Phillip, Koji,
Stephen]
Work from 17.04.2019 |
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346
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Thu Apr 18 20:47:54 2019 |
Joe | Optics | | OMC initial alignment and locking | [Joe, Phillip, Koji, Stephen]
*draft post, please add anymore
info if I missed something* |
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345
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Wed Apr 17 10:30:37 2019 |
Philip | Optics | General | OMC optical set-up day 1 | [Joe, Koji, Liyuan, Philip, Stephen]
Work done on 16.04.2019
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344
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Wed Apr 17 09:08:47 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | OMC(004): Unwrapping and preparing breadboard | [Stephen, Philip, Koji, Joe]
Breadboard D1200105 SN06 was selected
as described in eLOG |
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343
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Tue Apr 16 23:11:43 2019 |
Koji | General | General | Borrowed items from the other labs | Apr 16, 2019
Borrowed
two laser goggles from the 40m. (Returned |
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342
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Tue Apr 16 21:16:11 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): PZT testing for spare OMC | After having dug into the past email, it
turned out that these wires were the ones
already replaced from the original teflonwires. |
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341
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Tue Apr 16 17:24:56 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC(004): E Mirror selection | We are going to use E6, E9, E11, and E14
for BS1, SM1, SM2, and SM3. They (and E18)
are all very similar. |
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340
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Tue Apr 16 16:52:36 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC(004): B Mirror selection | We are going to use B6 for the
DCPD BS (BS2), and B1 for the QPD BS (BS3).
Their role can not |
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339
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Tue Apr 16 16:40:26 2019 |
Koji | General | Configuration | OMC(004): A Mirror selection | We are going to use A5 and A14
for FM1 and FM2. (The role of these
two can be swapped) |
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338
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Tue Apr 16 16:35:09 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC(004): Glass breadboard selection | D1200105 SN006 was selected as
the breadboard for OMC(004).
The reason is the best parallelism |
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337
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Tue Apr 16 11:36:36 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): PZT testing for spare OMC | Attachment 1: Shadow sensor
setup for the PZT displacement test
Attachment 2: |
9x |
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336
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Mon Apr 15 21:11:49 2019 |
Philip | Optics | Characterization | OMC(004): PZT testing for spare OMC | [Koji, Philip]
Today we tested the functionality
of the four remaining PZTs (11,12,13 and |
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335
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Mon Apr 15 01:23:45 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly post air-bake inspection (Sub-assy #10) | Sub-ASSY
#10
Attachment #1: Mounting |
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334
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Mon Apr 15 01:07:30 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly post air-bake inspection (Sub-assy #9) | Sub-ASSY
#9
The most fractured unit among four. |
7x |
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333
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Mon Apr 15 00:39:04 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly post air-bake inspection (Sub-assy #8) | Sub-ASSY
#8
Probably the best glued unit among |
8x |
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Mon Apr 15 00:08:32 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly post air-bake inspection (Sub-assy #7) | Sub-ASSY
#7
Probably the best glued unit among |
6x |
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331
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Sun Apr 14 23:58:49 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly post air-bake inspection | [Koji Stephen]
(Friday afternoon) We retrieved
the PZT sub-assemblies to the clean room. |
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330
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Thu Apr 11 21:22:58 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly air baking | [Stephen Koji]
The baking of the PZT subassemblies
was more complicated than we initially thought. |
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329
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Thu Apr 11 21:22:26 2019 |
Koji | Mechanics | General | OMC(004): PZT sub-assembly gluing | [Koji Stephen]
The four PZT sub-assemblies were
glued in the gluing fixtures. There were |
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328
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Thu Apr 11 12:15:31 2019 |
Koji | Mechanics | Configuration | PZT sub assy mirror orientations | |
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327
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Thu Apr 11 10:54:38 2019 |
Stephen | General | General | OMC(004): preparation for the PZT subassembly bonding |
Quote:
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Wed Apr 10 19:22:24 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC(004): preparation for the PZT subassembly bonding | Preparation for the PZT subassembly
bonding (Section 6.2 and 7.3 of T1500060
(aLIGO OMC optical testing procedure) |
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Fri Apr 5 23:30:20 2019 |
Koji | General | General | OMC (002) repair completed | OMC(002)
repair completed
When the cable harness of OMC(004) |
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