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Tue May 16 19:05:18 2017 |
Koji | Optics | Configuration | OMC SN002 fix - temporary optics | Working on the SN002 OMC fix. Checked the
inventory. I think I am using C8 mirror as
the new temporary CM1 and PZT24 as the new |
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281
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Fri Jun 23 01:58:11 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | OMC #002 Repair - CM1 gluing | [Alena, Koji]
Jun 21: Alena and Koji
worked on gluing of the CM1 mirror on the |
6x |
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282
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Fri Jun 23 10:55:07 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | Dust layer on black glass beam dumps? | I wondered why the black glass beam dumps
looked not as shiny as before. It was in
fact a layer of dusts (or contaminants) accumulated |
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283
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Sat Jul 1 15:29:57 2017 |
Koji | Optics | General | Black glass cleaning / Final bonding for the emergency repair for OMC #002 | [Alena, Koji]
Report of the work on June
30. |
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291
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Thu Feb 22 20:21:02 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | aLIGO EOM test | POSTED
to 40m ELOG |
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292
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Mon Apr 2 17:27:04 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | aLIGO EOM test | 2nd optical test http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/13725 |
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294
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Sat May 5 22:51:04 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | 3IFO EOM Optical test | The 3IFO EOM test performed at
the 40m. Result: 40m
ELOG 13819 |
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295
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Tue May 15 19:53:45 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | EOM Q comparison | Qs' were estimated with a lorentzian
function (eye fit)
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297
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Wed May 30 17:44:23 2018 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | 3IFO EOM surface check | 3IFO EOM dark microscope images courtesy
by GariLynn and Rich
Attachment1/2: Hole #1 |
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308
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Sun Sep 23 19:42:21 2018 |
Koji | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | [Koji Gautam]
With Gautam's help,
I ran a coating design code for an HR mirror |
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309
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Thu Sep 27 20:19:15 2018 |
Aaron | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | I started some analytic calculations of
how OMC mirror motion would add to the noise
in the BHD. I want to make some prettier |
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310
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Thu Nov 1 19:57:32 2018 |
Aaron | Optics | General | Montecarlo simulation of the phase difference between P and S pols for a modeled HR mirror | I'm still not satisfied/done with the
solution to this, but this has gone too long
without an update and anyway probably someone |
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311
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Thu Jan 10 20:42:54 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | FSR / HOM Test of OMC SN002 | OMC SN002 = Former LHO OMC
which CM1 was destroyed by the lock loss
pulse in 2016. This OMC needs to be optically |
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312
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Thu Jan 10 20:45:00 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PZT test cable | As OMC SN002 already has the PZTs connected
to the Mighty-Mouse connector, a test cable
with a female mighty-mouse connector was |
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313
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Sat Jan 12 22:49:11 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | PM-SM patch cable mode cleaning effect | Mode
cleaning capability of an optical fiber was
measured. The conclusion |
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315
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Sat Feb 2 16:17:13 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Summary: OMC(001) HOM structure recalculation | Each peak of the transfer function measurement
was fitted again with a complex function:
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316
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Sat Feb 2 20:03:19 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Summary: OMC(002) HOM structure recalculation (before mirror replacement) | OMC (002)
History: Measurement date
2013/10/11, Installed to L1 2013/XX |
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317
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Sat Feb 2 20:28:21 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Summary: OMC(003) HOM structure recalculation | OMC (003)
History: Measurement date
2014/7/5, Stored for I1, Installed to H1 |
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318
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Sat Feb 2 20:35:02 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | Summary: OMC(002) HOM structure recalculation (after mirror replacement) | OMC (002) after repair
History:Mirror replacement
after the damage at H1. Measurement date |
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322
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Fri Apr 5 01:07:18 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(002): transmitted beam images | There was a concern that the transmission
from CM1 has additional fringes. The shape
of the transmitted beams from CM1, CM2, and |
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323
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Fri Apr 5 01:08:17 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(002): DCPD / QPD alignment | The beam height in the cavity became totally
different from the previous one and the shims
needed to be much thicker than before. This |
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324
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Fri Apr 5 20:50:54 2019 |
Koji | Optics | Characterization | OMC(002): QPD alignment | QPD#
QPD1
QPD2 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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