Yesterday afternoon Koji and I made some measurements to determine the QPD calibration curve.

We used a power supply with a potential difference of 18 Volts as input for the QPD and we looked at the X and Y outputs of the QPD using an oscilloscope. We first centered the beam on the QPD, then we moved the QPD from left to right in a 3 mm range along the horizontal axis using a micrometer, and, in this range, we took 30 measurements of the QPD X output using a digital multimeter. Then we repeated the procedure moving the QPD along the vertical axis and took 30 measurements of the QPD Y output.

I'm going to plot the measurements and to determine the Volts/displacement ratio.