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Entry  Wed Jul 7 13:05:07 2021, Paco, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, New aspheric flexures 
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       Reply  Wed Jul 14 12:21:08 2021, Paco, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, ECDL lases... and MZ locked mid-fringe selfhomodyne_1418.jpg
          Reply  Wed Aug 4 11:36:30 2021, Radhika, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, 1419 nm ECDL with 2um AOM tests rf_setup.jpgdiffraction_levels.png
             Reply  Tue Aug 10 09:51:44 2021, Paco, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, 1419 nm ECDL AOM diffraction at 95 MHz rf_setup.jpg
                Reply  Thu Aug 12 11:49:59 2021, Radhika, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, 1419 nm ECDL AOM diffraction at 95 MHz zeroth_order_contour.pdffirst_order_contour.pdf
                   Reply  Tue Aug 17 11:09:29 2021, rana, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, 1419 nm ECDL AOM diffraction at 95 MHz 
                   Reply  Wed Sep 1 13:12:02 2021, Radhika, DailyProgress, 1418 nm AUX ECDL, 1419 nm ECDL AOM diffraction at 95 MHz 
Message ID: 1914     Entry time: Wed Jul 7 13:05:07 2021     Reply to this: 1915
Author: Paco 
Type: DailyProgress 
Category: 1418 nm AUX ECDL 
Subject: New aspheric flexures 

[Radhika, Paco]

Today we fired up the 1418 nm ECDL and attempted initial adjustment of the aspheric lens. The design follows D2100115 which is a copy of the 2 um ECDL so we just changed the diode, the grating flexure angle, and the aspheric + flexure assembly and we are good to go. Radhika removed the 1900 nm aspheric flexure and we mounted the new collimating assembly which uses a f=3.1 mm (NA = 0.69) lens. At the beginning we had to feed over 300 mA of current to be able to see a beam (which was still diverging) so we had to free the flexure completely and align by hand to find the nominal positioning for a collimated beam. We lost a 2-56 screw in the process, but the final assembly is still in progress. The plan to follow is:

  • Finalize flexure alignment
  • Insert grating
  • Characterize ECDL emission
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