LC1 fast axis tuning

[Shalika, Marc]

The ellipticity after BS was ~0.31° and we weren't able to tune it to 0° and simultaneously keep azimuth after BS at 0°. The tuning was being done by Polarizer and HWP+QWP before BS. We finally decided to remove the polarizer. The tuning of ellipticity and azimuth after BS was then done using HWP and QWP (before BS) to have 0° in both ellipticity and azimuth of the light after BS, i.e. linearly polarized light was ensured. 

Now, we had to recheck if our LC's fast axis was in the required position. (The misalignments could have risen from various factors especially, months of non operational temperature control in tama and not using the system)

The final position of LC would be updated in upcoming elogs.

ATC Cryostat Cabling

I confirmed the wiring of the ATC cryostat on the vacuum and air side. There are 3 Brundy 48-pin ports at the bottom of the cryostat labelled A, B and C. I only checked B, but the terminology and cabling should (hopefully) be the same for the other 2. The cables in air and vacuum are bundeled in sets of 4 labelled B1- B12. The table below shows the pin layout.

 

Name (wire bundle)	Pins	Wire Order (Pin number to wire color)
		In Air	Vacuum
B1	A B C D	Red Red-Black White White-Black	Red Black Blue Yellow (I only checked B1 and B2 but it should be same for the rest)
B2	E F G H
B3	J K L M
B4	N P R S
B5	T U V W
B6	X Y Z a
B7	b c d e
B8	f g h i
B9	j k m n
B10	p q r s
B11	t u v w
B12	x y z aa

BS cal uncertainty

	Front Face				Back Face
Parameters	Position 1 (3345)	Position 2	Position 3	Position 4	Position 1 (3345)	Postition 2	Position 3	Position 4
Reflection (%)	56.5 ± 1.1	56.6 ± 1.7	56.5 ± 1.3	52.8 ± 1.4	47.7 ± 0.8	49.5 ± 1.7	52.6 ± 0.9	49.1 ± 1.3
Transmission (%)	40.8 ± 0.7	40.8 ± 1.5	40.8 ± 0.8	40.9 ± 1.7	40.7 ± 0.7	40.9 ± 1.1	40.8 ± 0.7	40.9 ± 1.3
Loss (%)	2.7 ±  1.7	2.7 ± 2.8	2.7 ± 1.9	6.2 ± 2.6	11.6 ± 1.5	9.6 ± 2.5	6.6 ± 1.6	9.9 ± 2.3
Input Azimuth  (°)	-0.014+/-0.009	-0.0190 ± 0.0017	-0.0316 ± 0.0017	0.0207 ± 0.0021	1.6018 ± 0.0023	0.0190 ± 0.0017	-0.0316 ± 0.0017	0.0207 ± 0.0021
Reflected Azimuth  (°)	1.4154 ±  0.0022	1.3606 ± 0.0019	1.1625 ± 0.0022	1.5322 ± 0.0023	-0.014+/-0.009	1.4733 ± 0.0017	1.2267 ± 0.0017	1.7301 ± 0.0020
Transmitted Azimuth  (°)	-0.060 ±  0.0027	-0.0654 ± 0.0028	-0.0775 ± 0.0017	-0.0226 ± 0.0017	-0.0939 ± 0.0020	-0.1036 ± 0.0018	-0.0658 ± 0.0021	-0.0360 ± 0.0019
Input Ellipticity  (°)	0.008+/-0.008	0.0178 ± 0.0013	0.0150 ± 0.0013	0.0133 ± 0.0019	0.008+/-0.008	0.0178 ± 0.0013	0.0150 ± 0.0013	0.0133 ± 0.0019
Reflected Azimuth Ellipticity(°)	-0.3969 ± -0.3969	-0.3626 ± 0.0015	-0.3650 ± 0.0025	-0.1964 ± 0.0019	-0.1469 ± 0.0026	-0.1577 ± 0.0017	-0.0142 ± 0.0018	-0.0392 ± 0.0020
Transmitted ellipticity  (°)	0.2928 ±  0.0028	0.2921 ± 0.0033	0.2977 ± 0.0032	0.3175 ± 0.0016	-0.0549 ± 0.0021	-0.0623 ± 0.0014	-0.0602 ± 0.0014	-0.0555 ± 0.0017

 

P.S

1. Front face = where laser is incident on BS in an ideal configuration, and back face means the face opposite to front face.

2. the folders are saved on pc with the corresponding position name as folder name in BS calibration. 

Fixing Electrostatic atuator

The electrostatic actuator dislodged during transportation and came off while disassembling the setup.
Yesterday, I fixed it with Epoxy.
I couldn't remove the old Epoxy (not sure what type), so I just bonded on top of it.
The curing time is 7-14 days, but it should be ready to move by tomorrow.

BS cal (front and back face)

[13/11/2023]

Due to the position of clamp there was trouble calibrating the back face of BS(from 3342). The mount was changed. Previously we had mounted two different BS on two different mounts. So, in brief this is the second BS.

The BS is mounted on a magnetic mount, so just the upper half of mount was rotated such that the actual position of beam on BS doesn't change. This was best suited to calibrate both front and back face of BS. Even though the BS was rotated to calibrate two faces, the path of transmission and reflection doesn't change. The parameters obtained are as follows:

Input azimuth: -0.014+/-0.009
Input ellipticity: 0.008+/-0.008
 

Parameters	Front face (center)	Back Face (Center)
Reflection (%)	56.5 ± 1.1	47.7 ± 0.8
Transmission (%)	40.8 ± 0.7	40.7 ± 0.7
Loss (%)	2.7 ±  1.7	11.6 ± 1.5
Reflected Azimuth (°)	1.4154 ±  0.0022	1.6018 ± 0.0023
Transmitted Azimuth (°)	-0.060 ±  0.0027	-0.0939 ± 0.0020
Reflected ellitpticity (°)	-0.3969 ± -0.3969	-0.1469 ± 0.0026
Transmittted ellipticity(°)	0.2928 ±  0.0028	-0.0549 ± 0.0021

 

Beam Splitter calibration (front face)

[10/11/2023]

The front face of BS was calibrated and the properties obtained were:

Comment to Electrical shutdown preparation (Click here to view original report: 3340)

Takahashi-san, Sato-san and Hirata-san recovered vacuum without issue.

I recovered LC, PCI and Filter Cavity mostly without issues.

However, the wifi antenna in TAMA storage seems to be broken.

Also, one of the power supply switch in FC clean room  (mainly used for homodyne power) is making a strange sound if I turn it on.

I will replace it

Electrical shutdown preparation

[Marc, Shalika]

Workstation in room 216/217 off

ATC clean room koach filter off

LC : everything's off

PCI : everything should be off. We could not reach the switch of HEPA filter of pre clean room so it is unplugged (accessible from the stairs)

FDS : everything should be off both inside clean room, all oplevs, coil drivers, DGS. End electronics also off. Vacuum was taken care of by Takahashi-san (?)

Also turned off the server/network switch in storage, the new DGS switch, DAC/ADC and network switch

 

Can not upload pictures but I took the reference levels of several components.

Realigning input beam

[Shalika, Marc]

The recent temperature fluctuations led to multiples changes in beam path(tilted), height and input polarization. The mirrors were tuned to make the beam follow one line and at a uniform height of 75 mm all along the table.

The HWP and QWP were tuned to input a polarization of 0°±0.01°(azimuth) and 0°±0.01°(ellipticity)

The input polarizer was then tuned to get 0°±0.02°(azimuth) and 0°±0.02°(ellipticity). The power after the polarizer was 0.832 mW.

removal of spare ETMY

[Aso, Marc, Rishabh]

We removed the spare ETMY and put it inside its container.

To do it safely we first removed a front supporting pillar that has to be reinstalled.

Maybe because of that, it was first not possible to move the translation stage upwards (the right motor while looking from the input side was not moving).

After some up/down motion it could move slowly without issue.

We could not find the 3 screws to fix the container lid. We  plan to manufacture new ones.

ATC Optical Table

After discussing with Akutsu-san, I disassembled the Al frame on the optical table in front of the AC unit.

The optics (Nikon camera, some beamsplitters and other items) on the other end of the optical table (away from the AC unit) are still there since I have to discuss what to do with them with someone (who?).

Please feel free to use this table.

Data acquisition updated

In labview, we now have average filtering implemented. So, we can average camera and power meter's data (using average order from 1-10) at the same voltage of LC. 

Also, as a modification of 3319, we can now do several iterations of the same file and even fix the resolution of data that should be used from the file. 

Cryostat Work

I removed the FP cavity from the cryostat in ATC in prepration for cabling work.

The folded cavity optical table is now very crowded (being used by Mitsuhashi-kun and myself).

I want to remove the aluminium frame and foil from the optical table in front of the air-conditioning unit. Is it acceptable?

Nodal Support

I reassembled part of the nodal support system.
I need to fix the electrostatic actuator that came off during assembly.
Since I could not find epoxy in NAOJ, I will bring it from KEK and finish the assembly once the actuator is fixed.
(We can't upload photos to the logbook. We should discuss how to maintain the logbook)

Ultrasonic Wash- Nodal Support System

When: 2023/10/11
(log book went down around this time)
(it seems we cannot upload photos to logbook)

I cleaned the nodal support system components with help from Hirata-san.
During this work, the ethanol from one of the containers was used up.

Tabletop experiment of speed meter

2023-11-02 1500-1630 @ ATC North bld.txt, NAOJ
Tabletop experiment of speed meter
Yohei Nishino & Munetake Otsuka

-Configuration
1)Laser -> 2)QWP -> 3)HWP -> 4)Convex lens -> 5)BS -> 6)HWP
-> 7)FR -> 8)Rotary Disc Shutter -> 9)HWP -> 10)AOM -> 11)Mirror
-> 12)Mirror -> 13)Convex lens -> 14)EOM -> 15)Convex lens
-> 16)FR

-Polarization mesurement after 15)Convex lens
Horizontal 27,3 uW with background 4.3uW
Vertical 4.7 uW with background 4.3uW
Without polarizer 32.9 uW with background 4.3 uW


-Beam profile after 15)lens
position x-width y-width
875mm 0.42mm 0.53mm
900mm 0.51mm 0.56mm
925mm 0.58mm 0.63mm
950mm 0.68mm 0.71mm
975mm 0.74mm 0.84mm
1000mm 0.82mm 0.84mm

Tabletop experiment of speed meter

2023-10-18 10am-3pm @ ATC North bldg, NAOJ
Yohei Nishino & Munetake Otsuka
-Configuration
1)Laser -> 2)QWP -> 3)HWP -> 4)Convex lens -> 5)BS -> 6)HWP
-Optical power measurement
output of 4) : 473mW
output of 4) ->Polarizer @ 90 deg : 1.8 mW
output of 4) ->Polarizer @ 0 deg : 391 mW
output of 5) : 272 mW
output of 6) : 219 mW
-Optical component specifications
Extinction Ratio of Polarizer : 0.46% (=1.8/391)
Transmittance of 5)BS @ polarized light : 69.6% (=272/301)
-Configuration of wave plate
2)QWP : 24 + 0.4
3)HWP : 144 + 0.5
-Confirm 6) is really HWP @ 1064 nm
-Beam profile
-Firstly, tried to measure the beam profile with 2 ND Filters:-
beam profile has terrible modal noise, so change one ND filter to gradient shutter.
-output of 6) : beam diameter 1.0 mm
-output of 6) -> Faraday Rotator : 0.7mm with some modal noise

Tabletop experiment of speed meter

2023-11-01 1130-1630 @ ATC North bld.txt, NAOJ
Tabletop experiment of speed meter
Yohei Nishino & Munetake Otsuka
-Configuration
1)Laser -> 2)QWP -> 3)HWP -> 4)Convex lens -> 5)BS -> 6)HWP
-> 7)FR -> 8)Rotary Disc Shutter -> 9)HWP -> 10)AOM -> 11)Mirror
-> 12)Mirror -> 13)Convex lens -> 14)EOM

-Optical power mesurement of 10)AOM
1st diffraction light 1.06 mW
Transmitted light 0.69 mW
while input light 1.81 mW

-Optical component specifications of 10)AOM
Diffraction efficiency : 60% (=1.06/(1.06+0.69)

-Configuration
9)HWP : 51
Function generator for 10)AOM : 40MHz 5V(0 to peak)

-Beam profile after 13)lens
position x-width y-width
700mm 0.29mm 0.38mm
750mm 0.28mm 0.20mm
800mm 0.33mm 0.34mm
850mm 0.49mm 0.60mm

rotating HWP

Using data from the long polarization states generation of elog3308 I saved all the voltages required to generate a rotating HWP with 0.1deg error in ellipticity.

The 1st column is V1 and second column V2. They are sorted so that the HWP rotates from -90 to +90 deg.

The file is 'rotatingHWP.csv'

Monitor Cam

I set a monotor camera tentatively in the center room of TAMA at the request of the safety office. If the test operation was reasonable, I would set more cameras at some points.