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Fri Apr 28 19:00:13 2023 |
Cao | Physics | VAC | Tighten CF ports on vacuum chamber | [Cao]
After Jon's comment yesterday
that some of the connection did not seem
to have good metal-metal contact, in particular |
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84
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Fri Apr 28 18:16:57 2023 |
Cao | Physics | VAC | Grounding vacuum system |
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83
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Fri Apr 28 11:21:01 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | Laser intensity/polarization drift measurements | The Digi-key cables have arrived, and I have
began implementing them in the intensity
drift measurements.
There was a slight |
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82
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Thu Apr 27 21:43:07 2023 |
Jon | Physics | VAC | Grounding vacuum system | This afternoon I made up a green 10 AWG
grounding cable and connected it to the vacuum
system. |
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81
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Thu Apr 27 16:23:44 2023 |
Cao, Pamella and Julian | Physics | VAC | Installing vacuum system (cont.) |
[Pamella, Cao and Julian, Shane]
Particles account
10:37 am: Starting the particles account |
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80
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Thu Apr 27 09:48:34 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Batch 12 Bagging | I took batch 12 out of the oven and put them
in a bag and placed the bag inside the clean
room in the first large stainless steel container.
I |
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79
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Wed Apr 26 18:05:41 2023 |
Pamella, Julian, Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom particle counts and cleaning log |
pre-cleaning particle counts:
zone 3
0.3
mu: 2494
0.5 mu: 748
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78
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Tue Apr 25 11:56:37 2023 |
Jon | Update | VLC Electronics | Red Pataya has arrived | The Red Pataya 125-14 starter kit that we
ordered for locking the 532 nm cavity has
arrived. I left it laying on the optical |
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77
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Mon Apr 24 17:38:45 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake Batch 12 | Today I Bagged and tagged the o-rings from
batch 11 and placed them inside the clean
room. I also cleaned batch 12 parts in liquinox |
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76
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Fri Apr 21 16:51:26 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Cleaning cables. | Cables for the vacuum system.
Today i wiped, bagged and tagged two cables
for the vacuum system. I used IPA wipes for |
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75
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Fri Apr 21 15:21:18 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | | FLIR project updates
01:50 pm: Starting test position 34 mm distance
to black wall.
Parameters : |
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74
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Fri Apr 21 00:06:43 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | Vacuum prep and installation - parts have arrived | The two parts needed to complete the vacuum
assembly (ELOG
70) have arrived. |
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73
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Wed Apr 19 17:39:50 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | FLIR project |
FLIR project updates- Initial tests
10:00: Starting test
in position 2 cm to the black wall.
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Mon Apr 17 17:06:49 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake batch 11 | Cleaned the Viton O-Ring for the main chamber
in Liquinox for 10 minutes. Then put it in
the oven to back for;
1. Ramp to 100 degC |
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71
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Wed Apr 12 16:17:50 2023 |
shane | Update | General | Particle Counter moved | With the added height of the new docking station,
the particle counter no longer fits under
the Windows monitor in the electronics rack |
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70
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Wed Apr 12 16:13:19 2023 |
Cao | Physics | VAC | Vacuum prep and installation | Aiden, Pamella, Peter, Shane, Cao
Today
we started vacuum chamber assembly work
10:16 am: Particle count measurement of clean |
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69
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Wed Apr 12 10:53:02 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Valve Cleaning | Bagged and Tagged the parts from batch 10
and placed them inside the clean room.
Then
cleaned the last gate valve in liquinox for |
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68
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Tue Apr 11 17:56:15 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Lab cleaning | Today Pamella and Julian finished cleaning
of the cleanroom, starting with the HEPA
vacuuming, mopping and clearing all floor |
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67
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Tue Apr 11 13:15:40 2023 |
Cao | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Nitrogen gas tank replaced | The nitrogen gas tank has been replaced with
a new unit. The new tank is ultra pure nitrogen
(>99.9% nitrogen).
The new tank has been |
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66
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Fri Apr 7 09:48:09 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Clean the system parts | Pamella and Julian wiped and tag system parts
for the vacuum machine. We used isopropyl
and vectra wipes in the most import pieces: |
7x |
65
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Thu Apr 6 10:20:43 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | Laser intensity/polarization drift measurements | More optical components were added to the
optical set up for laser intensity / polarization
drift measurements. Both lenses and both |
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64
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Tue Apr 4 16:52:08 2023 |
Jon | Update | Cleanroom | Particle counter docking station | Due to the problems we have encountered trying
to serially communicate directly with the
Met One DR-528 particle counter, I went ahead |
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63
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Tue Apr 4 16:43:53 2023 |
Jon | Update | VLC Electronics | Additional Thorlabs PDA10A2 | I ordered a second PDA10A2 and mounting post
+ spacer (which puts the aperture at the
VLC's standard 3" beam height). These arrived |
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Tue Apr 4 09:53:37 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | Laser intensity/polarization drift measurements | The set up for the next round of beam characterization
measurements has begun. The beam is initially
passing through a half waveplate, is split |
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Tue Apr 4 09:39:58 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Electronics | 532 M2 Measurements | Final M squared measurements were taken Wednesday,
3/29/23 by Peter and Ryan Hinosawa. 5 separate
sets of data were taken, and upon discussion, |
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60
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Mon Apr 3 17:04:05 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | IDP Scroll Pump Assembly | Aiden installed the isolation valve and the
exhaust silencer kits on the IDP-3 Scroll
pump. The entire assembly still needs to |
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59
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Fri Mar 31 14:23:13 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Clean and bake batch 11 | Today I bagged and tagged batch 11. I wiped
the some tools: Centering ring alum( 2 pieces),
reversible ratcheting, gasket removal (CF). |
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58
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Wed Mar 29 16:00:36 2023 |
Pamella | Update | Cameras | FLIR project |
Today Pamella and Tyler started work in
the updates for the FLIR project.
We trie
for the first time cover the mirrors with |
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57
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Fri Mar 24 13:36:17 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Clean and Bake batch 10 | Today I bagged and tagged batch 10.
I wiped
the RGA vacuum component for around 25 minutes
after that I bagged and tagged this part |
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Fri Mar 24 07:14:38 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | Workstation 2 (ws2) mounted on cleanroom cart | The ws2 cart has been thoroughly wiped down
with IPA wipes and moved inside the cleanroom.
I have reconnected it to power and Ethernet |
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55
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Thu Mar 23 18:40:08 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Cleanroom Update | Today Pamella and I came in to Hepa vacuum
and mop the floor of the cleanroom for general
maintenance. |
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Wed Mar 22 15:25:00 2023 |
Shane | Update | General | Clean room recertification particle counts | Attached are the five zone particle measurements
for the clean room now that the fan speeds
have been set to MEDIUM. 2 min sample time, |
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Wed Mar 22 12:16:20 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Experimenting with HEPA fan speeds | Jon, Cao
In effort to try to reduce the noise
level inside the cleanroom, we have dialed |
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52
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Fri Mar 17 19:46:39 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake batch 9 | Bagged and Tagged the reflector arms and bases
and placed them inside the clean room. Total
of 2 bags used. Cleaned and Baked parts in |
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Tue Mar 14 18:21:41 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake batch 8 | Starting off Peter and I refilled the deionized
water barrel.
Then Aiden Cleaned and Bake
the FROSTI arms and bases in liquinox for |
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50
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Fri Mar 10 12:08:09 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Electronics | 532 M2 Measurements | Took more M2 laser data today. The configuration
is the same as before except now the beam
camera is the only component moving. Pictures |
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Thu Mar 9 13:51:42 2023 |
Shane | Update | General | Clean room counts 3/9/23 | Here's the clean room counts from this morning.
Also attached is rough diagram of where the
five zones are in the clean room. Counts |
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Thu Mar 9 12:03:59 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Electronics | 532 M2 Measurements | Took more M2 Data today. Picture of the optical
set up is shown below. lens1 f = 100mm, lens2
f = 50mm, lens3 f = 150mm. There was a nice |
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Wed Mar 8 19:29:00 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake batch 7 | Today gave another cleaning to the MDC gate
valve. It is still very dirty an will need
more cleaning. I also cleaned the other 3 |
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Wed Mar 8 18:35:52 2023 |
Pamella | Update | | Lab cleaning | Today Pamella finished cleaning of the cleanroom,
starting with the HEPA vacuuming, mopping
and clearing all floor with IPA wipes.
Also |
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45
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Mon Mar 6 18:48:43 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Cleanroom update | Today Pamella and Julian finished cleaning
of the new lab cabinets. Also we wiped the
computer and put inside the cleanroom so |
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Mon Mar 6 15:32:58 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | Cabinet installation completed | Jon, Cao, Peter
This morning Facilities delivered
and installed two new cabinets with sliding |
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43
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Sat Mar 4 00:34:46 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Cleanroom Update | Today I was able to finish cleaning the frame
of the laser table, and for good measure
I wiped down the tabletop and exterior of |
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Fri Mar 3 19:13:33 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake Batch 6 | Started to clean the dirtiest of the valves.
I could not finish but I definitely made
good progress on it. The MDC valve is very |
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Thu Mar 2 20:53:56 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Cleanroom Update | Today Pamella and Julian began the final cleaning
of the cleanroom, starting with the HEPA
vacuuming and mopping then wiping down every |
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Wed Mar 1 21:50:46 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | Workstation 2 (ws2) mounted on cleanroom cart | The Linux workstation (ws2) that used to
sit on the blue workbench (now inside the
cleanroom) has been mounted on a mobile cart, |
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Wed Mar 1 21:27:20 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Over-table shelf height raised | Jon, Cao
Today we raised the height of the
shelf overhanging the cleanroom laser table |
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Tue Feb 28 19:37:22 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Clean and Bake batch 5 | Bagged and Tagged batch 4 parts by placing
no more than two part numbers per bag and
taped them with kapton tape and labeled them |
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Tue Feb 28 19:33:51 2023 |
Peter | Update | | 532 M2 Measurements | Y axis of plot in units of micrometers. X
axis in units of millimeters. |
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Tue Feb 28 19:31:05 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Electronics | 532 M2 Measurements | Took M2 measurements today. Configuration:
Lens 1 (f = 50mm) at 0mm. Lens 2 (f = 150mm)
at 200mm, camera at 350mm. The laser beam |
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