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Thu Jun 2 21:55:02 2022 |
Jon | Update | Cameras | FLIR Camera Setup | The new FLIR A70 infrared camera has arrived.
Tyler and I unpacked it in the lab yesterday.
In less than an hour, we succeeded in powering |
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4
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Fri Jun 3 13:03:33 2022 |
Jon | Update | Cameras | FLIR Camera Setup | Summary
I have installed the
requisite software on chimay for interfacing
the FLIR A70 camera in Python. There are |
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5
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Mon Jun 6 17:11:48 2022 |
Jon | Update | Cameras | FLIR Camera Setup | Today I tested the Spinnaker/PySpin software
installations (detailed in ELOG
#4) with the FLIR camera connected to |
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6
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Tue Jun 21 18:31:49 2022 |
Cassidy and Phoebe | Update | Cameras | IR Absorbing Screen and FLIR Camera Setup | Today we set up the IR absorbing screen and
the camera on the optical table, as well
as tested that the camera was functioning |
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8
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Fri Jul 22 13:20:28 2022 |
Phoebe | Update | | Comsol | I will be using comsol until 1:30 pm today.
I will be updating the model for the heater
mount to be thicker in certain areas, so |
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9
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Tue Jul 26 14:10:35 2022 |
Cassidy | Update | Cameras | Optical Post Replacement and Realignment | Today I replaced the 3" optical post that
the camera rests on with a 2" optical post
in order for the screen to correctly fill |
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11
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Mon Oct 3 17:21:39 2022 |
Cao | Update | TCS | Inspection of macor parts | The macor parts arrived and inspected today.
These include:
Macor spacer
(drawing: LIGO_Redesign_Macor_Spacer_Drawing_v4.pdf |
7x |
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12
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Mon Nov 28 18:10:23 2022 |
shane | Update | ELOG | Particle counts in the clean room | Particle count stats for the clean room Nov
28, 2022:
Took 10 sample runs in each of
5 regions in the clean room (5 runs per region |
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15
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Wed Jan 18 22:06:05 2023 |
Julian | Update | ELOG | Cleanroom Update | I wiped down all the inner walls of the cleanroom
using alcohol wipes, as per Cao's instruction. |
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16
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Mon Jan 23 17:26:15 2023 |
Peter Carney | Update | General | Oven cleaning | Aiden and Cao
Turned on the oven to 120
deg C for 12 hours. After 12 hours, put it
at 200 deg C for 48 hours. |
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17
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Thu Jan 26 18:58:25 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Oven Heating | Aiden cleaned the oven with methanol again
and set the oven to 260 degC for 12 hours. |
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18
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Fri Jan 27 18:44:31 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Vacuum Chanmber Cleaning | I used the IPA wipes to wipe down the inside
of the chamber the best I could. I cleaned
the main chamber but not any of the connecting |
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21
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Sat Feb 4 17:01:03 2023 |
Peter | Update | VLC Electronics | Laser Data | Peter and Ryan took laser beam data. Configuration:
100mm focal length lens is ~100mm from lens.
150mm focal length lens is ~200mm from first |
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22
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Mon Feb 6 20:02:32 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Cleanroom Update | I wiped down the main table (including frame,
legs, and transparent shelf) and workbench
using alcohol wipes. Once I cleaned all of |
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25
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Fri Feb 10 15:15:30 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Bagging First Batch | Aiden Bagged and Tagged the first batch of
stainless steel parts shown on the google
spread sheet.
1. Removed two parts from |
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27
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Sat Feb 11 00:17:27 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Vacuum Chamber Cleaning | Today I finished wiping down the rest of the
vacuum chamber, specifically focusing on
the connecting ports and outside surface |
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28
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Sat Feb 11 17:09:29 2023 |
Shane | Update | General | clean room particle counts 2/10/23 | Took a round of clean room counts after the
latest clean of vacuum chamber on Feb 10.
Used 60 second sample time, 5 samples for |
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30
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Fri Feb 17 19:12:39 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Clean and Bake batch 3 | Bagged and Tagged batch 2 parts by placing
no more than two parts per ESD bag then taped
them with kapton tape and tagged them with |
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32
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Thu Feb 23 13:32:55 2023 |
Shane | Update | General | Clean room floor particle counts | Here are the counts from the clean room floor
today. The counts should be dated- the ones
from today (2/23/23) are the last 8 in the |
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33
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Thu Feb 23 21:12:33 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Vacuum Chamber Cleaning | Today I was able to come in and wipe down
both sides of the vacuum chamber lid using
the regular alcohol wipes and also wipes |
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34
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Mon Feb 27 17:09:04 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Vacuum Chamber Cleaning | Pamella and Julian finished cleaning the interior
of the chamber, chamber lid, and the table.
We found some black residue on the side of |
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35
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Tue Feb 28 13:53:17 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | Vacuum chamber cleaning | Pamella, Dr. Richardson and Dr.Cao finished
checking and cleaning the interior of the
chamber, chamber lid, and exterior of the |
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36
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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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37
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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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41
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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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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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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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46
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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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48
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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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49
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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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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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54
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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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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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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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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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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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61
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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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62
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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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