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584
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Mon Jun 2 09:45:06 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater modeling Update | Slides
I have added some slides to my meeting
updates. The updates include: my choice in |
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583
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Tue May 27 12:52:22 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Using the configuration in section 2.11.1
in the Sorensen installation and operation
manual (attached below), I'm able to remote |
6x |
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582
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Mon May 26 23:24:33 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Initial Monte Carlo Simulations for Toroidal Mirrors Project | I've run an initial Monte Carlo simulation
for statistical comparison of toroidal mirrors
for the dual FROSTI TCS case. Below is the |
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581
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Mon May 26 11:15:28 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Update to optimization plots | I have created some new optimization plots.
I have also started on a model like the previous
Desmos model, but in python.
Slides |
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580
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Wed May 21 14:40:38 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom Temperature |
Date and Time:
Around 2:20 PM on May 21, 2025
Location and Temperature: |
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579
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Mon May 19 10:59:14 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | | |
Status Update
Previous Status: |
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578
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Thu May 15 12:03:41 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | Electronics | Notice | All Sorensen power supplies are turned
off. The Cymac system is down (All Chassis
are down) |
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577
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Tue May 13 12:41:06 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# Profiles Update | Slides on the A# ITM FROSTI profile modeling
efforts can be found here. |
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576
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Tue May 13 12:35:01 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | |
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575
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Sun May 11 19:36:42 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | New optimization plots | Slides
I have re-run the optimization plots
with the changes mentioned last week. |
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574
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Fri May 9 20:06:27 2025 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Mohak, Luis]
We were also able to remove the residue
that has built up on the soft walls by donning |
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573
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Thu May 8 17:41:56 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | RGA Scan Post Bake | [Ma, Luis]
After taking the RGA scans of
the new system, here are the results of the |
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572
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Tue May 6 13:19:31 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | |
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571
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Tue May 6 13:07:34 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Initial Convergence Plots for Toroidal Mirrors Project | |
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570
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Tue May 6 12:25:03 2025 |
Tyler | Configuration | CDS | Cymac ADC CSD measurement | An initial measurement of the cymbal ADC CSD
is attached below. As of now, it seems that
the sensitivity limit is roughly the same |
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569
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Sun May 4 18:17:45 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater modeling Update | Slides
I have changed some properties
of the thermal model and am re-running the |
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568
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Fri May 2 12:34:02 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | VAC | Stopped bake | The
vacuum chamber has stopped baking.
Current state as of 12:30, 5/2/2025: |
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567
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Wed Apr 30 17:33:14 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | VAC | Started bake | [Luke, Ma, Tyler]
The
vacuum chamber is currently baking. |
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566
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Wed Apr 30 15:43:56 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum Update | [Ma, Luke, Luis]
April 29, 2025
3:30 PM |
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565
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Wed Apr 30 13:42:45 2025 |
Shane | Update | CDS | UPS comms successful | Update on UPS1 serial interfacing: communication
is now successful. On 4/15/25 we connected
to UPS1 via ethernet rather than USB, and |
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564
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Tue Apr 29 10:59:25 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder with Updated Comparison Cases | |
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563
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Mon Apr 28 22:08:28 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum Leak Test result | [Ma, Luke, Luis]
April 24, 2025
3:00 PM |
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562
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Fri Apr 25 19:18:10 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | New optimization plots | I have created two more plots. One on the
transmitted power for a specific configuration.
This was done by taking the product of the |
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561
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Fri Apr 25 09:09:03 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Update to optimization plots | I have calculated the curvature of the surface
plots and created a heat map out of the data.
I have also created a contour plot of them |
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560
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Tue Apr 22 13:00:04 2025 |
Nathan | Update | VLC Update | Photodiode signal check and additional signal check due to 20Mhz signal and amplifier | In general, photodiode was able to achieve
signal. Below are the voltage signals and
frequency measurements of the photodiode |
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559
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Tue Apr 22 12:08:46 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Test 7: Reconnect ribbon cables
Setup: Reconnect all
the ribbon cables, and turned on the AI Chassis |
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558
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Tue Apr 22 11:04:31 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update with Interferometer Operation | |
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557
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Tue Apr 22 08:00:39 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Thermal optimization modeling 40kg | I have redone the width and location optimization
with a 40kg test mass. This was to see where
the nominal ring heater would fall in this |
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556
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Mon Apr 21 16:56:42 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Fixed Observed Squeezing Curve for Toroidal Mirror Case | We've resolved the issue with the observed
squeezing curve for the toroidal mirror case
showing worse performance at lower frequencies |
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555
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Thu Apr 17 12:12:29 2025 |
Liu | HowTo | Interferometer Simulations | Preventing Thread Contention in Multiprocessing with Finesse and Cython |
Avoiding Thread
Contention When Using Multiprocessing |
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554
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Tue Apr 15 11:37:17 2025 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Finishing up mirror coating map step | |
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553
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Tue Apr 15 11:13:43 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Test 4: AI Chassis ground isolation
Setup: AI Chassis isolated
from the ground with readout directly connected |
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552
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Tue Apr 15 11:09:37 2025 |
Liu | Update | FLIR | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update with robustness study | |
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551
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Tue Apr 8 20:04:35 2025 |
Nathan | Update | VLC Update | PDH Lock Progress | Connected the DC bias and mixer. Need to connect
signal generator now to RF Amp and mixer,
and also need to connect power supply. After |
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550
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Tue Apr 8 12:15:59 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Updated optimization plot | |
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549
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Tue Apr 8 10:47:10 2025 |
Liu | Update | General | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update | |
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548
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Tue Apr 8 00:17:01 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Squeezing Performance Graphs for Case With and Without Toroidal Mirrors in LIGO | I've created some graphs for the frequency
dependent observed squeezing level in LIGO
for both the nominal case and the case where |
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547
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Mon Apr 7 13:28:49 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Test 1: Adapter Board Connected to Filter
Board
Setup:
AI Chassis is powered on. Signal is measured |
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546
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Thu Apr 3 13:23:37 2025 |
shane | Update | CDS | UPS interfacing | Update on UPS serial interfacing: the driver
for the UPS webcard has been installed on
spica (for UPS1 in room 1119) and logrus |
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545
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Tue Apr 1 11:47:08 2025 |
Liu | Update | | | |
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544
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Mon Mar 31 15:41:56 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | The result from AI Chassis bypass test
showed that the AI Chassis may be the problem.
There are no spikes from DAC's direct output. |
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543
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Mon Mar 31 11:26:45 2025 |
Luke Johnson | Update | Scripts/Programs | Heatmaps of power delivery performance | These plots show the required temperature
to release 100W of power and the efficiency
of a particular configuration with half-width |
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542
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Tue Mar 25 12:56:47 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI Analysis Finalization | Upon final review of the FROSTI analysis
included in the (hopefully) soon-to-be submitted
instrument paper, I've made some adjustments |
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541
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Sun Mar 23 15:39:06 2025 |
Luke Johnson | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater Location optimization | Attached are some plots that show a new parameter
sweep with a finer mesh then before. I have
also been able to get a heatmap of power |
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540
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Tue Mar 11 11:28:52 2025 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | flattening mirror to study power discrepency | |
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539
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Tue Mar 11 10:43:57 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Continue investigation in the spikes
Pulsed ADC with a function generator
and find no spikes. Rules out ADC for causing |
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537
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Mon Mar 10 21:32:29 2025 |
Nathan | Physics | Electronics | Beam Profiling and PBS Measurements | Beam wasn't diverging, however maybe was about
to diverge when measurements stopped? Will
discuss the PBS measurements and how the |
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536
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Mon Mar 10 21:13:12 2025 |
Nathan | Update | VLC Update | PDH Lock Progress and Next Steps | Progress update: Photodiode is set up, need
to set up DC bias tee, EOM has 400-600nm
wavelength range with a resonance frequency |
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535
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Mon Mar 10 17:03:52 2025 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Pressure Gauge successful connect | Vac system serial interfacing update: the
pressure gauge is now able to communicate
successfully through the code. It's been |
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534
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Wed Mar 5 18:13:20 2025 |
Shane | Update | CDS | vac system comms |
[Shane, Jon]
Update on the serial interfacing with
the Inficon VGC503 pressure gauge: We began |
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