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Fri Jun 28 18:15:16 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Vacuum chamber | We will be configuring the RGA line to
remove the spherical cube from the system.
Currently our plan for the new design is |
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389
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Fri Jun 28 10:43:13 2024 |
Xuejun | Update | Cleanroom | Frosti | [Xuejun, Tyler]
We moved Frosti into
the cleanroom and debugged it to make sure
everything was working. One of the DB25 pins |
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388
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Thu Jun 27 13:42:02 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom 5 zone particle count measurement | Here's today's 5 zone measurement of the cleanroom.
We're above the limit by a bit in zone three
(all three size ranges), likely as a result |
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387
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Thu Jun 27 11:09:14 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | Straight edge STEP files and ray loss analysis | Drawings and CAD models of the straight-edge
designs are exported, and are visualized
in SOLIDWORKS. Two are attached. One is a |
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386
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Wed Jun 26 16:39:34 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Vacuum chamber leak checking | On Tuesday I had isolated the main volume
and let it pump down over-night. Today, Wednesday,
I checked it and it had only gone down by |
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385
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Wed Jun 26 15:33:41 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws3 in 1129 |
Set-up of the first CDS workstation for
1129, ws3, is complete and the machine is
ready for use. The login credentials are |
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384
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Tue Jun 25 17:19:42 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Vacuum chamber leak checking | Currently our main leak is in the RGA line.
We found this by closing the gate valve from
the main volume to see if which side was |
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383
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Tue Jun 25 12:34:18 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Luke, Shane,
Xuejun, Mohak, Michael, Tyler, Cynthia]
cleaning
cleanroom and particle count |
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382
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Mon Jun 24 21:38:25 2024 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | Computers | Computer server changes in 1119 and 1129 | [Jon, Pooyan, Tyler]
A few computer machine changes have |
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381
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Mon Jun 24 14:28:51 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | SIS cavity with thermal effect | tried to run a cavity scan with thermal deformation
and ring heater for ITM04 ETM08 (aLIGO mirrors).
Not sure about the accuracy of the graph |
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380
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Fri Jun 21 11:47:30 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | COMSOL simulation on alternative straightened heater elements design | In the previous post, we saw
that for the heater element design with straight |
6x |
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379
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Thu Jun 20 18:01:11 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws3 in 1129 | I have repurposed a spare Intel NUC to serve
as the first of two planned workstations
in 1129. Today I set it up with a fresh installation |
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378
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Wed Jun 19 18:45:14 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Vacuum chamber reassembly | [Luke, Aiden, Mohak , Tyler]
On Tuesday
we had the silver screws for the spherical
cube shortened by a quarter of an inch so |
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377
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Mon Jun 17 11:47:46 2024 |
Liu | Infrastructure | General | Temporary cooling units for the labs | Below are the temporary cooling units installed
last week in labs 1119 and 1129. They are
the temp. replacement for the building AC |
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376
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Fri Jun 14 13:32:13 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | COMSOL simulation on rectangular heater elements design | I have been looking at the feasibility
of an alternative heater element design for
FROSTI that replaces the original ring-like |
6x |
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375
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Mon Jun 10 14:52:38 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | CIT FROSTI Analysis Update | [Tyler]
Upon further inspection, one
adjustment was made to the FROSTI profile
analysis: changing the transmission value |
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374
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Mon Jun 3 14:59:44 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Created cavity scan with LG modes | |
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373
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Mon Jun 3 14:14:39 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Initial CIT FROSTI Analysis | [Tyler]
Attached below are the initial
results of the CIT FROSTI testing analysis.
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372
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Mon Jun 3 09:24:48 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Rendering | Here is a new render of the vacuum chamber
that includes the 2.75 tee to place the Argon
leak right next to the RGA. The conical reducer |
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371
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Fri May 31 19:37:47 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Vacuum chamber Disassembly | [Luke, Aiden, Jon, Michel, Tyler]
Work
done:
On Tuesday (5/28) we removed the RGA
line with minimal difficulty. On Wednesday |
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369
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Thu May 16 15:23:14 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Luis, Michael,
Luke, Shane]
cleaning cleanroom
and particle count |
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368
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Mon May 13 14:53:29 2024 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC | VLC Update WEEK 7 attached below |
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367
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Mon May 13 14:48:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | New Vacuum Chamber Design | I created a new model for the vacuum chamber
based on the ideas from last week's meeting.
It
should be noted that we can not have the |
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366
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Mon May 13 13:03:41 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Readout Code Updates | [Tyler]
Some changes have been made
to the FLIR readout code to help improve
its functionality:
More accurate |
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365
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Tue May 7 20:34:31 2024 |
shane | Update | CDS | frosti MEDM screen update | [Luis, Shane]
Here is the updated MEDM screen,
with new orientation and updated labeling
to reflect the actual positions of the heater |
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364
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Thu May 2 22:43:36 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis Redesign | [Tyler, Jon]
Today the FROSTI RTD
readout chassis underwent a redesign:
Instead of the original ratiometric |
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363
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Mon Apr 22 15:06:33 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | cavity scan update | [Cynthia,Pooyan]
Completed some simulations
injecting 0-10th order modes. Some graphs
will be used for the poster after some further |
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362
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Wed Apr 17 15:07:04 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Mohak, Luke,
Luis, Shane, Cynthia, Michael, Xuesi]
cleaning
cleanroom and particle count |
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361
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Mon Apr 15 15:25:10 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | progress on simulation so far | |
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360
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Mon Apr 15 11:51:03 2024 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC | An update on the VLC project is attached below: |
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359
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Mon Apr 8 14:57:41 2024 |
Cynthia, Pooyan | Update | Interferometer Simulations | performed cavity scans for O4 O5, and coupled cavity | |
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358
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Mon Apr 8 14:43:29 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Interferometer Simulations | SIS update single and coupled cavities | [Pooyan, Cynthia]
Attached is a brief
recap PDF file. A video file showing separate
HOMs plots for the cavity scan with ETM08 |
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357
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Sun Apr 7 13:42:51 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on status of gtrace project | [Pooyan, Michael]
After meeting and
discussing the current state of our work
with Prof. Fulda a few weeks ago, we have |
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356
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Wed Mar 27 00:03:57 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Computers | Chimay relocation to Physics 1129 | [Jon, Pooyan]
Moved Chimay from
the server rack in Physics 1119 to a new
rack in Physics 1129. It is connected to |
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355
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Tue Mar 26 13:51:56 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | Another re-fit, but this time the quadratic
coefficient (beta) is set to 1.003e-6:
R_0 (ohm) Alpha |
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354
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Mon Mar 25 10:55:33 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | Refitted RTD calibration, neglecting quadratic
term:
R_0
(ohm) Alpha (1/C) |
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353
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Sun Mar 24 11:50:37 2024 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Cal Tech FROSTI Parts | Bagged the FROSTI legs and feet after the
conclusion of the clean and bake. They are
double bagged and sitting in the flow bench. |
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352
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Sun Mar 24 11:49:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | FROSTI RGA Scan | Took RGA data 1 day after the conclusion of
Bake 13. Bake 13 ended on Saturday March
23, the RGA data shown was taken on Sunday |
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351
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Thu Mar 21 16:56:42 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | [Jon,Tyler]
We noticed that the RTD
temperature readings given on the Cymac were
off, and traced the issue to miscalibration |
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350
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Tue Mar 19 15:22:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | FROSTI Legs Clean and Bake | [Aiden, Luke]
Cleaned and baked the
Cal Tech FROSTI legs and showed Luke the
procedure on how to clean parts. |
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349
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Tue Mar 19 10:55:30 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | In-Air Optical Test | Below is an image I took using the FLIR just
before leaving for the LVK meeting. The profile
is roughly what we would expect (annular). |
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348
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Fri Mar 15 16:58:55 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Frosti Testing | [Luke, Luis, Aiden]
On Thursday, March
14 - Took preliminary RGA scans of the empty
chamber to compare later on. Vented the chamber |
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347
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Wed Mar 6 09:57:52 2024 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI Wiring | Upon finishing the FROSTI assembly last
week, we ran into some electrical issues.
An electrical short was found between two |
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346
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Thu Feb 29 17:16:48 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | MEDM screen for FROSTI T/P readouts | Here's the latest draft of the MEDM screen
for the FROSTI temp and power readouts, now
with a button linking to the c1msc file display. |
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345
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Wed Feb 28 17:49:18 2024 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI Assembly - Days 2-3 | [Aiden, Jon, Luis, Luke, Michael, Tyler]
FROSTI
assembly was completed today. The RTD and
power wires were terminated at the DB-25 |
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344
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Wed Feb 28 12:02:08 2024 |
Tyler | Update | General | Resistors for Heater Elements Update | Power Res (Ohm) RTD Res (Ohm)
Heater
1= 72.8; 80.6
Heater 2= 69.5; 80.8
Heater
3= 70; 83.2
Heater 4= 70.6; 78.7
Heater |
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343
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Tue Feb 27 09:06:29 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | cavity scan with higher order input laser | I performed a few cavity scan with the inputing
laser with a different mode (not pure 00).
For each laser I included a graph for just |
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342
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Tue Feb 27 03:26:28 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Reverse aLIGO Layout Created in Gtrace | I've created the simulation for reverse aLIGO
layout in gtrace. Attached are the desmos
model and the output dxf file. From here |
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341
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Mon Feb 26 21:23:27 2024 |
Jon | Update | TCS | FROSTI Assembly - Day 1 | [Jon, Tyler, Luis, Luke, Mohak, Cynthia, Michael,
Aiden]
FROSTI assembly began today. After
a final set of RGA scans were taken, the |
7x |
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340
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Mon Feb 26 15:15:39 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Started Bake 12 on Wednesday Feb. 21 and turned
the bake off on Saturday Feb. 24. This was
a normal low temp bake with the PID controllers |
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