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Thu Nov 14 11:58:05 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Turbo pump connection troubleshooting | Attempted connection to the TV551 turbo pump
through Varian/Agilent's software on spica.
Successful connection established, and we |
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225
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Thu Sep 14 17:05:38 2023 |
Shane, Jon | Update | CDS | Timing chassis setup and testing | Tested the setup today for the timing chassis
(intended to provide the timing reference
for the CyMAC). Was able to read the correct |
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231
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Fri Sep 29 17:27:30 2023 |
Shane, Jon | Update | CDS | Timing chassis assembly progress (CyMAC) | Worked on timing chassis assembly today for
the CyMAC, settled on layout (see attachment
1). Frequency synthesizer and frequency divider |
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244
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Mon Oct 23 18:02:23 2023 |
Shane, Jon | Update | CDS | Timing chassis assembly complete | Concluded assembly of timing chassis for CyMAC
today; see attachment 1 for interior set
up of chassis. Installed front and rear panels, |
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461
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Thu Oct 17 13:24:23 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Timing Chassis issue identified |
[Ma,
Luis, Shane]
Working theory for the
timing chassis issues had been that the 1A |
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465
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Fri Oct 25 10:56:30 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Timing Chassis fixed and reinstalled |
[Ma, Shane]
We
replaced the 1A breaker in the timing chassis
today with a 4A one, and tested that all |
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458
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Tue Oct 15 15:27:38 2024 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | ELOG | Timing Chassis Update |
I conducted separate tests on the '5015'
and '3010a'. When powered individually, the
'5015' outputs a signal at 33.55 MHz with |
12x |
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85
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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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159
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Mon Jul 17 11:46:24 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Thermocouple plot. | [Pamella]
I collected data to plot
a calibration with the heater. I took measurements
with current and temperature (the thermocouple |
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164
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Tue Jul 18 16:12:27 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Thermocouple plot. | I noticed that these measurements
have some issues with the weather on different
days. We can see in the photo attached below |
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10
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Wed Aug 17 16:04:30 2022 |
Phoebe Zyla | Summary | Lore | Testing the Cartridge Heater and Collecting FLIR Data | We have tested the heater to find emissivity,
mounted the heater system to the optical
table, and have taken irradiance maps of |
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275
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Tue Nov 21 22:09:44 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Testing Parts | [Aiden, Luis]
Luis and Aiden vented
the chamber today. We closed off the RGA
section and then proceeded to open the the |
8x |
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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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407
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Mon Jul 15 14:49:06 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Computers | Synology NAS server setup | Installed a Synology NAS server (Synology
RackStation RS1221) in lab room 1129, with
host name “scribe” and ip “192.168.1.17”. |
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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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438
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Mon Sep 9 21:02:37 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Steadystate temperature of flanges | I measured the temperature of the flanges
and reconnected the RGA turning on its filament.
I then turned off the PID controllers. |
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129
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Tue Jun 20 22:14:24 2023 |
Pamella, Cao | Infrastructure | VAC | Short term testing of vacuum heater controller units | [Pamella, Cao]
Fuse replacement
Replace blown 10A fuse
in ucontroller outside cleanroom
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322
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Tue Feb 13 04:05:32 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Shoelaces 1 Layout Simulated in GTrace | I've worked on and have completed a first
simulation of Cosmic Explorer's Shoelaces
1 layout. This is based off of Pooyan's original |
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163
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Tue Jul 18 16:04:26 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Setup FLIR with black wall (black body) | [Pamella]
Today I tried get data
the heater with the black screen but doesn't
looks possible have just one "energy" point |
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419
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Fri Aug 2 13:50:22 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Serial Comm. Test (Agilent Turbo Pump) | Did a brief communication test with the agilent
turbo pump today, to see if we could get
serial communications up and running for |
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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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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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444
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Mon Sep 23 08:29:49 2024 |
Luke | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Ringheater update |
Ringheater
Update
If the link does not work here is |
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423
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Mon Aug 12 16:35:30 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Ringheater modeling Update | |
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452
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Wed Oct 2 12:05:42 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Ringheater modeling Update | Power
point slides |
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430
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Tue Aug 27 18:37:40 2024 |
Luke | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Ringheater model update | Updated the model to produce a more circular
deformation in the HR surface. The first
three attachments are from irradiance patterns |
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439
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Mon Sep 16 07:28:16 2024 |
Luke | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Ring heater update | |
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403
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Sat Jul 13 15:09:04 2024 |
Luke | Update | General | Ring heater COMSL model update | After the feedback from last meeting and
Liu's help narrowing down what I should do
to improve the model. I made some changes: |
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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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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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307
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Wed Jan 17 15:47:49 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | Resistors for Heater Elements | Power Res (Ohm) RTD Res (Ohm)
Heater
1= 73.6; 81.8
Heater 2= 70.4; 82.1
Heater
3= 71; 84.5
Heater 4= 71.5; 80
Heater |
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170
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Mon Jul 24 14:55:53 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | Removed extension power cable | I removed the extension cable that was powering
the leftmost heater controller, since there
is no bake currently happening. It is currently |
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466
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Tue Oct 29 16:37:35 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | Red Pitaya OS Update | The Red Pitaya ecosystem has been upgraded
to OS 2.00-35, with a key feature
being greater freedom in adjusting the sampling |
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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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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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313
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Fri Feb 2 16:56:56 2024 |
Jon | Update | CDS | RTS model implemented for FROSTI RTD readouts | Summary
Today I finished implementing
an RTS model to read out the integrated FROSTI
RTDs (temperature sensors) via the CyMAC. |
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305
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Tue Jan 16 12:20:21 2024 |
Tyler | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis Update 2 |
I performed another continuity test on
the RTD chassis wiring, and everything seems
to be set up correctly. The chassis should |
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300
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Tue Jan 9 12:08:59 2024 |
Tyler | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis Update |
Below is the current state of the RTD
readout chassis wiring. Initial continuity
tests seem good, will run through one more |
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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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298
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Fri Dec 29 16:02:27 2023 |
Jon | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis | The custom front and rear panels for the
RTD readout chassis arrived last Friday.
I installed them in the chassis frame to |
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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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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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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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Mon Jul 29 13:39:16 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | [Tyler]
Using the data taken during
the FROSTI testing at Caltech, I attempted
to find a better calibration of the RTD sensors, |
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Mon Nov 20 10:10:50 2023 |
Tyler | Configuration | Electronics | RTD Logic/Schematic Diagrams |
Below are a basic diagram of what the
RTD measurement circuit logically looks like
and an example schematic of the actual wiring. |
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Tue Jan 23 12:17:41 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RTD Chassis |
After updating the wiring in the RTD
Chassis, a signal is now seen at each ADC
input. However, there seems to be a discrepancy |
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Tue Jan 30 11:36:19 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RTD Chassis |
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Mon Nov 13 11:07:50 2023 |
Tyler | Update | VAC | RTD Analysis |
After initial analysis from last week
on a single RTD, I then extended to looking
at all 8 in series with R_ref (set to 1 kOhm). |
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Wed Oct 9 13:52:31 2024 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | RIN Update 10/09/2024 | I tried adjusting the gain settings on
the photodetectors to check if this would
help improve the RIN spectra measurements. |
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Wed Nov 13 14:03:32 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RIN Update | [Tyler]
We've added two low-pass filters
in hopes of reducing any potential aliasing
that may be introducing additional noise |
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