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Tue Jun 20 17:28:23 2023 |
Pamella | Update | Electronics | Heater system parts - Wiped | [Pamella]
Heating system
Wiping the heater system parts.
04:37 pm: Started wiping the electronic |
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Fri Jun 23 15:47:06 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Collecting data - Moving horizontal and vertical on screen. | [Pamella]
02:09 pm: Turned
on the device (current on)
02:42
pm: Started taking snap on position one (Reference |
6x |
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Tue Jun 27 15:18:26 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New data collection |
[Pamella]
Yesterday,
I did a new data collection. I could get
a better data in this time and I realized |
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Fri Jun 30 15:57:28 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Data and python code update |
[Pamella]
Updates: Problems
with the emission intensity and python code.
Yesterday I was working on get |
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140
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Fri Jun 30 16:43:14 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Updates: Small moving the FLIR camera | [Pamella]
Today, I was able to
make some adjustments to the FLIR camera
angle, suggested by Dr. Richardson, and |
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143
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Mon Jul 3 18:38:13 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | FLIR project | [Pamella]
I was able to work
on the python code to do analysis on the
FLIR-Reflector data.
I could plot |
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144
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Tue Jul 4 15:35:38 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | FLIR - reflexion problem | [Pamella]
I was testing all the positions
we need to cover when moving the FLIR camera
or the reflector. I tried to find out more |
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149
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Thu Jul 6 18:03:19 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | FLIR project - New configuration | [Pamella]
Cao suggested using the project
without the reflector and mask because in
this case we probably got good images around |
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Sat Jul 8 14:26:17 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Data with the new configuration without the mask and reflector. | [Pamella]
I started collecting data by moving
the camera FLIR and covering all six positions
on the screen (2x3). I was looking and taking |
6x |
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Fri Jul 14 16:49:42 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New bridge and calibration data | [Pamella]
Aiden 3D printed a new
bridge for the heater and I installed the
new bridge yesterday.
I started |
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158
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Sun Jul 16 15:21:56 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | General update about some problems in the lab. | [Pamella]
General information about
the lab facility.
Changed sticky floor mats, because close |
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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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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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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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165
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Tue Jul 18 16:35:06 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Plot-Data with the new configuration without the mask and reflector. | [Pamella]
I was able to plot the
first graph for a result between the six
different positions on the screen, for now |
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Wed Jul 19 19:10:31 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Data plot FLIR and updates. | [Pamella]
Today I was able to plot
a graph for the isolation point on the center
of the heater. I got data from six different |
8x |
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Thu Jul 20 21:00:23 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Data plot FLIR and updates about the black body | [Pamella]
Today I got more data
to plot the Gaussian. So I took more snaps
in each position for the six different spots |
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Fri Jul 28 18:03:07 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Final plot - FLIR | [Pamella]
I was able to
plot the final result with the data to the
heater. I attached below the "3Combined_HighTemp_Gaussian_Plot." |
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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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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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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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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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317
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Tue Feb 6 22:40:25 2024 |
Michael | Update | Scripts/Programs | Long Crab 1 Design Created In Gtrace | Worked on and completed the python code for
the simulation of the Long Crab 1 layout
for Cosmic Explorer basing off of Pooyan's |
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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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334
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Wed Feb 21 23:15:07 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Long Shoelaces 1 Layout Created in Gtrace and Fixed Ghosting in Beamsplitter | I have created the long shoelaces 1 layout
for cosmic explorer using gtrace, a slight
modification from the shoelaces 1 layout |
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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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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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397
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Mon Jul 8 12:26:10 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Minimizing Astigmatic Effects in the SRC of LIGO | This is the first look and analysis of the
effects of astigmatism in the aLIGO optical
layout which can lead to mode mismatch and |
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409
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Mon Jul 15 15:52:40 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | aLIGO locking with varying SRC mirrors and measuring mode mismatch | |
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Draft
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Sun Aug 4 09:01:01 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on SRC Mode Mismatch Analysis | An update on my analysis to minimize mode
mismatch/scattering by introducing toroidal
mirrors to the SRC. |
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436
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Mon Sep 9 12:36:45 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on Analysis of Mode Mismatch Minimization in A# | I have taken a closer look at the solution
curve in the mirror parameter space which
I have searched, focusing on the "resilience" |
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482
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Mon Dec 2 00:11:23 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Status Update on Toroidal Mirrors Project Work | As it has been significant time from my last
update on this project, I compiled a few
notes about what I have been working on, |
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523
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Tue Feb 25 01:37:00 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Updates and Current Next Steps for Toroidal Mirrors Project | Since the previous discussion of this project,
I've worked on building finesse models to
verify mathematical results which model the |
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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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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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Tue May 6 13:07:34 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Initial Convergence Plots for Toroidal Mirrors Project | |
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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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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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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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Mon Jul 15 13:30:49 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Problem with 2.75" to 1.33" zero length reducer | Last Friday while checking the depth of the
ZLR I got one of the screws stuck. Today
I tried a couple things to get it out. First |
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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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435
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Fri Sep 6 14:34:52 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Heating tape work | On the 5th I had tried to start baking
the vacuum chamber however certain parts
of the chamber were getting too hot and causing |
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Wed Oct 2 12:05:42 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Ringheater modeling Update | Power
point slides |
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Draft
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Wed Oct 23 12:33:54 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Zernike calculation update | PowerPoint
slides new
PowerPoint |
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Wed Nov 13 14:06:00 2024 |
Luke | Update | General | | slides |
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472
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Thu Nov 14 10:46:20 2024 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning |
[Luke, Luis, Michael]
cleaning cleanroom and particle count |
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Tue Nov 19 17:10:34 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Leak check | Chamber temperature: 23C
Chamber Initial Pressure: ~1.8e-8
main, ~3.5e-8 rga |
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Wed Nov 27 12:27:45 2024 |
Luke | Summary | VAC | Summary of vacuum work | [Luke, Luis]
Update of current state of vacuum
chamber |
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480
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Wed Nov 27 16:23:58 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Started bake | [Luke, Luis]
The
vacuum chamber is currently baking. |
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483
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Mon Dec 2 13:35:45 2024 |
Luke | Update | General | Clean and bake of Viton O-rings | [Luke, Luis]
We couldn't access the bake log on
the wiki. (see attached) So we looked in |
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