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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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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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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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39
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Wed Mar 1 21:27:20 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Over-table shelf height raised | Jon, Cao
Today we raised the height of the
shelf overhanging the cleanroom laser table |
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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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338
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Fri Feb 23 18:03:27 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Optical Test Setup in Cleanroom | [Tyler, Xuesi]
The FLIR and test mass
stand-in have been transferred into the cleanroom.
A software test will be run as soon as we |
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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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527
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Thu Feb 27 18:22:21 2025 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Ongoing work in server rack and desk area (1119) | As part of the vacuum communications debugging
process, there is ongoing work in the server
rack and desk area in 1119. Please be careful |
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650
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Tue Sep 30 12:51:23 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | O6 RH Update 09/30/2025 | Slides |
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636
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Tue Aug 26 13:09:03 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | O6 RH Update | [Tyler]
Below are slides giving an
update on RH O6 design progress.
Slides |
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424
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Mon Aug 12 17:09:04 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O4 vs O5 cavity scans with ITM plume guess or ETM | So far the proposed solution for what to use
for O5 ITM mirror for SIS simulations is
either the plume guess file or using the |
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392
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Mon Jul 1 15:19:42 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O4 and O5 mirror cavity scans with thermal effect | |
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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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67
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Tue Apr 11 13:15:40 2023 |
Cao | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Nitrogen gas tank replaced | The nitrogen gas tank has been replaced with
a new unit. The new tank is ultra pure nitrogen
(>99.9% nitrogen).
The new tank has been |
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26
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Fri Feb 10 16:34:45 2023 |
Huy Tuong Cao | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Nitrogen gas tank ready to use | Cao,
Today I fixed the final bit related
to the nitrogen gas tank, which is to apply
sealing tape to M-NPT connector of the hose |
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412
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Fri Jul 26 17:25:42 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws4 installed in 1129 | Today I installed the second desktop workstation
in 1129. The new machine is an Intel NUC13ANHi5,
with a 12-Core Intel i5-1340P CPU, 32GB DDR4 |
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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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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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198
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Wed Aug 9 11:32:56 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | New power cables | I delivered new NEMA 5-15 (120V / 15 A)
power cables to the lab for the following
items: |
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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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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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640
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Tue Sep 2 18:33:38 2025 |
Liu | Infrastructure | General | New lab room 1125 layout and measurement | Action items for facilities
Ceiling lights replacement
Fume |
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135
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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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123
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Tue Jun 13 21:33:46 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | New cabinet for PPI | [Pamella and Dr.Richardson]
Dr. Richardson
installed the new cabinet outside the room
for the PPI equipments, and then I wiped |
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157
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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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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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398
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Mon Jul 8 17:01:45 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | New CyMAC internal layout | [Jon, Shane]
Internal layout of CyMAC has
been updated (labeled image attached) to
accommodate the replacement of the two ribbon |
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108
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Tue May 30 14:51:27 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New 3D mask - Bigger triangles shapes. | [Pamella]
Change the 3D mask
Started removing the old mask in the reflector.
Started cutting the new aluminum lid for |
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643
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Tue Sep 9 12:13:38 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# with grid search | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization based on IFO
metrics for A# with grid search |
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616
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Tue Jul 29 11:27:57 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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625
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Tue Aug 12 12:16:21 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# with
static polishing |
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647
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Tue Sep 23 12:39:29 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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652
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Thu Oct 9 12:18:14 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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633
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Tue Aug 26 12:14:24 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring heater optimization | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring
heater optimization |
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639
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Tue Sep 2 12:41:33 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring heater optimization | [Tyler, Liu]
Ring heater optimization,
continued |
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172
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Tue Jul 25 15:35:14 2023 |
Shane | Update | Electronics | More chassis moved | Finished basic assembly of binary input and
output chassis today, and moved one to top
shelf of work bench. The other is in corner |
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91
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Wed May 3 19:03:47 2023 |
Julian,Pamella and Cao | Physics | VAC | Modify vacuum asssembly and install RGA | [Pamella, Julian, Cao]
Today we
started re-configuring the vacuum chamber
components.
Particle count |
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111
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Wed May 31 16:18:41 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Mock FROSTI | Finished assembly on the Mock FROSTI so it
is ready for the fit test at LIGO lab. |
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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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617
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Tue Jul 29 11:45:19 2025 |
Maple | Update | TCS | Meeting update | |
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339
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Sat Feb 24 08:53:38 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | Matlab upgraded to 2023b on Chimay | I upgraded Matlab on chimay to the latest
stable release, 2023b. From some quick tests,
it appears to be in working order. Let me |
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496
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Thu Jan 2 17:52:58 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing Continuation | [Luis, Luke]
RGA Volume:
T = 22°C, P = 2.10e-9 Torr
Main Volume: |
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490
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Mon Dec 16 21:32:21 2024 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing | [Luis, Luke]
The MR material was
placed in the vacuum chamber following standard
procedures to ensure the vacuum remained |
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494
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Sun Dec 22 20:43:35 2024 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing | [Luis, Luke]
RGA Volume:
T = 23°C, P = 3.0e-9 Torr
Main Volume: |
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467
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Tue Nov 5 09:56:04 2024 |
Luis Martin | Update | Clean & Bake | MR Bake | [Luke, Luis]
On Friday, 11/1/24,
the MR was unpackaged and cleaned under the |
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329
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Mon Feb 19 14:40:21 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | MEDM screen for FROSTI temp readouts | Here's the latest draft of the MEDM screen
for the FROSTI heating elements' temperature
readouts. Note that the MEDM screen isn't |
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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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593
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Wed Jun 11 16:33:45 2025 |
Pooyan | Update | Computers | Luke's ray tracing hosting |
Hosted Lukes model on Chimay. It's
available at https://richardsonlab.ucr.edu/real-time-frosti
The
sourcecode is at Github. |
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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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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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