Travis S. Gary T. Matt H. Greg G.

Final (hopefully!) alignment of the in-vacuum optics for TCS was completed today. ITMx had already had an alignment done by Thomas Vo and myself last month, but Travis and I made sure things were well centered on SM1 in BSC3. A range of motion test showed no clipping throughout the compensation plate for ITMx.

For ITMy I was aided by Gary and Matt. ITMy was an initial alignment and took a little more finagling. The periscope on the table had to be adjusted a bit, and some small adjustment to SM1 was done; but otherwise alignment went smoother than I expected. The beam is traveling a little high through the outside viewport optic on BSC1 but is well centered on the inner optic. The range of motion test showed there to be clipping on the Y arm elliptical baffle towards the upper range of motion.

Matt noticed irregularities on the surface of the mirrors and will hopefully be able to post pictures later.