Here is the list of commissioning task for the next 7-14 days:
Locking team:
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Measure recycling gain and try explaining low value.
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Measure power dependence of demod phase in DRMI.
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Check demod phase after the IMC as function of power.
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Change 1f/5f relative phase and look at DRMI stability.
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Common hand-off to transmitted power.
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Lock interferometer.
Alignment team:
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Revisit EY green WFS beam path and look for ghost beams.
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Make EY green WFS work again.
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Install EX green WFS auto-centering hardware.
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Commission an arm alignment controls topology which can be used for initial alignment.
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Integrate green WFS into initial alignment.
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Commission more WFS dofs in DRMI.
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Improve stability of DRMI alignment.
SEI/SUS team:
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Install new models for violin mode damping.
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Commission violin mode damping.
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Install new ESD linearization code.
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Commission ESD linearization.
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Pump HAM1 to reduced periscope vibrations(?)
RF:
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Make an assessment of RF cross talk into the IMC AOM.
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Investigate EMI radiation by the VCOs and the fixed frequency OCXO.
TCS:
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Finish commissioning ring heaters and CO2 lasers.
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Optimize mode matching and Michelson contrast defect.