The ALS PLL now locks stably for several minutes by using a modified version of the servo filter. The bandwidth is about 12.5 kHz and the phase at the UGF is 127 degrees. Earlier the loop was stable with only a very small gain of the common mode servo board (-47dB). Because of that, the PLL range was insufficient and the lock would brake after few seconds. To better redistribute the gain, Keita made a small filter with gain of 1 at DC, a pole a 4Hz and a zero a 4kHz inside of a small Pomona box (see attached schematic). This provides a gain of -40dB above 4kHz and so it relieves the attenuation by the common mode board. Today we connected this filter between the output of the phase-frequency discriminator and the input of the common mode board. After a bit of tinkering with the common mode board gains and switches, Keita found a stable set of parameters. Input 1: ENABLED Input 1 Polarity: ENABLED Com. Comp: ENABLED COM. EXC.: ENABLED Fast: ENABLED Gain IN1: 0 Gain Fast: -6 The lock now breaks only when the laser temperature drifts out of the PZT range (+/- 15V). The slow control will have to make up for that. Work is in progress.