Every time the ASC loop are engaged in full lock (ENGAGE_REFL_POP_WFS) we noticed a large drop in the recycling gain, arm powers and sideband powers.
I looked into the cause of this drop and found that
Therefore I improved the ASC engagement in two trials: first by moving the POP QPD loop into ENGAGE_REFL_POP_WFS (so that now the state ENGAGE_POP_QPD does nothing new) and then by moving the PRC2_Y integrator earlier.
Now the transition is much smoother, and we don't loose power anymore: