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thomas.vo@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:37, Monday 24 September 2018 (44128)
HWS Spherical Power w/ Past 14 Days

Below is a table where we compare the readings on the HWS with different CO2 and RH lensing which ideally should be the same if the amount of CO2 actually corrects the applied amount of ring heaters.  There are a few caveats to the measurement though, the ITMX HWS are particularly sensitive to the beamsplitter's pointing (long term and short term drift).  But what this tells us is that the step down in common lens brought the spherical power closer to the "cold" state before any TCS was applied which maybe makes sense on why the PRC gain got better after Stefan made an adjustment.

TCS Configuration

ITMX HWS Spherical Power

(udiopters)

ITMY HWS Spherical Power

(udiopters)

Before TCS Work -13.0 -15.0
50 Watt Preloading (RH + CO2) -20.0

-13.0

25 Watt Preloading (RH + CO2) +2.0 +20.0
25 Watt RH but reduced CO2 common Lens -12.5 +10.0
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