Reports until 14:41, Tuesday 15 January 2019
H1 IOO (IOO, PSL)
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:41, Tuesday 15 January 2019 (46436)
GigE camera alignment system restores IMC_IN pointing after Main Beam Optic Swap

I swapped out IO_MB_M3, which is a 2 inch steering mirror just before the power rotation stage at the North end of the PSL.  The new optics position was slightly different than the old optic's position.  I used my GigE cameras and the single bounce of IMC_IN off MC1 to the IMC WFS, to restore the alignment of IMC_IN.

Here are the changes in the IMC, measured by how many urads the three IMC mirrors moved, and what that calculates to be in mm.

15 Jan 2019 9:00 UTC 21:13 UTC      
optic DOF urad urad diff urad rad mm
mc1 p -299.2 -300.36 -1.16 -1.16E-06 -0.05
mc1 y -1000.5 -1001.2 -0.70 -7.0E-07 -0.03
mc2 p 138.7 139.3 0.60 6.0E-07 0.05
mc2 y 629.9 629.2 -0.70 -6.9E-07 -0.01
mc3 p -651 -652 -1.00 -1.0E-06 -0.05
mc3 y -1281 -1279 2.00 2.0E-06 0.09

Changes in the beams on the cameras are listed below:

NOTE: GigE 1 is the PMC Trans beam, and due to temperature changes it's beam changed, which influences the beam positions on the other two cameras.

15 Jan 2019 9:00 UTC 21:13 UTC  
  pixels pixels diff_pixels
GigE 1 x 329.5 329.8 0.30
GigE 1 y 159.9 160.85 0.95
GigE 2 x 325.3 325.6 0.30
GigE 2 y 247.2 251.8 4.60
GigE 3 x 271.7 267.2 -4.50
GigE 3 y 274.3 280 5.70

The camera image pixels have not yet been calibrated, so that they can be displayed in either mm, or possibly the angle change.

Robert added damping to the bottom periscope mirror and IO_MB_M3 during this time.

As time was limited, I'll plan to add a picture of IO_MB_M3 next week.

- Cheryl, Robert