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H1 CAL
yannick.lecoeuche@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:13, Friday 14 February 2020 (55053)
Pcal EX End Station Calibration (02/11)

[Rick, Camilla, Niko]

On Tuesday we went to EX to perform a routine end station calibration. In an effort to solve our issues with reading the Working Standard temperature sensor (which is incorrect while it is being powered by the Tx module), we instead powered the Standard with a spare power supply (calibration_setup.jpeg). We then installed a temperature sensor on the receiver side (sensor_position.jpeg), with a probe inside the receiver module enclosure (probe_placement.jpeg).

Beam spot aligment looked slightly off (beam_alignment,jpeg), we need to check against the spot position from the previous EX calibration to see if this is a new trend or not. Analysis shows a drift in the RxPD force coefficient, indicating that there may be some slight clipping occurring. We will continue to investigate this.

Analysis results have been added to the pcal svn.

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