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H1 SQZ
camilla.compton@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:49, Monday 08 April 2024 - last comment - 18:35, Monday 08 April 2024(77023)
SQZ and SRCL tuning Measurements

Eric, Sheila, Jennie, Naoki, Camilla

Aiming to repeat 68814 O4a FIS SQZ, SCRL offset data set. Nominal H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -175, previously looked at in 74373.

Measured NLG =16.86  (following 76542). Adjusted OPO temperature 31.481 to 31.470.
PZT1 is locked around 70V, which isn't our favorite place, we're seen SQZ is better when it locks at nearer 100V.

Using data from our PSAMS scan 76986, we're set ZM4 to 8.8V (175 offset), leaving ZM5 with -0/7V (100 offset). Reran alignment scripts following 76986. Accepted PSAMs sdf, and alignment sliders.

For FIS took SQZ_MANGER to AUTO to stop ISC_LOCK bringing it to FDS.

PSAMs at 8.8/-0.7

  • 15:23:30 - 15:42:00UTC  No SQZ time
  • 16:04:45 - 16:10:00UTC FDS SQZ
  • 16:13:00 - 16:21:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, SCAN_SQZANG tuned to 350Hz: 193deg CLF Phase
  • 16:30:20 - 16:36:00UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -225,  hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 208deg CLF Phase
  • 16:39:00 - 16:45:00UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -275,  hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 212deg CLF Phase
  • 16:49:00 - 16:54:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -325,  hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 217deg CLF Phase
  • 16:57:30 - 17:04:00UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -375,  hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 223deg CLF Phase
  • 17:07:00 - 17:12:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -425,  hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 228deg CLF Phase
  • 17:13:10 - 17:18:30UTC  No SQZ time (to check for SRCL offset causing technical noise but DARM looks the same as previous)
  • 17:25:30 - 17:31:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 192deg CLF Phase
  • 17:35:00 - 17:41:00UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -125, hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 186deg CLF Phase
  • 17:43:00 - 17:48:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -75, hand tuned SQZ angle to 2kHz: 168deg CLF Phase

Data with different angles (+/-10deg from SQZ and ASQZ, and +/- midsqz aimed to match no SQZ level) with SRCL1_OFFSET -175. Plot attached.

  • 17:59:30 - 18:04:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, 192deg CLF Phase
  • 18:05:30 - 18:10:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, 182deg CLF Phase
  • 18:11:20 - 18:16:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, 202deg CLF Phase
  • 18:18:30 - 18:23:30UTC FIAS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, (neg sign) 108deg CLF Phase
  • 18:24:35 - 18:29:40UTC FIAS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, (neg sign) 98deg CLF Phase
  • 18:30:00 - 18:35:00UTC FIAS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, (neg sign) 118deg CLF Phase
  • 18:41:00 - 18:46:00UTC FIMS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, 140deg CLF Phase (-Mid SQZ aimed to match no SQZ level)
  • 18:55:00 - 19:00:00UTC FIMS SRCL1_OFFSET -175, 220deg CLF Phase (+Mid SQZ aimed to match no SQZ level)

Data with different angles (+/-10deg from SQZ and ASQZ) with SRCL1_OFFSET -275.

  • 19:10:30 - 19:15:30UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -275, 207deg CLF Phase
  • 19:16:00 - 19:21:00UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -275, 197deg CLF Phase
  • 19:21:30 - 19:24:00 [glitch] 19:24:35 - 19:27:40UTC FIS SRCL1_OFFSET -275, 217deg CLF Phase
  • Lockloss before completing data set
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eric.oelker@LIGO.ORG - 13:53, Monday 08 April 2024 (77026)

Additional plots for data above:

  • SRCL_TUNE_FIS_2.png:  This shows how FIS changes as a function of SRCL detuning (-175 is our current nominal value).  We see that when increasing the SRCL detuning, we initially see significant improvement at lower frequencies with a slight rise in midband.
  • SRCL_TUNE_FIS_3.png:  This shows how FIS changes as we change the SRCL detuning in the other direction.  Everythihng appears to get worse.

Note:  As a sanity check, we took another NoSQZ trace at H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -= -425 and saw that it looked idential to NoSQZ at H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -175. 

After looking at this scan, we were wondering if H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -275 might be a more optimal operating point than H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -175.  We decided to do a few more FIS measurements at the two candidate operating points:

  • FIS_SRCL_neg175.png (Attached above in Camilla's post): shows FIS, FIAS and FIMid Squeezing and nearby squeezing angles for a H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -175
  • VARY_SQZANG_SRCL_275 shows FIS and +/- 10 degrees for H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -275.  Unfortunately we lost lock before taking the remaining points.

After rethermalizing, we plan to look at FDS at H1:LSC-SRCL1_OFFSET = -275 and perhaps tweak the filter cavity a bit to see if this SRCL detuning is better or worse in terms of range. 

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eric.oelker@LIGO.ORG - 18:35, Monday 08 April 2024 (77035)

An alternate version of one of the plot from the original post. A few intetrmediate traces are removed and replaced w reference FDS and No SQZ traces.  

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