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H1 SQZ
naoki.aritomi@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:48, Tuesday 30 April 2024 (77508)
Pump AOM and fiber alignment

Naoki, Andrei, Camilla

We aligned the pump AOM and fiber following 72081.

We set the ISS drivepoint at 0V and measured the AOM throughput. The throughput was 34 mW/59 mW = 58%. We aligned the AOM and got 65 mW/69 mW = 94% throughput.

Then we set the ISS drivepoint at 5V and aligned the AOM to maximize the 1st order beam. The 1st order beam improved from 4.5 mW to 15.7 mW. The 0th order beam is 34.9 mW.

We set the ISS drivepoint at 0V and measured the AOM throughput again. The throughput is 51.7 mW/77 mW = 67%. Although the throughput is improved by 10%, we could not improve more than that.

Then we aligned the pump fiber. The H1:SQZ-OPO_REFL_DC_POWER improved from 3.4 to 3.7.