J. Kissel
Quick summary of status and things done before the weekend:
2026-05-14
- Secured new D2400143-v6 breadboard to 1"Dx6"L posts
- w/ J. Freed Helicoiled most holes
2026-05-15
- Finished helicoiling and confirmed all holes have helicoils.
- Brought out IXM100 mounts that are to replace CVM100 mounts, confirmed left vs. right-handed assignment
- Fit-checked (success!), then installed new version of 45 deg periscope adapters to M_M4 and M_M5 mounts.
- Aligned periscope adapters as best possible by eye
- Migrated over and re-cabled up all photodiodes per wiring diagram and cable routing defined in LHO:90228.
- Migrated R_F1 and M_F1 fiber collimators, confirming and adjusting alignment of slow-axis w/ vertical flat.
- Re-connected optical fiber input to each collimator.
- Re-introduced beam on to breadboard confirming that NPRO and Laser Prep Chassis still work as good as we left it.
- Measured raw power from R_F1 and M_F1 fiber collimator output using S121C power meter.
- Aligned R_F1 and M_F1 fiber collimator output using
- D2500080 alignment iris target assemblies
- D2400143-v6 holes 89 + 101 for R_F1 and 101 + 80 for M_F1 and
- S121C behind the "far" iris, maximizing power throughput.
- Migrated R_P1 and M_P1 thin-film polarizers.
- Measured P-pol (TRANS) and S-pol (REFL).
- Migrated D_R_P1 and D_M_P1 beam dumps.
Optical power going into the mock PSL input fiber is ~195 [mW] as we left it, and internal laser prep chassis reads 7.8 [V] implying that input power to the chassis is the same 173 [mW] we set it to, to match the real PSL input (see LHO:89693).
RF power on power monitors from prep chassis are as expected, in the 750 +/- 10 [mV] range.
Measuring power with our trusty S121C with ThorLabs PM100-D readout (confirmed to be measuring at 1064 [nm] wavelength):