Checked the baffles for the CRS on the constructed unit, everything fit fine. Spent time doing alignment for the other two constructed HoQIs. 01-SN008 aligned with 87% fringe visibility, this required the retroreflector on the baseplate to be rotated a bit as it wasn't quite in the correct position. 01-SN007 spent a long time trying to align (this was also worked on the other day with limited success), couldn't get above 60% FV so we decided to take it apart and redo it with the dowel pins in place. After taking it apart we found that the QWP was damaged by the metal screw, honestly quite impressive that it was still seeing 60% FV! See photos. The sin PD cable is also damaged and will need to be fixed before we use this HoQI. Assembled the remaining HoQIs including the dowel pins. Need to clean the final HWPs to finish this assembly. Additionally, 01-SN006 has no PDs as it is using the faulty assembly from before, 02-SN006 connector needs to be flipped. Current HoQI status: 2 aligned on CRS, 1 aligned, 2 with faults, 3 (mostly) constructed waiting to be aligned. pic 1 - broken sin pd pic 2 - broken QWP pic 3 - serial number for broken sin pd assembly
A set of spare cables was fabricated and will be sent to replace the one mentioned here, and the one mentioned in this alog: 90495
Shipping FRS: https://services1.ligo-la.caltech.edu/FRS/show_bug.cgi?id=38287