[Stefan, Kiwamu]

We adjusted the phase difference (e.g. LSC-REFL_A_RF9_PHASE_D) of all the REFL and POP demodulators except for a WFS channel which showed suspiciously small signals.

Observations on the I/Q relations:

We discovered that the amplitude imbalance between any pair of I and Q were good and were typically less than 0.5%.  Also, the extra imbalance that can be introduced by changing the whitening settings are almost comparable to 0.5% and we concluded that it was pointless to correct the amplitude imbalance at this point unless the whitening settings are fixed. Therefore we didn't attempt to correct them this time. On the other hand, the phase difference was not as sensitive as the amplitude imbalance to the whitening settings. They were found to be typically off by a couple of degrees from 90 in the first place, while changing the whitening settings didn't rorate them more than 1 degree. This is the background story of why we ended up adjusting only the phase differences.

One demod board doesn't look healthy:

In the process of the adjustment, we found that channel 4 of the WFS REFL_B_RF9 demod board (SN:S1000994) displayed too small signals in both I and Q by a factor of 2-ish in their amplitudes compared with the rest of three channels. We must pull this board out of the rack and take a close look in the EE shop.

Adjustment of the phase difference:

We used the same technique as Anamaria did at LLO (see LLO 6829). The RF frequency was set apart by 40-50 Hz from the LO frequency in each demodulator by using an IFR RF source. The RF level was at -40 dBm for the LSC demods and -41 dBm for the WFS demods. None of the whitening stages were engaged. The whitening gains were simply set to be their maximum (i.e. 45 dB) during the measurement. The belows are the results:

* * * in-vac 1f

H1:LSC-POP_A_RF9_PHASE_D       87.30
H1:LSC-POP_A_RF45_PHASE_D      92.93
H1:LSC-REFL_A_RF9_PHASE_D      88.63
H1:LSC-REFL_A_RF45_PHASE_D     92.98

* * * in-air 1f

H1:LSC-POPAIR_A_RF9_PHASE_D    87.78
H1:LSC-POPAIR_A_RF45_PHASE_D   92.95
H1:LSC-REFLAIR_A_RF9_PHASE_D   88.27
H1:LSC-REFLAIR_A_RF45_PHASE_D  92.98

* * * 2f and 3f

H1:LSC-POPAIR_B_RF18_PHASE_D   89.17
H1:LSC-POPAIR_B_RF90_PHASE_D   91.05
H1:LSC-REFLAIR_B_RF27_PHASE_D  91.39
H1:LSC-REFLAIR_B_RF135_PHASE_D 84.49
 

* * * WFS REFL 9

H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF9_SEG1_PHASE_D 88.28
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF9_SEG2_PHASE_D 88.34
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF9_SEG3_PHASE_D 88.55
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF9_SEG4_PHASE_D 88.55
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF9_SEG1_PHASE_D 89.17
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF9_SEG2_PHASE_D 88.32
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF9_SEG3_PHASE_D 88.64
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF9_SEG4_PHASE_D 0
 

* * * WFS REFL 45

H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF45_SEG1_PHASE_D 91.96
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF45_SEG2_PHASE_D 93.15
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF45_SEG3_PHASE_D 92.37
H1:ASC-REFL_A_RF45_SEG4_PHASE_D 93.18
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF45_SEG1_PHASE_D 92.80
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF45_SEG2_PHASE_D 91.65
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF45_SEG3_PHASE_D 92.88
H1:ASC-REFL_B_RF45_SEG4_PHASE_D 93.00