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camilla.compton@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:30, Wednesday 15 July 2026 (91041)
Beam Profiles of CHETA Y-arm Table Laser 0918 with L2 in different locations

Matt, Camilla

On July 9th, we used the Ophir Nanoscan to take data on the CHETA Y-arm Table Laser 0918 with L2 at different locations on the translation stage. Data is attached to D2500319

We then used Fintrace to project this to the ITM. Data must be saved with correct file name for this analyzer to work, using logger function of Nanoscan V2 to save. Used command: python beam_profile_analyzer_nonlinear.py /DATA/20260709_0918_after_L2_m10/ --z-offset 245 

L2 Translation Stage
Offset 
Fitted q propagated to ITM
% Astigmatism
(Beam size)
Horizontal
Vertical
-35mm
46.65 mm
48.73 mm
4.4%
-10mm (Nominal)
53.06 mm
51.03 mm
3.9%
+15mm
62.17 mm
57.87 mm
7.4%

At the nominal beam size of ~53mm on the ITMY, the beam size astigmatism is 3.9% which we think is acceptable. 

We also took some data with the analyzer at a fixed position while moving L2 along the translation stage, this is also attached to D2500319