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AdV-PSL (Pre-mode-cleaner block)
cleva - 12:03 Monday 10 December 2018 (43966) Print this report
Comment to Offset at the slave and PMC error signal & neoVAN alignment (43914)

After the adjustment of the beam upstream to the EOM providing the 14 MHz for both the slave laser end the PMC cavity we have noticed an increase of the PDH of the  

Upon arrival, the slave ramaputo is PSL_ELEC_9801_01
- PDH = 1.20 V pp
- F_mod = 14,53 MHz
- Att_RF = 14 dB (since 42866)
- Injection locking range is ~1 MHz
Rem.:  pay attention that V_PZT_monit is V_PZT/10 or /20, TBC later
-> see plot 1 & 2

# We find out that past issues related to PMC offset and Slave PDH size (42906) is connected to beam misalignment at EOM level.
Adjusting the Rmax mirror tilt upstream the EOM raised the slave from 1.4 V to 6 V pp !!
The injection locking range raises up to 3 MHz
-> see plot 3 & 4

New status now is
- PDH = 4.2 V pp
- Att_RF = 9 dB
- GF = 80 kHz
- lockable with an attenuation varying by 21 dB

-> see OLTF in plot 5

Conclusion_1:
- raising the PDH by a factor 4.3 means the power of the ML coupled into the salve has raided by 18
- raising the injection range by a factor 3,12 means the power of the ML coupled into the salve has raided by 10

It means the power of the ML coupled into the slave laser has raised by a factor 10-20!
* This can't not be reasonably explained by a feature of the EOM
(we have proceeded with a visual inspection to check for possible large misalignement on the crystals themselves)
* a guess is a possible dust somewhere on the path between the EOM and the slave which could clip 90 % of the ML power
--> to be checked ASAP


 

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