Reports until 15:58, Thursday 15 August 2024
GQuEST Output Filter Cavities
Torrey Cullen - posted 15:58, Thursday 15 August 2024 - last comment - 20:18, Thursday 15 August 2024(11836)
EOM notes

-There is no beat note if the tank circuit on the 1550 EOM is removed.

-If the tank circuit for the 775 is removed the same 120 Hz oscillations are observed. The PDH error amplitude is also very small, as expected.

-I am going to remake a tank circuit and plan to operate OFC1 at 70 MHz (~20 MHz difference, should be filtered out by the low pass in the laser lock box).

Comments related to this report
Daniel Grass - 20:18, Thursday 15 August 2024 (11837)

Maybe it's fine, but a 20 MHz beat notes seems dangerously close to our nominal readout frequency. However, this is still ~100x the single cavity pole so it should be filtered plenty.