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Torrey Cullen - posted 15:30, Wednesday 16 October 2024 - last comment - 09:56, Thursday 17 October 2024(11910)
B111 Progress - Laser Amplifier Safety

Our plan to have the laser amplifier above the optics tables on breadboards seemed like a safety risk. As seen here or here, the output connection to the amplifier is at risk of snagging on something. Since we expect watts of power coming out of this amplifier, we need to make sure we can't accident smack this fiber and cause it to come loose. I've made a first draft of a solution for this. Half inch post system and using zip ties to secure the fiber to the rigid metal. See this or this. Note that the shelf above the optics tables was moved about a foot forward to accommodate this. 

Daniel is working on a solution to secure the breadboard to the shelf.

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Chris Stoughton - 09:30, Thursday 17 October 2024 (11911)

Thank you for identifying the snag potential.  Please consider how exposed the fiber is, even if fastened to a rigid support.  Could something whack into it and sever it?  Could it be inside a short piece of metal or PVC conduit?

 

Torrey Cullen - 09:56, Thursday 17 October 2024 (11912)

It definitely is still exposed. I'm looking for the flexible metal tubing the LIGO sights use to move fibers across rooms.