Transcript Alignment

Alignment :
Hardware & Software Status
Henrich Heitmann, Julien Marque with the contribution of:
INFN Frascati, Mario Favati, Dominique Le Galliot,
Alain Masserot, Flavio Nocera, Tatania Zelenova
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Contents
1. Hardware review
2. Software review
3. Last upgrades
a. Rearrangement of crate C34
b. The 9th quadrant
c. Global Control news
d. The offset issue
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1a. The quadrant (Frascati)
• Silicon photodiode,
type EG&G YAG 444
• sensitivity = 0.45 A/W
• DC power = 2.77 mWmax
• transimpedance = 2 k 
• Bias voltage = 180 V
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1b. Quadrant electronics (Frascati)
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1c. The translation stages (Frascati)
2 translation stages / quadrant
(PI/M-125.90)
1 translation stage control module : 4 translation stages control
boards + quadrant power supply
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1d. Flippers, Shutters (Frascati)
Shutter used to measure DC offsets.
- shutter control card by Frascati.
Mirrors (or neutral densities) mounted on flip-mount to attenuate
the light when diode used in 2 different configurations
recombined/recycled (ratio of 1000 in DC power).
- will install next week proper power supply.
- need for their own electronics?
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2a. The photodiode readout,
translation stage control (LAPP/Napoli)
Phase tuning,
Gain control…
Quadrant motion
control…
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2b. The Global Control (LAL)
Compute correction signals to be sent to the DSP of each
mirror to be applied to the reference mass
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2c. The automation (LAPP/Napoli)
Alignment automation consits of: prealignment of the
direct beam, prealignment of the north and west arm
cavities, closing linear alignment loops on all mirror.
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2d. The alignment UI (EGO)
Used for the commissioning of
the linear alignment
(need to migrate to Labview?)
+ automatic measurement and
reconstruction of the optical
matrix (Maddalena, Gabriele)
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3a. Rearrangement of the electronics
Operation needed to:
-separate analogic fron digital
electronics
-accommodate the electronics
for the 9th quadrant
+Hardware monitoring
completed
+New electronics for DC remote
control gain
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3b. The 9th Quadrant
Everything installed but the cables
(+ problem of communication between a 3rd translation stage
driver and the rio to be fixed)
No more spare!!!!! Need for a 10th quadrant next year?
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3c. Global Control news
New features for the alignment part of GC:
-All matrices on the fly,
-Integrated filters in GC (output and input),
-Possibility to inject coherent lines on all mirrors for
matrix measurement comodity,
Need to write some code still…
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3d. The offset issue
Where the offsets of AC error signals are coming from?
a)DC offsets between different elements of the
quadrant => beam not centered on diode =>
coupling with longitudinal signals => offset on
alignment AC signals
This should have been fixed by a better DC tuning
b)Multireflection in the splitters of the optical setup =>
secondary beam combined with main beam => offset
on alignment AC signal
Optics with 3 degrees wedge have been acquired: will
be installed soon
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