ID |
Date |
Author |
Category |
Subject |
62
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Thu May 12 15:21:23 2022 |
Sebastian, Simon | Laser | Flash lamps changed |
We (Sebastian and I) changed the flash lamps of the Quanta Ray Laser and measured the output energy of the laser system afterwards (still during warm up).
All values in [mJ] and over 500 laser-pulses average
Date | Out of Quanta Ray @ 532 nm | Seed energy for Cobra @ 532 nm | Out of Cobra @ 601 nm
|
10.05.2022 | 533 | 485 | 71
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11.05.2022 | 484 | 480 | 67
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12.05.2022 | 578 | 501 | 75
|
The lambda/2 is at 103°. Correction factor for the 532nm-monitor is 11.4 (exchanged broken monitor). |
67
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Fri May 13 11:46:51 2022 |
Sebastian, Simon | | Laser energy |
We (Sebastian and I) measured the output energy of the laser system again.
All values in [mJ] and over 500 laser-pulses average
Date | Out of Quanta Ray @ 532 nm | Seed energy for Cobra @ 532 nm | Out of Cobra @ 601 nm
|
10.05.2022 | 533 | 485 | 71
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11.05.2022 | 484 | 480 | 67
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12.05.2022 | 578 | 501 | 75
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13.05.2022 | 632 | 498 | 78
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The lambda/2 is at 100°. Correction factor for the 532nm-monitor is 8.4. |
33
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Tue May 10 23:10:25 2022 |
Sebastian, Patrick, Volker, Guy | Accelerator | T-Scraper Reloaded |
We have established a Control to "manually" move the T-Scrapers via a "remote desktop". We can now move both scrapers in the horizontal direction too.
We are now T-scraping the ion beam for determining its position in the vertical and horizontal directions. |
11
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Thu May 5 15:24:34 2022 |
Sebastian | Laser | laser busy problem |
Current status:
Laser busy signal works correctly (5V if the grating moves, 0V if not) if the laser is operated by the Sirah software.
When the laser is controled by the "Thorium Main VI" the laser busy signal is always 0V. |
12
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Fri May 6 10:30:23 2022 |
Sebastian | DAQ | laser busy / dye out signal fixed |
Solution for a working laser busy / dye out signal was to disable the FCU and set the FCU status to "False" (see attached picture).
Remark: FCU unit will not be used for Bismuth experiment! |
13
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Fri May 6 10:35:06 2022 |
Sebastian | DAQ | laser step complete cabling changed |
I changed the laser step complete cabling from a quad coinc (see attached picture) to a Logic Fan In / Fan out (same as laser scan complete).
The "detour" through the quad coinc yielded to a very short laser step complete signal of ~500ns...
Due to the change it is now ~15µs long and has the same length as the laser scan complete signal (~15µs). |
26
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Tue May 10 11:40:55 2022 |
Sebastian | Accelerator | still no beam @ESR |
There is still no Beam in the ESR.
The beam is currently at TE3 - between SIS and ESR |
52
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Wed May 11 23:36:24 2022 |
Ruijiu Chen, Carsten, Guy | DAQ | start NTCAP. |
Carrier frequency:244MHz
IQ rate: 10M Samples/seconds
Reference level: -25
RF-Attenuation(dB):40
IF-Attenuation(dB):19.9288
Samples/Record:2^18=262144
Records/File:2^12=4096
Masterpath:p:\208Bi\iq\IQ_2022-05-10_17-06-29
p:\208Bi\sc\IQ_2022-05-10_17-06-29
Free space of hard disk: 34.9TB. |
10
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Wed May 4 22:56:22 2022 |
Rodolfo, Sebastian, Konstantin | Laser | Laser step complete, scan complete fixed |
"Laser step complete" and "laser scan complete" are working again.
Problems:
1) Connections were wrong in the Software.
2) Sometimes the connection to "laser scan complete" was lost (Wackelkontakt).
3) The VI was initialized with the wrong LabJack Channels.
Now:
1) fixed connections in the software.
2) switch to an other "channel" of the LabJack device for "laser scan complete".
3) The channels in the Cobra VI are for...
laser scan complete -> Channel 5
laser step complete -> 6
We definetely should keep an eye and check frequently the signals, that we do not have a lost connection (Wackelkontakt) again of these 2 channels. |
9
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Wed May 4 22:55:37 2022 |
Rodolfo, Sebastian | Laser | FCU / Temp Control Bug |
We found a "Bug" in the control of the Sirah dye system.
Due that we don't use the FCU and the temperature control unit we could not start the Sirah software without getting numerous errors.
The fix was to plug in the BBO oven again, move the FCU to "origin", than move to a specific location that the FCU goes in an "idle" mode.
Than the Sirah software can be started again without getting erros. |
28
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Tue May 10 15:26:35 2022 |
Rodolfo, Max | Laser | Laser stabilisation running |
It is now possible to stabilize and move the laser with both stages.
The software and hardware settings are attached.
For synchronizing with the laser pulse we use following frequency generator settings:
period: 200us
high: 5V
low: 0V
duty: 50%
The frequency generator is triggered with the external Q-switch trigger signal, that is in coincidence with the ESR HF.
To use the stabilization one has to use the external and NOT the q-switch mode of the laser. |
7
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Fri Apr 29 21:18:12 2022 |
Rodolfo & Max | Laser | Fluorescein 27, Rh 610 + Rh 640 |
We (Max and Rodolfo) have tested the dyes. I have prepared the dye-solutions according to the recipes given in Sirah's User Manual.
The seed energy for the Cobra was 520 mJ @ 532 nm. The output energy after the Cobra's main amplifier was:
Fluorescein 27 (to be used for 208Bi):
Wavelength [nm] | Energy [mJ]
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545 | 58
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548 | 64
|
550 | 62
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555 | 58
|
560 | 51
|
Rhodamin 610 + Rhodamin 640 (potential candidate to be used for 209Bi):
Wavelength [nm] | Energy [mJ]
|
600 | 65
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605 | 98
|
610 | 104
|
615 | 103
|
620 | 97
|
625 | 82
|
* All values averaged over 500 laser pulses. |
75
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Mon May 16 21:08:48 2022 |
Rodolfo & Max | Laser | Laser power |
We checked the energy of the laser and optimized it a bit
Time | Seed energy for Cobra @ 532 nm | Out of Cobra @ 601 nm
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20:41 | 415 | 63
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20:48 | 506 | 73
|
The lambda/2 is now at 108°. |
92
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Mon May 30 19:42:20 2022 |
Rodolfo & Kristian | Laser | Changing laser wavelength |
We have changed the laser wavelength, e.g. the dye for the Cobra to Fluorescein 27.
We get about 84 mJ out the main amplifier @ 548 nm.
We also changed the optics and put into operation the MRC stabilization system for this new wavelength regime.
Next step is to T-scrape the ion- and laser-beams, e.g. to make the overlap of both beams at the E-Cooler. |
1
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Fri Jul 30 10:21:27 2021 |
Rodolfo | Laser | Kink |
The laser beamline in the ESR north arc has a knik, therefore the laser beam can not get the "laser tower" in the north east arc. This path is used to get the laser beam up to the electron-cooler side, such that the laser beam co-propagates the ion beam.
In order to try fix this, Markus suggested to get in contact with Herr Kredel (Groß Montage). He will be back from holidays on August 11th (2021). |
2
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Fri Apr 22 09:38:24 2022 |
Rodolfo | Laser | getting ready for Fluorescein548 |
We are going to change dye. Therefore I have take out the DCM-dye-solution* out of the dye circulators, rinsed them with Ethanol (5 times) and put new filters.
* This was a solution of 0.3 g/l in 1:1 solvent mixture of Ethanol and DMSO. |
3
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Mon Apr 25 18:47:12 2022 |
Rodolfo | Laser | New dye circulators |
I have put into operation the new circulators (SN. 182231, 182201) for our dye laser (the Cobra). I have rinsed them with pure Ethanol first and I have not seen any leaks.
The idea is to use these circulators with either Pyrromethene 597 or a combination of (Rhodamin B + Rhodamin 101).
The "old circulators" (SN. 104830, 104801) will be used together with (Fluorescein 27 + NaOH). |
4
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Mon Apr 25 21:47:28 2022 |
Rodolfo | Laser | green instead UV |
I am exchanging the optical elements (mirrors and lenses) for the laser spectroscopy on bismuth. At some places I am also exchanging the 3"-mirror holders and installing 2"-mirror holders instead.
* Just in case. The "nice" laser profile comes from a laser pointer from Thorlabs (CPS532). The Cobra is still under construction. |
6
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Tue Apr 26 18:15:19 2022 |
Rodolfo | Detectors | XUV-Detector and Cu-Mirror |
Concerning the moveable detectors:
- I have switched off the power supply and cooling (heat exchanger) for the Cu-mirror.
- The heat exchanger for the XUV-detector is still ON. The water level in the heat exchanger is still OK. |
18
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Mon May 9 13:48:20 2022 |
Rodolfo | Laser | Laser for H-like 209Bi |
I have changed the dye to Rhodamin 610 + Rhodamin 640. The Cobra wavelength can be tuned now from 600 to 630 nm.
The current wavelength is set to 605 nm. |