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  Draft   Fri May 14 09:35:20 2021 NightshiftRunsCoasting beam, scanning laser, ecooler on   IMG-20210514-WA0018.jpg 
  53   Fri May 14 09:38:04 2021 NightshiftRunsCoasting beam, scanning laser, ecooler on   IMG-20210514-WA0018.jpg 
  54   Fri May 14 09:38:43 2021 NightshiftRunsCoasting beam, ecooler on, scanning laser   IMG-20210514-WA0019.jpg 
  55   Fri May 14 09:40:04 2021 NightshiftRunsEcooling vs laser wavelength shift, coasting beam, laser stronger than EcoolingLast three pictures where taken after 
first laser ion beam overlap adjustments
 IMG-20210514-WA0017.jpg 
  65   Sat May 15 09:50:31 2021 TeamRunsLaser cooling of.... H=2
H=7
H=10
  
  66   Sat May 15 09:57:24 2021 DayshiftRunsCurrently on schedule Enhance fluorescence rate and perform 
laser bunch timing 
  
  1   Mon May 10 07:58:13 2021 DanyalGeneralTelephone numbers and Zoom linkTelephone numbers:

ESR laser lab: +49 (0)6159 71 - 2882
  
  2   Tue May 11 15:49:30 2021 DanyalGeneralsetting up ESRThe operators are still busy extracting the
beam from the SIS18 towards the ESR and injecting
it into the ESR. 
  
  5   Tue May 11 18:29:35 2021 DanyalGeneralfirst ions in the ESR   first_ions_are_injected.jpg 
  6   Tue May 11 20:14:43 2021 DanyalGeneralbad ESR vacuumI just heard that the ESR vacuum is quite
bad. 
There was a small vacuum problem a while
  
  8   Wed May 12 02:34:29 2021 DanyalGeneralinstabilities in ion frequencyThe ion beam moves around, pretty arbitrary.
See picture. 
ESR crew believes that it is not due to fluctuations
 fluctuations.jpg 
  10   Wed May 12 08:10:17 2021 LarsGeneralinstabilities in ion frequencylooks like the E-Cooler is responsible for
this. If one turns off the electron current,
the beam stays stable. 
  
  17   Wed May 12 09:59:08 2021 BenediktGeneralRigol DSG821 signal generator settings   CF7701F6-86BE-406C-8FAD-F3161463181C.jpeg 
  22   Wed May 12 18:59:15 2021 Ken UeberholzGeneralPower is backPower is back and most things are running
again
  
  23   Wed May 12 19:48:24 2021 SebastianGeneralDSG821 NetworkTo implement the bunch Signal Generator (DSG821
inside ESR) you have to:
 IMG_20210512_195329_resized_20210512_075346417.jpg 
  24   Wed May 12 22:28:55 2021 Ken UeberholzGeneralBunching succesfullBunching with 2 and 10 bunches succesfull   
  25   Wed May 12 22:35:33 2021 DanyalGeneralfrev and fbSchottky frequency (189th harmonic) = 244.033662
MHz
  
  26   Wed May 12 22:48:25 2021 SebastianGeneralDSG Control SCPI CommandsOpen Ultra Sigma
Press LAN
Press Search, after a while the whole rigol
  
  27   Wed May 12 22:57:41 2021 SebastianGeneralLaser Repratelaser reprate is seven times the revoolution
frequency: 9.038283 MHz
pulse length: 735ps
  
  29   Wed May 12 23:45:23 2021 Ken UeberholzGeneralLaser does not reach the exit windowHigh rates on the detector at 50mm positions,
laser does not seem to reach the exit window.
  
  33   Thu May 13 01:13:06 2021 SebastianGeneralBunching frequenciesrelating to Danyals ID 25 post are the current
bunching frequencies:
  
  34   Thu May 13 01:21:30 2021 SebastianGeneralCurrent schedule ... so far1.) check h=2,4,6,7,8,10 .... bunching frequencies
with different amplitudes (signalgenerator),
Ecooler ON, Laser OFF --> record schottky
  
  35   Thu May 13 01:55:15 2021 SebastianGeneralESR amplifier reset / laser checkwe had to go into the ESR because the amplifiers
hooked up. both amplifiers were resetted!
 IMG_20210513_014345_resized_20210513_015540959.jpgIMG_20210513_014353_resized_20210513_015541291.jpg 
  36   Thu May 13 02:42:58 2021 SebastianGeneralLasershutter ESR Entrance?!attached should be the name of the entrance
laser shutter. just in case somebody will
close it ;)
 IMG_20210513_020027_resized_20210513_024049198.jpg 
  38   Thu May 13 03:35:25 2021 LarsGeneralStatus: Current schedule ... so far1.) so far: 
h = 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20,
30
  
  39   Thu May 13 18:34:54 2021 Ken UeberholzGeneralWhat happened scince shift change at 4pmIon frequency shifts with laser, both manually
and scanned, without bunches: successful
Bunching with 7 and 20 bunches: successful
  
  40   Thu May 13 20:18:10 2021 BenediktGeneralNew f_revThe ions were changed to a different speed
today at 2 PM. The new revolution frequency
is now 1.291278 MHz.
  
  41   Thu May 13 21:00:48 2021 BenediktGeneralNew reprate of the UV laserThe lasersystem now operates at a reparte
of 9.038946 MHz. This is 7 times f_rev (see
previous post).
  
  42   Thu May 13 23:42:37 2021 Ken UeberholzGeneralWhat was doneIn this shift a number of successful Schottky
measurements were done:
With fixed laser wavelength, while varying
 Schottky1.jpegSchottky2.jpegSchottky3.jpegSchottky4.jpeg 
  43   Fri May 14 01:28:04 2021 SebastianGeneral"new" laser wavelengthMinor changes in electron cooler voltage (~+13V,
now 66903V measured by DMM) leads to that
we had to shift the laser wavelength to:
  
  44   Fri May 14 01:34:44 2021 TeamGeneralstrange XUV Anode signalWe see a strange behavior of the anode signal
when we bunch the ion beam and electron cooler
is on.
 Screenshot_(68).png 
  45   Fri May 14 04:50:46 2021 Team #NightGeneralScraper Tests Ion / Laser Beamlaser is 4-6mm below the ion beam.
It could be that the interaction between
both beams came only from the interaction
  
  47   Fri May 14 06:35:55 2021 Team #NightGeneralAdjustment of Laserwe increased the height of the laser beam

TEM Settings
  
  48   Fri May 14 07:20:18 2021 Team #NightGeneralactual bunching frequency25,82556 MHz
h = 20
  
  Draft   Fri May 14 07:33:42 2021 Team #NightGeneralecooler central frequency shifted relative to bunch central frequency    
  50   Fri May 14 08:55:53 2021 SebastianGeneralToDO 14.5 ...so far1.) ion lasser overlap and scraper test

2.) change bunching frequency to middle of
  
  51   Fri May 14 09:00:55 2021 SebastianGeneralUNILAC Problems~30 min downtime

--> LASER ADJUSTEMENTS!
  
  57   Fri May 14 16:37:01 2021 BenediktGeneralStatus updateRight now, we have to adjust the ion beam
a bit to overlap better with the laser beam.
We keep the laser wavelength at resonance
  
  58   Fri May 14 21:43:40 2021 SebastianGeneral"problems accelerator"There are cooling problems of some accelerator
devices
short break, hopefully :)
  
  61   Sat May 15 03:39:16 2021 TeamGeneralactual revolution frequencyfrev = 1,2912735 MHz   
  62   Sat May 15 06:51:16 2021 Night Shift Sebastian/Max/NoahGeneralDifferent LaserscantypesWe use different scan types (manual scan)
or constant laser wavelengths to check the
effects of laser cooling in the Schottky
  
  67   Sat May 15 11:06:31 2021 BenediktGeneralNew Zoom link for the momenthttps://tu-darmstadt.zoom.us/j/4948400422?pwd=SEJaUzBuYXM0TTd6UWxoZTFlWEZxUT09

Meeting ID: 494 840 0422
  
  68   Sat May 15 11:26:44 2021 BenediktGeneralTEM parametersWe changed the horizontal position of the
laser beam a bit, so that we maximized the
fluorescence signal on the XUV detector (coasting
  
  69   Sat May 15 12:11:54 2021 BenediktGeneralLaser-bunch-timingOptimizing the laser bunch timing.
h = 7 (9.0389145 MHz)
Reprate is already set to same frequency.
  
  70   Sun May 16 02:18:53 2021 SebastianGeneralUV Drop1:25 a.m. huge drop in UV laser power
-> small crystal bump with both y screws
of bbo oven
  
  Draft   Sun May 16 02:20:58 2021 SebastianGeneral"Der Laser ist (wieder) ok"    
  72   Sun May 16 02:22:19 2021 SebastianGeneral"Der Laser ist ok"    
  73   Sun May 16 02:28:21 2021 TeamGeneral#Beam ON!Laser specs:
pulse length -> 482ps
  
  74   Sun May 16 05:09:04 2021 TeamGeneralLaser cooling with 482pswe see laser cooling with 482ps pulse length   
  75   Sun May 16 05:09:27 2021 TeamGeneralSwitch to 285pspulse length -> 285ps

minimum 62mW inside ESR (depending on laser
  
  76   Sun May 16 05:24:00 2021 TeamGeneralLaser cooling with 285pswe also see laser cooling with 285ps pulse
length
  
  77   Sun May 16 06:13:46 2021 TeamGeneralSwitch to 166ps     
  78   Sun May 16 07:03:07 2021 TeamGeneralLaser cooling with 166psWe saw some indications of laser cooling @
166ps pulse length
  
  79   Sun May 16 07:18:56 2021 Night Shift Sebastian/Max/NoahGeneralPreparation for automated laser scansWe shut the laser system down to prepare automated
laser scans
  
  80   Sun May 16 11:29:22 2021 BenediktGeneralAutomated laser scans workingThe automated laser scans are working now.
We can now scan with the following functions:
triangle, sawtooth, cosinus/sinus, arctan,
  
  81   Sun May 16 21:23:02 2021 TeamGeneralESR OPEN -> preparation for Polarisation Tests    
  82   Sun May 16 22:11:49 2021 TeamGeneralLaser Polarisation valuesmaximal transmission of PBSC (257/514 pbsc
was used in combination with xlp12 detector
and visual on a screen):
  
  83   Mon May 17 08:05:42 2021 TeamGeneralEnd of beamtime~ 8 a.m.   
  84   Mon May 17 21:43:56 2021 DanyalGeneralThe test beamtime was a success.Dear all,

The test beamtime is now over. 
  
  4   Tue May 11 16:33:31 2021 Ken UeberholzDetectorsDetector control manualAttached to this elog entry is a short manual
for the xuv-detector control. If anything
is missing or not understandable I can change
 Manual.pdf 
  85   Tue May 31 07:29:11 2022 KenDetectorsXUV-DetektorRate was very low: ~ 100Hz
Adjusted Walk level and Threshold, new rate:
5kHz
  
  3   Tue May 11 16:07:59 2021 SebastianDAQDAQ ManualAttached you'll find a short manual for operating
the whole DAQ system
 DAQ_Manual.pdf 
  14   Wed May 12 09:04:48 2021 SebastianDAQKeysight AUtoCal   IMG_20210510_143940_resized_20210512_090353546.jpg 
  Draft   Wed May 12 09:05:48 2021 Keysight SettingsDAQ     
  16   Wed May 12 09:09:15 2021 SebastianDAQFluorescencefluorescence with detector in parking position
fixed laser wavelength
electron cooling ON, 
 1029967nm.png 
  19   Wed May 12 10:15:47 2021 Volker HannenDAQUnplugged TDC inputs for MCP front and backTo reduce the load on the VUPROM TDC, we unplugged
the TDC inputs for the front and back signals
of the MCP of the XUV detector.
  
  28   Wed May 12 23:36:18 2021 Ken UeberholzDAQVI changecarbon main vi - kopie is now in operation

here, in keysight.vi the input settings for
  
  30   Thu May 13 00:58:53 2021 DanyalDAQunbunched ion beam   not_bunched_-_signal.jpgnot_bunched_-_Schottky.jpg 
  31   Thu May 13 01:01:27 2021 DanyalDAQbunched ion beam   bunched_-_signal.jpgbunched_-_Schottky.jpgzoom_bunched_-_Schottky.jpg 
  32   Thu May 13 01:05:45 2021 DanyalDAQmore stability by bunchingBecause the C3+ part of the ion beam is properly
bunched, it is no longer so sensitive to
the drifts caused by the e-cooler. 
  
  56   Fri May 14 11:01:33 2021 BenediktCalibrationLaser Beam adjustedThe laser beam was adjusted in his position
to overlap better with the ions.
  
  11   Wed May 12 08:32:04 2021 SebastianAnalysisfluorescence & energetic overlapDuring the night shift we saw several rises
of the fluorescence (see another entry) and
also energetic overlap in coasting beam modus.
 Screenshot_(154).png 
  12   Wed May 12 08:41:36 2021 SebastianAnalysisLaser stabilityDuring night shift the laser was very stable!
Only minor fluctuations occured in the UV
  
  13   Wed May 12 08:42:49 2021 SebastianAnalysisLaser scans / coastig beam / no ecoolerAttached you'll see a first laser scan of
~100GHz in the UV.
 Screenshot_(156).png 
  37   Thu May 13 02:45:29 2021 SebastianAnalysisESR pressure   8x 
  46   Fri May 14 06:34:45 2021 Team #NightAnalysisDSG821 IP140.181.104.108   
  Draft   Wed May 12 02:16:25 2021 Danyal, LarsAcceleratorIon beam positionLaser Position with scrapers verified. 
1HA: impossible to scratch laser beam, still
there at -1.0 mm
  
  18   Wed May 12 10:14:18 2021 LarsAcceleratorE-CoolerM.Steck et al. discussed about the E-Cooler
and found a possible issue. They asked for
enterance to the ESR. Since nobody else was
  
  20   Wed May 12 13:11:58 2021 DanyalAcceleratorshort break between 13:30 and 15:30There will be a short break (2 hours) this
afternoon. Between 13:30 and 15:30. 
The so-calles "super lense" in the UNILAC
  
  21   Wed May 12 15:36:04 2021 DanyalAcceleratorgeneral power failure in ESR! (everything is off)The power in the ESR is off. 
(also on the gas-target area on top of ESR)
Electrical engineers are trying to find and
  
  59   Fri May 14 22:04:25 2021 TeamAcceleratorESR OPEN ; NO BEAM -> Reset cooling devicewe had to open the ESR to reset a cooling
device
  
  60   Fri May 14 22:20:37 2021 TeamAcceleratorESR Closed - BEAM #ON!    
  63   Sat May 15 09:22:41 2021 Sebastian AcceleratorEkühler Settings für Ekühler an und aus in SC4 und

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  64   Sat May 15 09:23:52 2021 SebastianAcceleratorEkühlerTab "Kühler Elektronenstrahl"
An Gerät schicken
  
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