R&D (FilterCavity)
MichaelPage - 13:00, Wednesday 11 September 2024 (3732)
Comment to EOM modulation is very low and DDS boards are faulty (Click here to view original report: 3724)

The spec sheet for the 88 MHz EOM says to apply about 12-15 dBm to get near 0.2 rad modulation depth. I swapped DAC0 (-9 dBm) and DAC1 (8.2 dBm) and plugged DAC1 into +14.1 dB RF amp. I intended to use +14 -12 to achieved 12 dBm RF injection but somehow it only came out of theRF amp as 11 dBm without any attenuator. DAC0 is also amplified ~ 14 dB and sends 4 dBm to the splitter for SHG and IRMC LO.

The SHG has a reasonable error signal and locks, but has oscillation even near zero gain. The IRMC has some visible RF sidebands in the reflection PD (approximately 3% of carrier on each side) but the PDH error signal is quite small. Turning the lock switch on the IRMC servo does nothing, it doesn't even disrupt the spectrum.

I should check internal connections.