Following Yuhang: Procedure to lock MC green (MCG) and MZ
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Lock SHG
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turn on high-voltage drivers of MZ and MCG
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Check alignment of MCG using a ramp (typical value 7.05Hz, 1Vpp) now we are using s-pol but anyway it should be the same procedure with p-pol
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if the alignment is fine, set the gain of standford to gain = 1. Use a simple lowpass pole at 3Hz on the standford.
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tune MCG PZT driver offset to go as close as possible to the TEM00 peak
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close the loop of MCG (put MCG correction in input of MCG driver)
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increase the gain of standford to 5
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tune the MZ high voltage offset. You should see max and min. Now we are locking a little higher than mid-fringe in order to get enough tranmitted power by MCG (1V on oscilloscope which corresponds to 12.5mW)
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On MZ servo check EP mon (Error Point monitor) and put it to 0 changing its offset
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NOTICE : WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE GAIN IS HIGH ENOUGH (USUALLY 10) TO AVOID THE UNSTABILITY AT 600 HZ
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On MZ servo turn on lock and integrator
To measure MZ openloop TF we injected noise in the servo input ''add'' and take TF between EP mon and input. For a swept sine typical noise value is 50 mVpk
Notice: if you vibrate the bench too much, you will destory the lock of MZ.