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takafumi.ushiba - 14:47 Monday 04 August 2025 (34739) Print this report
IFO recovery from earthquake in Kamchatka Peninsula: Day 2

Abstract:

Linear range of PRC2_Y seems very small and REFL_QPDA1_RF45_I signals seem no more sentive than REFL_QPDA2_RF45_I.
For stability tests, I changed PR3 ASC signals from REFL_QPDA1 to REFL_QPDA2, and then IFO could reach OBSERVATION state for a short time.
Since the large earthquakes occures, the stability should be checked later.

Detail:

Since PRC2 yaw seems a problematic DoF, I checked the signals of REFL QPDs while moving PR3.
Figure 1 shows the signals when PRFPMI was locked with ASC except for PRC2_Y with 1W.
At that time, PR3 was about 0.4 urad apart from the good value in +yaw direction (-43.2 of K1:VIS-PR3_TM_WIT_Y_DQ was good for IFO).
Since PRC2 flter sign is negative for closing loop, the error signals should be positive if the good values are -yaw direction, however the DC values of K1:ASC-PRC2_Y_IN1_DQ seems negative.
It implies that PRC2 might not measure PR3 motions well, so I moved PR3 intentionally and see the QPD signals.

Figure 2 and figure 3 show the QPD signals when PR3 moved in plus and minus yaw direction around good values, respectively.
According to the data shown in fig2 and fig3, REFL_QPDA1 signals seems less sensitive than REFL QPDA2 signals though REFL_QPDA1 signals are used for the current PRC2_Y signals.
Though I'm not so sure why REFL QPDA1 doesn't measure PR3 motion now, I anyway tried to use REFL_QPDA2 signals instead of REFL_QPDA1 signals instead.
Figure 4 shows the time-series data of POP90, PR3 OpLev, and QPD signals when PR3 yaw was controled with REFL_QPDA2_RF45 signals.

Snce IFO seems stable with PRC ASC with REFL QPDA2 RF45 signals, I requested OBSERVATION state to LSC_LOCK guardian and confirmed that IFO can reach OBSERVATION state.
Since the big earthquake happened, I cannot check the stability, so it is necessary to check it.

What I changed:

To test PRC ASC with REFL QPDA2 signals, I modified following.
1. K1:ASC-INMTRX_Y_3_18: from 1 to 0.
2. K1:ASC-INMTRX_Y_3_11: from 0 to 1
3. K1:ASC-OUTMTRX_Y_1_3: from 1 to 0
4. K1:ASC-OUTMTRX_Y_3_3: from 0 to 1.
5. Turn off INPUT of K1:ASC-PRC2_Y filter bank.
6. Setting gain filters (-3dB, -6dB, -12dB, and -24dB) at K1:ASC-PRC1_Y filter bank (fig5).

Note:

To test the PRC ASC with REFL QPDA2 RF45 signals, it can be engaged just turning off FM8 (null) at K1:ASC-PRC1_Y filter bank after reaching PRFPMI_RF_LOCKED state.
Since I didn't modified the guardian, resetting ASC signals and turn on/off ASC should be manualy done at this moment.
No check of UGF, so loop gain should be checked and adjusted.

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takaaki.yokozawa - 9:33 Tuesday 05 August 2025 (34745) Print this report
In this morning, the alignment of the GRX was not good (GRX ~ 0.6, and image was split in Yaw), I tweaked the PR3 alignment, but I cannot find good angle.
And I noticed the beam spot of ITMX and ETMX was bad, I performed the full initial alignment, then PRFPMI RF LOCKED recovered.

And the ouput matrix for the new ASC was backed
3. K1:ASC-OUTMTRX_Y_1_3: from 1 to 0
4. K1:ASC-OUTMTRX_Y_3_3: from 0 to 1.
As shown in Fig.1., after the several minutes, they backed and LSC_LOCKED and ASC_LOCKED guardian didn't change at this moment.
I changed again.

And I started the check of the new PRC1_Y control from around 9:30
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takaaki.yokozawa - 10:53 Tuesday 05 August 2025 (34747) Print this report
I measured the OLTF for PRC1 Yaw
The UGF seemed ~0.3 Hz
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takaaki.yokozawa - 12:00 Tuesday 05 August 2025 (34749) Print this report
Sorry, I saw the p matrix, not y matrix.
Please ignore previous post...
takaaki.yokozawa - 12:49 Tuesday 05 August 2025 (34748) Print this report
Changing guardian for the temporal solution, we need to discuss about it.

lsclib.py
L169
for ax in ['DHARD', 'CHARD','DSOFT', 'CSOFT', 'MICH', 'INP1' ,'INP2', 'PRC2']:
->
for ax in ['DHARD', 'CHARD','DSOFT', 'CSOFT', 'MICH', 'INP1' ,'INP2','PRC1', 'PRC2']:

L199
for ax in [ 'MICH', 'INP1', 'INP2', 'PRC2']:
->
for ax in [ 'MICH', 'INP1', 'INP2', 'PRC1','PRC2']:

L229
for ax in ['MICH', 'PRC2']:
->
for ax in ['MICH', 'PRC1', 'PRC2']:

ASC_LOCK.py
L403 :
for DOF in ['MICH','PRC2','INP1','INP2']:
->
for DOF in ['MICH','PRC1','PRC2','INP1','INP2']:

L1574
ezca['ASC-PRC1_%s_TRAMP'%(dof)] = 0

L1660
ezca['ASC-PRC1_%s_GAIN'%(dof)] = 0

L1668
ezca['ASC-PRC1_%s_TRAMP'%(dof)] = 5

L1897
for DOF in ['MICH','PRC2','INP2']:
->
for DOF in ['MICH','PRC1','PRC2','INP2']:

shinji.miyoki - 8:46 Wednesday 06 August 2025 (34744) Print this report

At present, the X/Y arms' finesse and/or the recycling gain gradually reduced. In such a case, P and S polarization situation in the recycling cavity could change and affect the Guoy phases?

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