Komori, Dan, Tanaka
Finally, we succeeded in closing the High-Bandwidth ASC loops for ARM DoFs in both P and Y directions. On the other hands, We found some issues in HB ASCs which are the causes of lock loss. The detail will be posted tomorrow.
Komori, Dan, Tanaka
Finally, we succeeded in closing the High-Bandwidth ASC loops for ARM DoFs in both P and Y directions. On the other hands, We found some issues in HB ASCs which are the causes of lock loss. The detail will be posted tomorrow.
## What we did on 2026.02.27
We engaged the high-bandwidth ASCs for both P and Y directions. As soon as engaging ASCs, DHARD_{P,Y} started oscillated at some high-frequecies, 15-18 Hz. We tried to solve the issue by implementing a bandstop filter between 14-20 Hz. Then, the oscillations at their frequencies seems to be stoppped but sometimes 15 Hz oscillation raise up like glitch (fig.1). If the glitch was large, IFO got down. We found that IM actuator was saturated at this timing (fig.2) (When I wrote this log, I found TM was also saturated). Since we just use IM to damp the 3 Hz mode in Yaw but the feedback to IM above 3 Hz was not cut at that time, we implemented 3 Hz bandpath filter in FM2 of IM_LOCK_Y. Thanks to this, we avoid the IM actuator saturation (but TM was still saturated.) (fig.3) We succeeded in enhance the lock duration from several minites to 10-15 minites. However, lock loss itself by 15 Hz seems to be remained (maybe due to TM saturarion). So we implemented the 15 Hz notch filter for {D,C]HARD_{P,Y} instead of the bandstop filter.
Next, we found that the 2 Hz oscillation grow up 10-15 minites after ASCs were engaged (fig.4). As the 2.2 Hz oscillation was larger, L_RMS seems to get larger. At last, L_RMS surpassed the thereshold and the the IFO got down (fig.5). We found that ETMY Y still oscilllated even though ASC was already disengaged. We found only ETMY had no 2.1 Hz mode NBDAMP for some reason. So we implemented the damping control for 2.1 Hz mode in ETMY_NBDAMP_Y4 (fig.6). Then, 2.1 Hz oscillation seems to disappeared (fig.7).
After that, we measured the OLTFs of ARM DoFs, except for {D,C}SOFT_P (Sorry, I gave up to measure them last night). Fig.8, 9, 10, and 11 show the results of Yaw loops.
Fig. 11 and 12 show the results of {D,C}HARD_P.
Totally, some large couplings in the loops remains in the loops.
Now the causes of the lockloss are categorized to 2 topics; glitches, and 1.14 Hz oscillation.
## Next (maybe after the achievement of the RSE LSC lock acquistion.)