J. Oberling, J. Wright, R. Short
The new IOT1 in-air optics table, a.k.a. the "JAC table," now has all of its optics, wavefront sensors, and photodiodes mounted, cables run, and is ready to be rolled up chamberside. This table is slated to be on the -Y side of HAM1 and contain PDs and WFS for the JAC reflected beam path.
We placed the components on the table according to the layout as close as possible, but some adjustments had to be made to account for things like cable routing or base sizes (for example, the singular GigE camera is not currently in its proposed position due to the network cable being hit by the table enclosure door; this will need to find a different spot). Routing of the RF cables for the WFS and picomotor cables may also need to be adjusted after final positions are decided. Many of the optics needed to be cleaned before being placed in their mounts. Two of the SMA connectors on the REFL PD were damaged to the point where cables could not be screwed in well enough, but Marc was able to fix these by (carefully) bending the connectors back with pliers. Once the door is back on HAM1 and the JAC reflected beam is exiting the viewport, we can move IOT1 into place and proceed with fine alignment of components on the table, after which the table layout should be updated with an "as-built" version.
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