I used the earthquake down time from the weekend to look at the health of the BSC2-ISI sensors.

Sensors look OK (including the newly replaced H1 L4C - see alog 90840) except for CPS ST2 H1 (see red curve on the last plot) with large noise below 1Hz. This will need an investigation (I would start by swapping cables at the field box to see if it's an in-chamber issue).

Dtt Template lives under /ligo/svncommon/SeiSVN/seismic/BSC-ISI/H1/BS/Data/Spectra/Undamped/bs_all_sensors.xml 

Jonathan, Erik, Dave:

Following the upgrade of EDC and its front end (h1susauxb13) to Deb13/RCG-5.6.5 on Tuesday, we initially had EDC CRC errors on both legs at a rate of 1-6Hz. This had not been seen at LLO during their upgrade. The main difference is the number of EDC channels, LLO=45k, LHO=61k.

Erik changed two parameters, the EDC delay (D ) and the EDC cps-xmit delay (X), both in mS. Originally we had D=10,X=34. This gave the EDC CRC error rate after the upgrade. Erik tried reducing X to 5mS, no change. He then reduced D to -10mS and the errors stopped. To minimize the impact on the other frontends, X was put back to 34mS with no immediate problem.

Over the next day we had two sets of 0-leg CRCs on h1susauxb13 and h1susauxh2. Interestingly the CRCs on h1susauxb13 were only for the models (h1iopsusauxb13 and h1susauxb13) and not the EDC.

On Wednesday 22jul2026  at 14:13 Erik changed D to +1mS. We have had no CRC events since then, +19 hours and counting.

Ryan S, Camilla

• Nominal alignment, 1.33mW out of OPO, Lost between 0.07mW and 0.09mW though after BM4, No obvious loss place in OPO
  • Between 5.2% and 6.7% lost
• "New ZM2" alignments, 1.33mW out of OPO, Lost between 0.06mW and 0.1mW though after BM4, No obvious loss place in OPO
  • Between 4.5% and 7.5% lost

I went back through more of the recent mode matching measurements in HAM7 to help us track how the changes we're making are impacting the astigmatism of the squeezed field going into the interferometer.

Below I tabulate the 1D overlap between the vertical and horizontal q parameters.  Since the PSAM settings seem to cause higher order aberrations in addition to astigmatism, I also tabulate the M2 values for each set of measurements, though its less clear what we can conclude from the M2 parameter alone since it doesn't tell us what higher order mode content is being generated by the PSAMs.

Jun 26:  aLog 90783

For this set of measurements, we were using the nominal setting for the ZM2 PSAM and taking measurements on SQZT7 after the beam diverter using the Thorlabs beam profiler.

XY 1D overlap:

M2:

It appears that the astigmatism gets worse for higher values of the ZM5 strain but the M2 gets better.  The dependence on ZM4 is less obvious, but that is expected since the beam spot size on ZM4 is only 1 mm.

Jun 30:  alog 90827 For this set of measurements, we were measuring the beam using a pickoff mirror between ZM4 and ZM5.  Given that we don't expect ZM4 to have that large of an impact due to the small spot size, one assumes that the astigmatism and M2 values will be similar to the data right before ZM4 taken on Jun 29:  see the data in alog 90815 and the analysis in alog 91185

Oddly, it doesn't work out this way.  The astigmatism still seems worse when ZM2 is changed from its nominal value, but the astigmatism coming from ZM2 (assuming that is the source) seems lower in this dataset than in the Jun 29 dataset.  However, the M2 values are significantly higher.  Perhaps there's some hysterisis or other non-stationarity in the astigmatism and higher order abarations coming from the PSAMs?  This seems plausible for a strain induced effect like this.  

Another possibility is that the beam was clipping somewhere.  That could explain a high M2 value.  Unfortunately, that sort of thing can happen with an improvised pick-off path like this one.

Data with ZM2 = 3.15 V

Data with ZM2 = 4.5 V

Jun 30_2:  alog 90841

This dataset looks at the mode after the beam diverter.  The ZM2 setting has been changed to 2.4 V for most of this dataset, a value which may give improved mode matching into the Filter cavity.  We expect that changing the ZM2 settings will impact the beam quality at this location.  This dataset is difficult to compare with the others since there isn't much overlap in the settings. The M2 values after ZM5 look much better than in the data taken before ZM5 earlier in the day.  Odd, since higher order aberrations aren't something that can be easily undone.

Data with ZM2 = 2.4 V

Data with ZM2 = 3.15 V

July 10: alog 90986

These measurements were taken after the beam diverter on SQZT7 shortly after the ZM4 preloading was adjusted.  In the first two measurements, the beam spot postion on ZM2 is varied to see the impact on the outgoing mode:

Centering the spot better does seem to improve things a bit.  

Next, they did a sweep of ZM4 and ZM5 with the new ZM4 preloading.  It is unclear from the aLog which ZM2 spot position was used for this dataset.  Note that the ZM5 strain gauge was broken for this measurement, so I record the bias voltage for ZM5 instead

TITLE: 07/23 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
OUTGOING OPERATOR: None
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    SEI_ENV state: CALM
    Wind: 9mph Gusts, 6mph 3min avg
    Primary useism: 0.01 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.16 μm/s 
QUICK SUMMARY: Work continues towards DRMI locking today. JAC and IMC were left offline overnight, and there was a short stint in EQ mode since sensor correction is still on.

• Wind and other ground motion low
• Optics lab dust alarm overnight, now all clear
• CDS overview green
• All other systems nominal

I tried the heater guardian today with a gain of 0.003 and a set point of 25 degrees seeing as it seems to have reached equilibrium around this value with no loop running and 1W input overnight. It looks like it overshot initially and is turning around and coming back to the set point of 25 degrees C now. Thermistor 1 is the loop sensor but I have marked the turning point on thermistor 2 in the attached picture. We still have some range on the PZT actuator (JAC-PZT_DRIVER_VOLTS is low rate channel from Beckhoff voltage driver and JAC-PZT_DRV_OUT_DQ is front-end PZT feedback channel for fast feedback) and the temperature actuator (JAC-HEATER_POWER_SET). I will get the operator to switch it off when they leave so we don't cause any pressure spikes overnight.

On Monday Shoshana and Jim took a low-resolution tilt Ry-Ry TF of HAM3 with the ISI in the damped state (Shoshana will post another alog focused on the CRS). We included the SPI QPDA PIT on this measurement to get a sense if it's measuring HAM3 pitch, as we expect.

After applying a calibration gain of 240urad/cts (and a minus sign, and the antiwhitening filter from 91157) on the oplev signal, the transfer function matches the one for the CPS and CRS well at low frequencies. This is a good first order validation that QPD A Pitch is sensing HAM3 Tilt. 

We been commissioning the CRS this week, so far we've done a tilt to tilt measurement:

• We excited RY on HAM3 for about 40 minutes starting around 1468604538 (2026/07/20/17:42:00). The excitation template is located at /ligo/svncommon/SeiSVN/seismic/HAM-ISI/H1/HAM3/CRS/Templates/dtt/ryex2.txt, and we ended up finding that setting the gain to ~2000 works well. 
• The dtt template used is CRS_tilt_TF_072026.xml and is located in /ligo/svncommon/SeiSVN/seismic/HAM-ISI/H1/HAM3/CRS/Templates/dtt/CRS_tilt_TF_072026.xml 
• Because the excitation window was so short (~40 minutes), we can only get 2 averages, and I've attached a picture of the result of the measurement (picture 1). We used these measurements to calculate parameters of the response function using a Matlab script which fits the data gotten from the excitation.
• The script used to get these parameters are in /ligo/svncommon/SeiSVN/seismic/HAM-ISI/H1/HAM3/CRS/Scripts/CRS_TransferFunction.m
• To run the script, we got a Q measurement for the CRS in vacuum using /ligo/svncommon/SeiSVN/seismic/HAM-ISI/H1/HAM3/CRS/Scripts/ring_down.m and looked at a 12 hour period starting at 1468630128, which gave a Q measurement of 4365.
• Using the parameters from CRS_TransferFunction.m, we got the zeros and poles of the CRS response and used those to make a new SensInv filter (SensInv_Meas) for the CRS (H1ISI_HAM3_CRSRY_THETA, located in the THETA block of the CRS_OVERVIEW). We used a Q of 50 for the zpk to determine ring down times. 

Summary:

• In vacuum Q of 4365 (picture 2)
• Parameters: delta = 1.04e-5m, w0 = 0.0222Hz, wR/(2pi) = 0.0253Hz (which is what we expect), wg=0.0764
• Found response from both fitting the data and from zpk parameters (picture 3)
• Created new inverted response filter called SensInv_Meas (ring down plot in picture 4)
• Looking at the in air (1467529134) vs in vacuum (1468744818) performance (picture 5, with in air being green), the noise has decreased significantly
  • On a slightly related note, it seems like there is an issue with dtt displaying the spectrum at higher (>1Hz) frequencies. When plotting the same channels at the same time, and applying the response inversion filter offline in Matlab, the post inversion signal (THETA_OUT) doesn't flatten out and follows the input (THETA_IN1) (picture 6)
  • Arnaud also found that adjusting the windowing settings in dtt gives a better measurement (see SEI alog 2582) I've applied the change to the most recent CRS template.

TITLE: 07/22 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ibrahim
SHIFT SUMMARY: Work continued on aligning the IFO towards the goal of locking DRMI after a morning of running various SUS and SEI measurements. The LVEA remains Laser HAZARD and End X is also HAZARD for the afternoon.
LOG:

Jennie Wright, Khanh Vu

This morning, July 22, we measured the input matrix of the wavefront sensors using step responses applied to the PZT and JM1. The collected data are attached below.

We turned on the offsets of the PZT and JM1 for both pitch and yaw, adjusted each offset, and measured the corresponding responses in the pitch and yaw channels of wavefront sensors A and B. For PZT yaw and pitch, we increased the offset by 400. We used smaller increments of 100 for JM1 yaw and 30 for JM1 pitch. The JM1 lock filters contained integrators and were not enabled in the actuator path, so we used the test filters to introduce the disturbances. After each measurement, we returned the offset to its original value so that the measurements were applied evenly.

The collected data matrix is attached below. The two values highlighted in red were obtained from noisy data and therefore have high uncertainty. However, both values are very close to zero.

We then calculated the inverse matrix. Because the measurements were made using different offset values, we normalized the data by first dividing each response by its corresponding offset value and then dividing all values by the largest resulting value.

The BBSS M1 now has its satellite amplifier whitening on as well as now having digital filters on that compensate for the satamp whitening. So far the BBSS is damping well.

After lunch I finally had time to go out and turn on the whitening on the BBSS M1 Satellite Amplifier. I put the BBSS in SAFE and then went out to SUS-R2 and flipped the whitening switch from OFF to ON. Once I came back, I turned on the anti-whitening compensation filters on H1:SUS-BS_M1_OSEMINF_{F1,F2,F3,LF,RT,SD}_{X_RAW,Y_RAW,SUM} and H1:SUS-BS_M1_WD_OSEMAC_BANDLIM_{F1,F2,F3,LF,RT,SD}_{X_RAW,Y_RAW,SUM}. The compensation filters are all in FM1 in their respective filter banks and are called 2.9:14e-3. The full compensation filter is zpk([2.89],[14.4e-3],1,"n").

These filters being on were accepted in SDF.

Ryan S, Sheila, Jennie W, Elenna

Using PR2_SPOT_MOVE, I moved PR3 to increase the flashes on LSC POP LF, with 10W input we are getting flashes of up to 400 counts on POP LF (compared to 2-3 counts yesterday).  To do this I had to iterate between PR2_SPOT_MOVE and using PRX to touch up the PRMI flashes (I also adjusted for MICH DARK, but the main thing that was getting misaligned was PRX).

After that the flashes were hitting the top periscope mirror on the very edge on ISCT1, I moved the mirror about an inch in the -X direction, and also moved the bottom mirror also in the -X direction.  I then adjusted the alignment of the periscope mirrors to get a beam to POPAIR B, this was difficult with flashes and we may still be clipping.  There are flashes on POPAIR 18, much lower than normal, but they could be used to try to lock PRMI.  It would be easier to align this path with a locked PRMI.  

J. Kissel

The QPD channels in the H1SPIH23 PD array have a z:p = 0.39:39.6 Hz whitening filter in their analog transimpedance amplifier (D1001974-v8). As such, I've installed and turned on an "antiWh" compensation filter = zpk([39.8],[0.39],1,"n") in FM2 of all the H1:SPI-H23_OL_QPD_{A,B}_SEG{1,2,3,4} banks, and accepted the turn on in the SDF system and committed the filter filter to the userapps repo rev 35564.

Inventory of DRMI locking data in 87768. By eye (someone overwrote the data in the MICH xml since it was taken), the MICH UGF is roughly 15 Hz when we achieve DRMI 1f lock.

I used the BSFM model in /ligo/svncommon/SusSVN/sus/trunk/Common/MatlabTools/TripleModel_Production (bsfmopt_metal) to generate a model of the MICH loop using the MICH control filters and BSFM locking filters. I applied a fudge factor to generate a loop with a 15 Hz UGF, which I then used to estimate the m/ct calibration required to generate a BBSS model, assuming we have the same optical gain when locking with the new beamsplitter. (suspension calibration table is G1100968). This model indicates that the MICH L M1/M2 crossover is 30 mHz, which agrees with the data in the table in Evan Hall's thesis, Table 2.4 page 33. See first attachment for BSFM model

Then, I generated a BBSS model in the same triple model directory using bbssopt. I applied the same beamsplitter locking filters and MICH control.

Overall, it shows us that if we use the same feedback design with M1/M2 control, we should end up with a MICH loop that is almost the same as the one we have now in DRMI 1f lock- 15 Hz UGF, 30 mHz crossover between M1 and M2. See second attachment for BBSS model

It also seems to me that it should be fairly straightforward to move the MICH length control from M2 to M3, although we will likely need to adjust the locking filters to achieve the same crossover frequency. See third attachment of the comparison of each stage sus transfer function to M3.

I have not been able to generate a model of the oplev damping that looks reasonable, so I will poke around the alog to see if I can figure out what the design is supposed to be.

Executive summary: we should have no problem locking DRMI with the current MICH and BS control scheme, and it shouldn't take that much effort to move BS feedback from M2 to M3 if we so choose.

Gerardo, Camilla. Done in Y-arm in 90917

Gerardo and I removed the blank from the X-arm adapter plate A-1C VP5 (T1200220) and swapped the D2000285-v2 type 01 SN 004 nozzle baffle to D2000285-v3 type 07 SN 002 nozzle baffle plate Mitch had prepared, all existing hardware reused and orientation kept the same. Photos before and after attached.  

The fused silica VP for the ITMY IR camera (not currently used for locking of in NLN but we want to keep) was then moved up to this A-1F VP2 location. The camera can itself has not yet been reinstalled, the camera in the can will need to be lowered, a yellow VP cover is there for now. 

We had issues with the CHETA VP ZnSe, so the planned D1700340-type002 VP assembly was not installed in the lower A-1C VP4, a blank was installed instead. A D2000285-v2 type09 SN 003 nozzle baffle plate with a high 2" aperture was installed, this was swapped for a solid D2000285-v2 type01 SN 004 nozzle baffle, see photos before and after. 

The HAM2 East door A2F4 viewport failed inspection last week and was removed.  It was replaced with a re-inspected ZV-800 that was removed from HAM5 earlier this month.  See pics for SN, etc. 

The FCT bellows that was disconnected at the beginning of the vent was reattached to BSC3 port.

Below is the analysis for data taken on the FC path: between ZM1 and ZM2 and between ZM2 and ZM3, with Nanoscan, see Camilla's log 90573. As a reminder, ZM1 are flat optics, ZM2 is a PSAM with variable curvature, FC1 HR side is flat, AR side is curved with RoC ~1m. 

The data suggest that the OPO mode is slightly different from O4 OPO, and also strongly suggest a new optimal ZM2 PSAM voltage can be found within the range. 

We measured the beam profile at 5 different points after ZM1 with A:L2 lens at its nominal 0 position (sled that the lens lives on is flush to its translation stage on both front and back edges). At the last point with A:L2 at 0, we realized it would be pertinent to measure beam profiles for the two extremities of the A:L2 translation stage: -13 mm, which is closer to ZM1 by 13 mm and +17 mm, which is 17 mm further from ZM1. We then proceeded to take 5 measurements (again downstream from ZM1) for each of these lens positions. The nanoscan screenshots for each measurement are attached in the .zip folder. 

The attached gif shows the beam waist position estimation extracted from the beam profile scans downstream ZM1, for all three A:L2 positions. The "target" and "O4 x/y" come from Keita's log 59515. The overlap plot attached shows the field overlap in percentage for all three A:L2 positions, with target and O4 beam parameters. With A:L2@0, the overlaps are above 99%, which bodes well for the FC mode matching prospects. There could potentially be a better mode matching solution to the "target" or "O4" for A:L2 between 0 pos and -13mm pos. However, the following measurements betwen ZM2 and ZM3 suggest fine-tuning of A:L2 position will not be necessary. 

We also measured beam profile between ZM2 and ZM3 for three different points, setting ZM2 PSAM voltage to 4 different values at each point. The "nominal" O4 strain gauge (S.G.) for ZM2 has been 3.15 V, which corresponds to ~ 60 or 90 V pzt supply voltage depending on which direction one scans from. The edges of the psam range are 0 V and 196 V, which corresponds to ~1.2-1.3 V and ~6.04 V S.G. respectively. In the interest of more uniform sampling of the available psam curvatures, we also chose to sample 4.5 V S.G. (~120 V or 150 V). 

This table shows experimental data mapped to radii of curvature of the ZM2 mirror, using Camille's E2100298. The exact PZT strain gauge/ PZT supply voltage that gives a certain RoC is affected by the hysteresis curve i.e. sweep direction.

Attached gif for propagation between FC1 and ZM2 show esimated beam parameters for all four SG cases: 1.3, 3.1x, 4.4x and 6.0x V. The exact values for the strain gauge varied from one beam profile position to the next, however it should be good enough to tell if we have enough range on ZM2 or not.

The gif switches between different SG values once every 2 second, the lefthand plot is useful in looking at the beam divergence near FC1 while the righthand plot is a zoom-in around the beam waist. Looking at the estimated beam waist position for 1.3 V and 3.1x V cases switching across the "FC x/y waist", "VOPO target waist", ''O4 x/y waist", we can guess there could be a better mode matching solution between these two SG values. "FC x/y waist" comes from the Finesse eigenmode solution for the FC path (thanks Kevin Kuns!), target and O4 values are the same from the above-mentioned Keita log, assuming ZM2 curvature to be 0.85025 m (3.15V SG), and the following distances between the optics: A:M3 --> ZM1: 158.2 mm, ZM1--> ZM2: 1498.625 mm, ZM2 --> ZM3: 1821.497 mm, ZM3--> FC1: 1000.261 mm. Camilla extracted these distance values from D1900365-v1.

Knowing the applied PZT voltage and the corresponding RoC, we can use the measurements at 3.1x V and 1.3 V to estimate the mode matching we would obtain if we swept the RoC between that of these strain gauge values. The attached FC mode matching projection plot is computed by taking beam parameter estimated from the beam size measurements for 3.1x V, propagates the beam back to ZM2, unapplies the estimated RoC (decreasing RoC value was used informed by data, indicated in bold in the above table), then reapplies the RoC between these two values, after the overlap with the FC eigenmode is calculated. This projection suggests that mode-matching points with >99% overlap for both x and y axes are accessible. Clearly, there is varying astigmatism with strain gauge setting, see beam profile plots where 3.1x and 6.0x V shows beams with smaller astig. than the other two points. Since the PSAM characterization data gives only a single RoC number rather than separate x/y effective curvatures, the projection should be interpreted as approximate. In practice, the final optimization should be done empirically.

The effect of the astigmatism is also apparent in this defocus vs beam size at FC1 plot that shows mode matching contours. The calculation is made at the FC1.p2.o plane in Finesse.