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==Daily Log==
'''6/10/14'''
Re-aligned the 780 and 1064 with the camera, but this did not make the 633 visible through the fiber. We re-walked the beams into the fiber, since it was fairly misaligned after yesterday's adjustments to the isolators. We still couldn't see 633 flashing though when ramping the cavity and with filters in place. The alignment to the prism was off after re-aligning to the fiber, so we set up a separate walk to the fiber and prism. We can't see any 633 now, but hopefully decoupling the fiber and prism will make it easier to optimize the signal once we find it again.
 
'''6/9/14'''
We realized just before DAMOP that we were getting feedback to the 780 laser. A lot of it seems to be coming from the cavity mirror, since the frequency/mode of the 780 seed changes when adjusting the cavity piezo. We'reAfter goingretuning tothe re-tuneisolators, the isolatorsseed laser appears stable both on the OSA and maybewavemeter addwhen inadjusting athe secondcavity onepiezo. We noticed there is still some change in signal on the seedphotodiode laserwhen sideadjusting the piezo, and this occurs even with the 1064 off, so it seems there are still small back reflections affecting the 780. This is a much smaller effect than previously though, and since it isn't causing the laser to jump frequencies, we think it shouldn't be a problem.
 
The 633 light was much weaker today than when we were working on it before the conference. It was still visible through the prism, although dimmer, and it was unclear whether it could be seen through the fiber.
 
 

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