Page for my timeline & development of RACBP.
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| Description | Qty | Part # | Details | Purchase Date |
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| Ø2" UVFS Wedged Window, Uncoated | 8 | WW42012 | 8/8. | 01/30/24 |
| 60 mm Cage Cube | 8 | LC6WR | 8/8. | 01/30/24 |
| Light-Tight Blank Cover Plate for 60 mm Cage Cube, 1/4"-20 Tap | 10 | LB1C | 10/10. | 01/30/24 |
| SM2-Threaded Cover Plate for 60 mm Cage Cube | 4 | LB2C | 4/4. | 01/30/24 |
| Kinematic Prism Platform for 60 mm Cage Cube, Imperial Taps | 6 | LB4C | 6/6. | 01/30/24 |
| 60-mm-Cage-Compatible Rectangular Filter Mount | 2 | LFFM1 | 2/2. | 01/30/24 |
| Ø2" Optic Mount for 60 mm Cage Cube with Setscrew Optic Retention | 8 | LB5C1 | 8/8. | 01/30/24 |
| 60 mm Kinematic Cage Cube Connector | 8 | DFM2-CC | 8/8. | 01/30/24 |
| Thorlabs Cage Assembly Rods of various lengths from 1" to 8". | various | ER1-ER8, various | all received. | Feb 29 |
| Fast UVFS plano-convex lenses | various | various | all received. | Mid-March |
| Spectral Products Digikrom CM110/112 Monochromator | 2 | CM110/112 | received. | Mid-April |
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Consequently, plano-convex lenses of the fastest f-ratio were ordered and installed the following week as replacements to the wedge windows; initial observation reveal that this modification appears to successfully cancel out double bounces, representing a step closer to taking controlled flux measurements through the system at this proof-of-concept stage.
March: Modelling of Polarization Sensitivity + total Transmission: I dedicated several weeks to coding a mini-Zemax-like model of our system. The python code calculates the transmission of the system.
Current Alignment Methodology
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