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SECTION 4: TABLE OPTICS ALIGNMENT
Initial table optics
Align table optics at 900nm with the laser in alignment mode
1) Mount pockels cell just after laser, and align so that beam goes through it. Then manually set pockels cell power to about 10% for the rest of the alignment procedure.
2) Place beam expander after pockels cell. Adjust its height and the position of the front entrance such that the beam passes through the center of the iris on the beam expander. Adjust the position of the back end of the beam expander such that the beam passes straight through it. Adjust the beam expander so that the beam is collimated.
3) Position two silver mirrors such that the beam hits their centers and is steered towards the PPC. Make sure the beam remains level at its original height. Do this using an IR card stuck to a support to check beam height at different positions.
4) Place the uniblitz shutter just before the PPC in the path of the beam.
5) Adjust the positions of the enterance and exit irises at the beginning and end of the PPC so that the beam passes through them.
6) Adjust height and lateral position of first two mirrors and ensure beam direction is normal to entrance beam
Pockels cell
Shutter
2x table beam expander
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