[mmaimcal] BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO
Al Wootten
awootten at nrao.edu
Mon Jan 3 13:35:15 EST 2005
Comments, please, before general distribution.
Al
BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO
January 3, 2005 -- January 17 2005
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Happy New Year!
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Phone numbers of JAO personnel at 40 El Golf are now correct in the NRAO
database:
Reception: +56-2-467-6100
Substitute the extension for the 100 in the reception number to reach:
Fax 101
Tarenghi 120
Beasley 140
Hermant 125 Hermant fax 105
Navarro 130
Ritz 131
Murowinski 142
Simon 143
IT room 117
Donoso 135
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Past issues of this Calendar may be viewed at
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ALMACalendars.html
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General Happenings
ATF: Vertex panels reset, optical pointing on Vertex antenna.
NAASC: Monthly meeting Friday 7 Jan at 11am;
notes at https://wiki.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/NAASC
(Internal only).
DAILY CALENDAR (Times EST )
Mon 03
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon
Tue 04
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: ASAC Teleconference
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: NAScienceIPT teleconference (open to all interested
parties) (434)296-7082
Agenda: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/
Wed 05
Thu 06
9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Management IPT Teleconference
Fri 07
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: ANASAC Teleconference
Sat 08
Sun 09
Mon 10
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon
11:30 AM-12:30 PM: NA DH telecon
Tue 11
11:00 AM-2:30 PM: ALMA Town Hall at AAS Meeting
Wed 12
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Software Science Req. Group Teleconference
Thu 13
Fri 14
Sat 15
Sun 16
****************************** UPCOMING EVENTS ******************************
ALMA Calendar
* 4 Jan -- ASAC telecon
* 5-7 Jan 2005 -- UNSC URSI Boulder meeting Commission J
* 7 Jan 2005 -- ANASAC Telecon
* 11 Jan 2005 - ALMA Town Meeting, AAS San Diego, 1pm Royal Palm 1-3
* 13-15 Jan 2005 -- Commissioning Science Verification Meeting, Socorro
* 27 Jan 2005 -- ALMA Board Telecon
* 24-25 Feb 2005 -- ASAC face-to-face meeting, Garching (tent)
******************************* TECHNICAL NEWS *******************************
ALMA Memo # 508 Low Phase Noise Laser Synthesizer with Simple Configuration
Adopting Phase Modulator and Fiber Bragg Gratings
T. Yamamoto (NTT Network Innovation Laboratories), S. Kawanishi (NTT Network
Innovation Laboratories), A. Ueda (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan),
M. Ishiguro (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
2004-12-01 Keywords: Laser Synthesizer, Phase Noise, Phase Modulator, Fiber
Bragg Grating
We introduce a novel laser synthesizer with a simple configuration that
contains no phase lock loop. This laser synthesizer generates an optical
beat signal by modulating a CW light using a phase modulator and selecting
two line spectra from modulation sidebands using serially-connected fiber
Bragg gratings. With this configuration, the optical beat signal is obtained
from a single laser source by converting CW laser light into an optical beat
signal through a single optical path. This enables us to obtain a low phase
noise of the optical beat signal which is comparable to that of the RF
synthesizer that drives the phase modulator. In addition, polarization
stability is also obtained between the two line spectra. The complete
frequency range of the optical beat signals required in ALMA can be covered
using this laser synthesizer.
View a pdf version of ALMA Memo #508.
http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma508/memo508.pdf
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