10.5.10

With a conference deadline on the horizon, the focus the next couple days is to see just how much improvement I can squeeze out of the experiment in its current form. If it looks like I can see a significant improvement over the classical loop, even if not that many modes are in play, I think I'll have enough time to cobble together a decent paper to submit. Between my prospectus and previous stuff from our lave there should be enough material to minimize the writing that I'd have to do.

I'm optimistic based on what I've seen so far that I'll be able to pull this off, although I haven't looked to see how much the Strehls are improving. If all goes well I can work on getting specific results later in the week.