Before Beam Time

1. Find IP YAGs
2. Confirm signal on diodes with LeCroy scope
   1. Check bias-Ts
3. Place rough crosshairs on inline and time tool cameras based on previous experiments
4. Get fs laser on IP frosted YAG
5. Roughly align slow diode in chamber to fs laser
   1. Confirm signal on LeCroy
6. Roughly align outcoupling mirror and fast diode to fs laser
   1. Confirm signal on Acquiris
7. Make sure DG2 lenses are unlocked

During Beam Time

1. Get beam on DG1
2. Get beam on DG2
3. Get beam on TT YAG
   1. Place crosshairs
4. Get beam on IP YAG
   1. Place crosshairs
5. Find spatial overlap between beam and fs laser on IP frosted YAG
6. Align slow diode to X-rays using LeCroy scope
   1. Set trace
7. Align laser to slow diode if needed
8. Move laser timing to match trace
9. Move in outcoupling mirror
10. Align fast diode and outcoupling mirror for fs laser
11. Use DG2 lenses to increase X-ray spot size to larger than fs laser spot size
12. Align X-rays and lasers on IP clear YAG
13. Use fast diode signal to find t0 at IP
14. Move in time tool frosted YAG
15. Find spatial overlap between beam and fs laser
16. Try adding delta T from IP timing to delay stage
    1. If this does not work, go to time tool diode and do rough timing
17. Optimize delay stage position until edge on time tool spectrum is in the middle of the camera
18. Do cross correlation scan to calibrate time tool

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