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Parallel phase modulation scheme for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors

Hartman, M. T. and Quetschke, V. and Tanner, D. B. and Reitze, D. H. and Mueller, G. (2014) Parallel phase modulation scheme for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Optics Express, 22 (23). pp. 28327-28337. ISSN 1094-4087. doi:10.1364/OE.22.028327. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141219-125207616

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Abstract

Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) requires multiple frequency sidebands to disentangle all of the main interferometer’s length signals. This paper presents the results of a risk reduction experiment to produce two sets of frequency sidebands in parallel, avoiding mixed ‘sidebands on sidebands’. Two phase modulation frequencies are applied to separate Electro-Optic Modulators (EOMs), with one EOM in each of the two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. In this system the Mach-Zehnder’s arm lengths are stabilized to reduce relative intensity noise in the recombined carrier beam by feeding a corrective control signal back to the Rubidium Titanyl Phosphate (RTP) EOM crystals to drive the optical path length difference to zero. This setup’s use of the RTP crystals as length actuators provides enough bandwidth in the feedback to meet arm length stability requirements for aLIGO.


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Quetschke, V.0000-0002-8012-4868
Tanner, D. B.0000-0003-1940-4710
Mueller, G.0000-0001-8010-742X
Additional Information:© 2014 Optical Society of America. Original Manuscript: August 26, 2014; Revised Manuscript: October 1, 2014; Manuscript Accepted: October 10, 2014; Published: November 6, 2014. This work was supported by NSF grants PHY-0969935 and PHY-1205512. The authors gratefully acknowledge fruitful discussions within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration about this work.
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NSFPHY-0969935
NSFPHY-1205512
Issue or Number:23
Classification Code:OCIS codes: (060.2630); (120.3180); (230.0230); (250.0250); (350.1270)
DOI:10.1364/OE.22.028327
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Official Citation:M. T. Hartman, V. Quetschke, D. B. Tanner, D. H. Reitze, and G. Mueller, "Parallel phase modulation scheme for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors," Opt. Express 22, 28327-28337 (2014) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-22-23-28327
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Deposited By: Tony Diaz
Deposited On:19 Dec 2014 21:29
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