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Analysis of light noise sources in a recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arms

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Camp, J; Yamamoto, H; Whitcomb, Stanley Ernest; McClelland, David

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We present a method by which the effect of laser field variations on the signal output of an interferometric gravitational wave detector is rigorously determined. Using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) optical configuration of a power recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arm cavities as an example, we calculate the excess noise after the input filter cavity (mode cleaner) and the dependence of the detector strain sensitivity on laser frequency and...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorCamp, J
dc.contributor.authorYamamoto, H
dc.contributor.authorWhitcomb, Stanley Ernest
dc.contributor.authorMcClelland, David
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:22:02Z
dc.identifier.issn1084-7529
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91252
dc.description.abstractWe present a method by which the effect of laser field variations on the signal output of an interferometric gravitational wave detector is rigorously determined. Using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) optical configuration of a power recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arm cavities as an example, we calculate the excess noise after the input filter cavity (mode cleaner) and the dependence of the detector strain sensitivity on laser frequency and amplitude noise, radio frequency oscillator noise, and scattered-light phase noise. We find that noise on the radio frequency sidebands generally limits the detector's sensitivity.
dc.publisherOptical Society of America
dc.sourceJournal of the Optical Society of America A
dc.titleAnalysis of light noise sources in a recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arms
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume17
dc.date.issued2000
local.identifier.absfor029904 - Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub21938
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationCamp, J, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
local.contributor.affiliationYamamoto, H, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationWhitcomb, Stanley Ernest, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationMcClelland, David, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage120
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage128
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:09:41Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0033631863
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