DC readout experiment in Enhanced LIGO
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Fricke, T. T.
Abbott, Richard
Adhikari, Rana X.
Dooley, K. L.
Frolov, V. V.
Kawabe, Keita
Slagmolen, Bram J. J.
Kissel, Jeffrey S.
Smith, Nicolas de Mateo
Evans, Matthew J
Date Issued
February 2012
Journal
Classical and Quantum Gravity
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IOP Publishing
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Fricke, Tobin T, Nicolas D Smith-Lefebvre, Richard Abbott, Rana Adhikari, Katherine L Dooley, Matthew Evans, Peter Fritschel, et al. “DC Readout Experiment in Enhanced LIGO.” Class. Quantum Grav. 29, no. 6 (March 21, 2012): 065005.
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Abstract
The two 4 km long gravitational wave detectors operated by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) were modified in 2008 to read out the gravitational wave channel using the DC readout form of homodyne detection and to include an optical filter cavity at the output of the detector. As part of the upgrade to Enhanced LIGO, these modifications replaced the radio-frequency (RF) heterodyne system used previously. We describe the motivations for and the implementation of DC readout and the output mode cleaner in Enhanced LIGO. We present characterizations of the system, including measurements and models of the couplings of the noises from the laser source to the gravitational wave readout channel. We show that noise couplings using DC readout are improved over those for RF readout, and we find that the achieved shot-noise-limited sensitivity is consistent with modeled results.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/29/6/065005
