Calibration of the LIGO displacement actuators via laser frequency modulation
dc.contributor.author | Goetz, Evan A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Savage, R. L. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-10T13:53:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-10T13:53:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Goetz, E.; Savage, R. L. (2010). "Calibration of the LIGO displacement actuators via laser frequency modulation." Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(21): 215001. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85434> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-9381 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/85434 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present a frequency modulation technique for calibration of the displacement actuators of the LIGO 4 km long interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. With the interferometer locked in a single-arm configuration, we modulate the frequency of the laser light, creating an effective length variation that we calibrate by measuring the amplitude of the frequency modulation. By simultaneously driving the voice coil actuators that control the length of the arm cavity, we calibrate the voice coil actuation coefficient with an estimated 1σ uncertainty of less than 1%. This technique enables a force-free, single-step actuator calibration using a displacement fiducial that is fundamentally different from those employed in other calibration methods. | en_US |
dc.title | Calibration of the LIGO displacement actuators via laser frequency modulation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85434/1/cqg10_21_215001.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215001 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Classical and Quantum Gravity | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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