Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector

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Authors

  • G. Heinzel
  • A. Rüdiger
  • R. Schilling
  • K. Strain
  • W. Winkler
  • J. Mizuno
  • K. Danzmann

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External Research Organisations

  • Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ)
  • University of Glasgow
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)321-334
Number of pages14
JournalOptics communications
Volume160
Issue number4-6
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 1999

Abstract

We describe a system for complete autoalignment of a suspended, power-recycled Michelson interferometer. All ten angular degrees of freedom are controlled by servo systems, thus ensuring optimal interference and fixing all beams in space. The methods and results are applicable to laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors, and possibly also to other types of sensitive interferometers.

Keywords

    04.80.Nn, 07.60.Ly, 42.25.Hz, 95.55.Ym, Automatic beam alignment, Differential wavefront sensing, External modulation, Michelson interferometer, Power recycling, Schnupp modulation

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Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector. / Heinzel, G.; Rüdiger, A.; Schilling, R. et al.
In: Optics communications, Vol. 160, No. 4-6, 15.02.1999, p. 321-334.

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Heinzel, G, Rüdiger, A, Schilling, R, Strain, K, Winkler, W, Mizuno, J & Danzmann, K 1999, 'Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector', Optics communications, vol. 160, no. 4-6, pp. 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00654-3
Heinzel, G., Rüdiger, A., Schilling, R., Strain, K., Winkler, W., Mizuno, J., & Danzmann, K. (1999). Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector. Optics communications, 160(4-6), 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00654-3
Heinzel G, Rüdiger A, Schilling R, Strain K, Winkler W, Mizuno J et al. Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector. Optics communications. 1999 Feb 15;160(4-6):321-334. doi: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00654-3
Heinzel, G. ; Rüdiger, A. ; Schilling, R. et al. / Automatic beam alignment in the Garching 30-m prototype of a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector. In: Optics communications. 1999 ; Vol. 160, No. 4-6. pp. 321-334.
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