Performance of a 1200m long suspended Fabry-Perot cavity
Abstract
Using one arm of the Michelson interferometer and the power recycling mirror of the interferometric gravitational wave detector GEO600, we created a Fabry-Perot cavity with a length of 1200 m. The main purpose of this experiment was to gather first experience with the main optics, its suspensions and the corresponding control systems. The residual displacement of a main mirror is about 150 nm rms. By stabilising the length of the 1200 m long cavity to the pre-stabilised laser beam we achieved an error point frequency noise of 0.1 mHz/sqrt(Hz) at 100 Hz Fourier frequency. In addition we demonstrated the reliable performance of all included subsystems by several 10-hour-periods of continuous stable operation. Thus the full frequency stabilisation scheme for GEO600 was successfully tested.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0110020,
title = {Performance of a 1200m long suspended Fabry-Perot cavity},
author = {A. Freise and M. M. Casey and S. Gossler and H. Grote and G. Heinzel and H. Lueck and D. I. Robertson and K. A. Strain and H. Ward and B. Willke and J. Hough and K. Danzmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0110020},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Amaldi 4 (Perth 2001) conference proceedings, 10 pages, 8 figures