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Picometer-level quadrangle optical bonding bench for testing interferometric technologies in TianQin

Instrumentation and Detectors 2024-10-18 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

Interferometric techniques are crucial for space-based gravitational wave detection, requiring a picometer-level stable optical bench, precise phasemeter, interstellar transponder low-light phase locking, and laser sideband communication. These technologies must be rigorously tested on the ground before deployment in space. The AEI group has previously developed a picometer-stable hexapod optical bench to verify the linearity and precision of phase extraction for LISA. In this paper, we introduce a quadrangle quasi-monolithic optical bench aimed at simplifying the system and expanding the range of tested interferometric techniques for TianQin. Experimental results demonstrate that the system achieves picometer-level optical pathlength stability and phase resolution over a large dynamic range. In the laser transponder link test, the light phase-locked residual noise is lower than 104rad/Hz1/2{\rm 10^{-4}\,rad/Hz^{1/2}} above millihertz frequency range, and the laser sideband modulation has no significant coupling to the measurements in the mHzHz{\rm mHz-Hz} band. These results provide critical technical validation for the implementation of future gravitational wave detection in space.

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@article{arxiv.2410.13134,
  title  = {Picometer-level quadrangle optical bonding bench for testing interferometric technologies in TianQin},
  author = {Hao Yan and Xiang Lin and Siyuan Xie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.13134},
  year   = {2024}
}
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