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Tilt-to-length (TTL) noise induced by angular jitter of spacecraft and test masses can affect the sensitivity of space-based gravitational-wave detectors such as LISA, Taiji, and TianQin. Such angular jitter can be measured using the…

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LISA is a joint space mission of the NASA and the ESA for detecting low frequency gravitational waves (GW) in the band $10^{-5} - 0.1$ Hz. The proposed mission will use coherent laser beams which will be exchanged between three identical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-09-12 S. V. Dhurandhar , K. R. Nayak , J-Y. Vinet

Tilt-to-length (TTL) noise, caused by angular jitter and misalignment, is a major noise source in the inter-satellite interferometer for gravitational wave detection. However, the required level of axis alignment of the optical components…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-11 Peng Qiu , Xiang Lin , Yurong Liang , Hao Yan , Haixing Miao , Zebing Zhou

We experimentally demonstrate a novel interferometric architecture for next-generation gravity missions, featuring a laser ranging interferometer (LRI) that enables monoaxial transmission and reception of laser beams between two optical…

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), space-based gravitational wave observatory involves a complex multidimensional closed-loop dynamical system. Its instrument performance is expected to be less efficiently isolated from platform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-05 Lavinia Heisenberg , Henri Inchauspé , Dam Quang Nam , Orion Sauter , Ricardo Waibel , Peter Wass

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna is a foreseen space-based gravitational wave detector, which aims to detect 10^20 strains in the frequency range from 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz. It is a triangular constellation of three spacecraft, with equal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-17 C P Sasso , G Mana , S Mottini

Tilt-to-length (TTL) coupling is expected to be one of the major noise sources in the interferometric phase readouts in TianQin mission. Arising from the angular motion of spacecraft (SC) and the onboard movable optical subassemblies…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-29 Zhizhao Wang , Shuju Yang , Kaihang Wu , Xiaojie Wang , Huizong Duan , Yurong Liang , Xuefeng Zhang , Hsien-Chi Yeh

TianQin is a proposed space-based gravitational wave detector mission that employs inter-satellite laser interferometry. Suppressing measurement noise and achieving high sensitivity require accurate alignment of multiple onboard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-29 Dezhi Wang , Xuefeng Zhang , Hui-Zong Duan

Low-noise temperature measurements at frequencies in the milli-Hertz range are needed in the LISA and LISA PathFinder (LPF). The required temperature stability for LISA is around 10 uK/sqrt(Hz) at frequencies down to 0.1 mHz. In this paper…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-25 J. Sanjuan , A. Lobo , J. Ramos-Castro

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna is a foreseen gravitational wave detector, which aims to detect $10^{-20}$ strains in the frequency range from 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz. It is a triangular constellation, with equal sides of $2,5 \times 10^9$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 C P Sasso , G Mana , S Mottini

The arm length and the isolation in space enable LISA to probe for signals unattainable on ground, opening a window to the sub-Hz gravitational-wave universe. The coupling of unavoidable angular spacecraft jitter into the longitudinal…

Low frequency high precision laser interferometry is subject to excess laser-frequency-noise coupling via arm-length differences which is commonly mitigated by locking the frequency to a stable reference system. This approach is crucial to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-01 Oliver Gerberding , Katharina-Sophie Isleif , Moritz Mehmet , Karsten Danzmann , Gerhard Heinzel

Time-resolved atom interferometry, as employed in applications such as gravitational wave detection and searches for ultra-light dark matter, requires precise control over systematic effects. In this work, we investigate phase noise arising…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Noam Mouelle , Jeremiah Mitchell , Valerie Gibson , Ulrich Schneider

TianQin is a proposed space-based mission for gravitational wave detection, employing a constellation of three drag-free satellites in high Earth orbits to form a laser interferometric observatory. A critical technical challenge is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-21 Yuzhou Fang , Dexuan Zhang , Dezhi Wang , Xuefeng Zhang , Huizong Duan , Hongyin Li , Junxiang Lian , Guoying Zhao

We conduct the first full Bayesian inference analysis for LISA parameter estimation incorporating the effects of subdominant harmonics and spin-precession through a full time domain response. The substantial computational demands of using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-11 Cecilio García-Quirós , Shubhanshu Tiwari , Stanislav Babak

Interferometers with kilometer-scale arms have been built for gravitational-wave detections on the ground; ones with much longer arms are being planned for space-based detection. One fundamental motivation for long baseline interferometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-06 Kentaro Somiya , Keisuke Goda , Yanbei Chen , Eugeniy E. Mikhailov

TDI is essential in space-based GW detectors, effectively reducing laser noise and improving detection precision. Space-based GW detectors provide a unique opportunity to probe GW polarizations, including possible additional modes that may…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-31 Jie Wu , Mengfei Sun , Jin Li

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will enable direct observations of low-frequency gravitational waves, offering unprecedented insight into astrophysical and cosmological phenomena. LISA's heterodyne interferometric measurement…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-26 Gerhard Heinzel , Javier Álvarez-Vizoso , Miguel Dovale-Álvarez

We analyze the trajectories of three geostationary satellites forming the GEOstationary GRAvitational Wave Interferometer (GEOGRAWI)~\cite{tinto}, a space-based laser interferometer mission aiming to detect and study gravitational radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-23 Massimo Tinto , Jose C. N. de Araujo , Helio K. Kuga , Marcio E. S. Alves , Odylio D. Aguiar

Time-delay interferometry (TDI) is a crucial technology for space-based gravitational wave detectors. Previous studies have identified the optimal TDI configuration for the first-generation. In this research, we used an Algebraic approach…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-28 Yu Tian , Zhi-Xiang Li