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Subtraction of test mass angular noise in the LISA Technology Package interferometer

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2012-03-21 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Detectors Optics Space Physics

Abstract

We present recent sensitivity measurements of the LISA Technology Package interferometer with articulated mirrors as test masses, actuated by piezo-electric transducers. The required longitudinal displacement resolution of 9 pm/sqrt[Hz] above 3 mHz has been demonstrated with an angular noise that corresponds to the expected in on-orbit operation. The excess noise contribution of this test mass jitter onto the sensitive displacement readout was completely subtracted by fitting the angular interferometric data streams to the longitudinal displacement measurement. Thus, this cross-coupling constitutes no limitation to the required performance of the LISA Technology Package interferometry.

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@article{arxiv.1203.4476,
  title  = {Subtraction of test mass angular noise in the LISA Technology Package interferometer},
  author = {Felipe Guzmán Cervantes and Frank Steier and Gudrun Wanner and Gerhard Heinzel and Karsten Danzmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4476},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics (2008)

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