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Izumi K, Arai K, Barr B, et al. Multicolor cavity metrology. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2012;29(10):2092-103doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092.
Izumi, K., Arai, K., Barr, B., Betzwieser, J., Brooks, A., Dahl, K., Doravari, S., Driggers, J. C., Korth, W. Z., Miao, H., Rollins, J., Vass, S., Yeaton-Massey, D., & Adhikari, R. X. (2012). Multicolor cavity metrology. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision, 29(10), 2092-103. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092
Izumi, Kiwamu, et al. "Multicolor cavity metrology." Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision vol. 29,10 (2012): 2092-103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092
Izumi K, Arai K, Barr B, Betzwieser J, Brooks A, Dahl K, Doravari S, Driggers JC, Korth WZ, Miao H, Rollins J, Vass S, Yeaton-Massey D, Adhikari RX. Multicolor cavity metrology. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2012 Oct 01;29(10):2092-103. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092. PMID: 23201656.
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J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2012 Oct 01;29(10):2092-103. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092.

Multicolor cavity metrology.

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision

Kiwamu Izumi, Koji Arai, Bryan Barr, Joseph Betzwieser, Aidan Brooks, Katrin Dahl, Suresh Doravari, Jennifer C Driggers, W Zach Korth, Haixing Miao, Jameson Rollins, Stephen Vass, David Yeaton-Massey, Rana X Adhikari

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  1. Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 23201656 DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.002092

Abstract

Long-baseline laser interferometers used for gravitational-wave detection have proven to be very complicated to control. In order to have sufficient sensitivity to astrophysical gravitational waves, a set of multiple coupled optical cavities comprising the interferometer must be brought into resonance with the laser field. A set of multi-input, multi-output servos then lock these cavities into place via feedback control. This procedure, known as lock acquisition, has proven to be a vexing problem and has reduced greatly the reliability and duty factor of the past generation of laser interferometers. In this article, we describe a technique for bringing the interferometer from an uncontrolled state into resonance by using harmonically related external fields to provide a deterministic hierarchical control. This technique reduces the effect of the external seismic disturbances by 4 orders of magnitude and promises to greatly enhance the stability and reliability of the current generation of gravitational-wave detectors. The possibility for using multicolor techniques to overcome current quantum and thermal noise limits is also discussed.

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