D. Sigg
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
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Optics Letters | 2002
M. Evans; Nergis Mavalvala; P. Fritschel; R. Bork; B. Bhawal; R. Gustafson; W. Kells; M. Landry; D. Sigg; Ron Weiss; S. E. Whitcomb; H. Yamamoto
Interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors currently under construction, are based on kilometer-scale Michelson interferometers, with sensitivity that is enhanced by addition of multiple coupled optical resonators. Reducing the relative optic motions to bring the system to the resonant operating point is a significant challenge. We present a new approach to lock acquisition, used to lock a LIGO interferometer, whereby the sensor transformation matrix is dynamically calculated to sequentially bring the cavities into resonance.
Physical Review Letters | 2015
M. Evans; Slawek Gras; P. Fritschel; John B. Miller; L. Barsotti; D. V. Martynov; A. F. Brooks; D. C. Coyne; R. Abbott; R. Adhikari; Koji Arai; Rolf Bork; Bill Kells; J. G. Rollins; N. D. Smith-Lefebvre; G. Vajente; Hiroaki Yamamoto; C. Adams; S. M. Aston; Joseph Betzweiser; V. V. Frolov; Adam Mullavey; A. Pele; J. H. Romie; M. Thomas; Keith Thorne; S. Dwyer; K. Izumi; Keita Kawabe; D. Sigg
Parametric instabilities have long been studied as a potentially limiting effect in high-power interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Until now, however, these instabilities have never been observed in a kilometer-scale interferometer. In this Letter, we describe the first observation of parametric instability in a gravitational wave detector, and the means by which it has been removed as a barrier to progress.
Optics Express | 2013
S. E. Dwyer; L. Barsotti; S. Chua; M. Evans; M. Factourovich; D. Gustafson; T. Isogai; K. Kawabe; A. Khalaidovski; Ping Koy Lam; M. Landry; N. Mavalvala; D. E. McClelland; G. D. Meadors; C. M. Mow-Lowry; Roman Schnabel; R. Schofield; N. D. Smith-Lefebvre; M. Stefszky; C. Vorvick; D. Sigg
Squeezed states of light are an important tool for optical measurements below the shot noise limit and for optical realizations of quantum information systems. Recently, squeezed vacuum states were deployed to enhance the shot noise limited performance of gravitational wave detectors. In most practical implementations of squeezing enhancement, relative fluctuations between the squeezed quadrature angle and the measured quadrature (sometimes called squeezing angle jitter or phase noise) are one limit to the noise reduction that can be achieved. We present calculations of several effects that lead to quadrature fluctuations, and use these estimates to account for the observed quadrature fluctuations in a LIGO gravitational wave detector. We discuss the implications of this work for quantum enhanced advanced detectors and even more sensitive third generation detectors.
Optics Express | 2014
E. Oelker; L. Barsotti; S. E. Dwyer; D. Sigg; N. Mavalvala
Recent experiments have demonstrated that squeezed vacuum states can be injected into gravitational wave detectors to improve their sensitivity at detection frequencies where they are quantum noise limited. Squeezed states could be employed in the next generation of more sensitive advanced detectors currently under construction, such as Advanced LIGO, to further push the limits of the observable gravitational wave Universe. To maximize the benefit from squeezing, environmentally induced disturbances such as back scattering and angular jitter need to be mitigated. We discuss the limitations of current squeezed vacuum sources in relation to the requirements imposed by future gravitational wave detectors, and show a design for squeezed light injection which overcomes these limitations.
Classical and Quantum Gravity | 2014
A. Staley; D. V. Martynov; R. Abbott; R. Adhikari; K. Arai; S. Ballmer; L. Barsotti; A. F. Brooks; R. T. Derosa; S. Dwyer; A. Effler; M. Evans; P. Fritschel; V. V. Frolov; C. Gray; C. Guido; R. Gustafson; M. C. Heintze; D. Hoak; K. Izumi; K. Kawabe; E. J. King; J. S. Kissel; K. Kokeyama; M. Landry; D. E. McClelland; J. Miller; A. Mullavey; B OʼReilly; J. G. Rollins
Interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are complex instruments comprised of a Michelson interferometer enhanced by multiple coupled cavities. Active feedback control is required to operate these instruments and keep the cavities locked on resonance. The optical response is highly nonlinear until a good operating point is reached. The linear operating range is between 0.01% and 1% of a fringe for each degree of freedom. The resonance lock has to be achieved in all five degrees of freedom simultaneously, making the acquisition difficult. Furthermore, the cavity linewidth seen by the laser is only _(~1) Hz, which is four orders of magnitude smaller than the linewidth of the free running laser. The arm length stabilization system is a new technique used for arm cavity locking in Advanced LIGO. Together with a modulation technique utilizing third harmonics to lock the central Michelson interferometer, the Advanced LIGO detector has been successfully locked and brought to an operating point where detecting gravitational-waves becomes feasible.
Applied Optics | 1998
Nergis Mavalvala; D. Sigg; David H. Shoemaker
An alignment-sensing scheme for all significant angular degrees of freedom of a power-recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms was tested on a tabletop interferometer. The response to misalignment of all degrees of freedom was measured at each sensor, and good agreement was found between measured and theoretical values.
Applied Optics | 1998
D. Sigg; Nergis Mavalvala; Joseph Giaime; Peter Kurt Fritschel; David H. Shoemaker
We present a signal extraction scheme for longitudinal sensing and control of an interferometric gravitational-wave detector based on a multiple-frequency heterodyne detection technique. Gravitational-wave detectors use multiple-mirror resonant optical systems where resonance conditions must be satisfied for multiple degrees of freedom that are optically coupled. The multiple-carrier longitudinal-sensing technique provides sensitive signals for all interferometric lengths to be controlled and successfully decouples them. The feasibility of the technique is demonstrated on a tabletop-scale power-recycled Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arm cavities, and the experimentally measured values of the length-sensing signals are in good agreement with theoretical calculations.
Classical and Quantum Gravity | 2014
S. Chua; S. E. Dwyer; L. Barsotti; D. Sigg; R. Schofield; V. V. Frolov; K. Kawabe; M. Evans; G. D. Meadors; M. Factourovich; R. Gustafson; N. D. Smith-Lefebvre; C. Vorvick; M. Landry; A. Khalaidovski; M. Stefszky; C. M. Mow-Lowry; Benjamin Buchler; Daniel A. Shaddock; Ping Koy Lam; Roman Schnabel; N. Mavalvala; D. E. McClelland
Squeezed states of light have been recently used to improve the sensitivity of laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors beyond the quantum limit. To completely establish quantum engineering as a realistic option for the next generation of detectors, it is crucial to study and quantify the noise coupling mechanisms which injection of squeezed states could potentially introduce. We present a direct measurement of the impact of backscattered light from a squeezed-light source deployed on one of the 4 km long detectors of the laser interferometric gravitational wave observatory (LIGO). We also show how our measurements inform the design of squeezed-light sources compatible with the
Classical and Quantum Gravity | 2015
L. K. Nuttall; T. J. Massinger; J. S. Areeda; J. Betzwieser; S. Dwyer; A. Effler; Rebecca Fisher; P. Fritschel; J. S. Kissel; A. P. Lundgren; D. M. Macleod; D. V. Martynov; J. McIver; A. Mullavey; D. Sigg; J. R. Smith; G. Vajente; A. R. Williamson; C. C. Wipf
The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors have completed their initial upgrade phase and will enter the first observing run in late 2015, with detector sensitivity expected to improve in future runs. Through the combined efforts of on-site commissioners and the Detector Characterization group of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, interferometer performance, in terms of data quality, at both LIGO observatories has vastly improved from the start of commissioning efforts to present. Advanced LIGO has already surpassed Enhanced LIGO in sensitivity, and the rate of noise transients, which would negatively impact astrophysical searches, has improved. Here we give details of some of the work which has taken place to better the quality of the LIGO data ahead of the first observing run.
Applied Optics | 2010
E. Hirose; Keita Kawabe; D. Sigg; R. Adhikari; P. R. Saulson
We observed the effect of radiation pressure on the angular sensing and control system of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) interferometers core optics at LIGO Hanford Observatory. This is the first measurement of this effect in a complete gravitational-wave interferometer. Only one of the two angular modes survives with feedback control, because the other mode is suppressed when the control gain is sufficiently large. We developed a mathematical model to understand the physics of the system. This model matches well with the dynamics that we observe.