Status of ACIGA High Power Test Facility for advanced interferometry

Pablo J. Barriga; Mark Barton; David G. Blair; Aidan Brooks; Ron Burman; Raymond Burston; Eu-Jeen Chin; Jong Chow; David Coward; Benedict Cusack; Glen de Vine; Jerome Degallaix; Jean Charles Dumas; Mikael Feat; Slawomir Gras; Malcolm B. Gray; Murray Wayne Hamilton; David Hosken; Eric Howell; John S. Jacob; Li Ju; Thu-Lan Kelly; Ben H. Lee; Chuen Y. Lee; Kah T. Lee; Antony Lun; David E. McClelland; Kirk McKenzie; Conor Mow-Lowry; Andrew Moylan; Damien Mudge; Jesper Munch; David Rabeling; David H. Reitze; Albert Romann; Sascha Schediwy; Susan M. Scott; Anthony S. Searle; Benjamin S. Sheard; Bram J.J. Slagmolen; Peter J. Veitch; John Winterflood; Andrew Woolley; Zewu Yan; Chunnong Zhao

doi:10.1117/12.581300

29 September 2004 Status of ACIGA High Power Test Facility for advanced interferometry

Pablo J. Barriga, Mark Barton, David G. Blair, Aidan Brooks, Ron Burman, Raymond Burston, Eu-Jeen Chin, Jong Chow, David Coward, Benedict Cusack, Glen de Vine, Jerome Degallaix, Jean Charles Dumas, Mikael Feat, Slawomir Gras, Malcolm B. Gray, Murray Wayne Hamilton, David Hosken, Eric Howell, John S. Jacob, Li Ju, Thu-Lan Kelly, Ben H. Lee, Chuen Y. Lee, Kah T. Lee, Antony Lun, David E. McClelland, Kirk McKenzie, Conor Mow-Lowry, Andrew Moylan, Damien Mudge, Jesper Munch, David Rabeling, David H. Reitze, Albert Romann, Sascha Schediwy, Susan M. Scott, Anthony S. Searle, Benjamin S. Sheard, Bram J.J. Slagmolen, Peter J. Veitch, John Winterflood, Andrew Woolley, Zewu Yan, Chunnong Zhao

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Proceedings Volume 5500, Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581300
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Australian Consortium for Gravitational Astronomy has built a High Optical Power Test Facility north of Perth, Western Australia. Current experiments in collaboration with LIGO are testing thermal lensing compensation, and suspension control on an 80m baseline suspended optical cavity. Future experiments will test radiation pressure instabilities and optical spring in a high power optical cavity with ~200kW circulating power. Once issues of operation and control have been resolved, the facility will go on to assess the noise performance of the high optical power technology through operation of an advanced interferometer with sapphire tests masses, and high performance suspension and isolation systems. The facility combines research and development undertaken by all consortium members, which latest results are presented.

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Pablo J. Barriga, Mark Barton, David G. Blair, Aidan Brooks, Ron Burman, Raymond Burston, Eu-Jeen Chin, Jong Chow, David Coward, Benedict Cusack, Glen de Vine, Jerome Degallaix, Jean Charles Dumas, Mikael Feat, Slawomir Gras, Malcolm B. Gray, Murray Wayne Hamilton, David Hosken, Eric Howell, John S. Jacob, Li Ju, Thu-Lan Kelly, Ben H. Lee, Chuen Y. Lee, Kah T. Lee, Antony Lun, David E. McClelland, Kirk McKenzie, Conor Mow-Lowry, Andrew Moylan, Damien Mudge, Jesper Munch, David Rabeling, David H. Reitze, Albert Romann, Sascha Schediwy, Susan M. Scott, Anthony S. Searle, Benjamin S. Sheard, Bram J.J. Slagmolen, Peter J. Veitch, John Winterflood, Andrew Woolley, Zewu Yan, and Chunnong Zhao "Status of ACIGA High Power Test Facility for advanced interferometry", Proc. SPIE 5500, Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors, (29 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581300

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