Mid-IR laser for wavefront correction in gravitational wave detectors

Deeksha Beniwal*, Huy T. Cao, Sebastian Ng, Aidan F. Brooks, Gayathri Bharathan, Alex Fuerbach, Peter J. Veitch, David J. Ottaway

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    Abstract

    The next-generation gravitational wave detectors aim to enhance our understanding of extreme phenomena in the Universe. The high-frequency sensitivity of these detectors will be maximized by injecting squeezed vacuum states into the detector. However, the performance advantages offered by squeezed state injection can be easily degraded by losses in the system. A significant source of loss is the mode mismatch between optical cavities within the interferometer. To overcome this issue, new actuators are required that can produce a highly spherical wavefront change, with minimal higher order aberrations, whist adding low phase noise to the incident beam.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019
    EditorsArnan Mitchell, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
    Place of PublicationBellingham, Washington
    PublisherSPIE
    Pages1-2
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Electronic)9781510631410
    ISBN (Print)9781510631403
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2019
    EventAOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2019 and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy, ACOLS 2019 - Melbourne, Australia
    Duration: 9 Dec 201912 Dec 2019

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE
    PublisherSPIE
    Volume11200
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    ConferenceAOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2019 and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy, ACOLS 2019
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityMelbourne
    Period9/12/1912/12/19

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