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== Designing and implementing a thermal compensation system for the 40m arm cavity == = Thermal compensation system for the 40m arm cavity =
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The goal is to compensate for imperfections that arise due to optical inhomogeneities in the arm cavity mirrors by heating the ETM. == Goal ==
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o compensate for imperfections that arise due to optical inhomogeneities in the arm cavity mirrors by designing and implementing a thermal compensation system.
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== Things to be looked into ==

== What are the ideal cavity parameters? ===
=== Thermal effects due to circulating arm cavity power ===
=== HOM degeneracy ===
=== Increase or decrease RoC of the ETM to correct for inhomogeneities (also by how much) ===

Thermal compensation system for the 40m arm cavity

Goal

To compensate for imperfections that arise due to optical inhomogeneities in the arm cavity mirrors by designing and implementing a thermal compensation system. The lessons learned from this exercise will help with designing/implementing a similar kind of system for the folding mirrors in the power recycling cavity.

Things to be looked into

== What are the ideal cavity parameters? ===

Thermal effects due to circulating arm cavity power

HOM degeneracy

Increase or decrease RoC of the ETM to correct for inhomogeneities (also by how much)

Advanced_Techniques/Adaptive_Thermal_Compensation (last edited 2013-11-16 13:50:04 by ManasadevithirugnanasambandamATligoDOTorg)