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| The spatial inhomogeneities on the mirror surface in a Fabry-Perot(FP) cavity introduce phase shifts in the cavity which changes/shifts the frequencies at which the various transverse modes of the cavity get excited. We will be introducing thermoelastic deformations on the ETM mirror surface (considering the ITM surface to be perfect) by imaging heat patterns. The effect of the heat pattern will be actively monitored using a green laser injected from the ETM side of the cavity | The PSL laser is locked to the arm cavity using the PDH error signal. The green laser is injected from the ETM side of the arm. The relative phase between the two lasers is kept constant using a phase-locked-loop (PLL) servo. The transmitted end-green from the arm interferes with the frequency-doubled PSL and produce a beatnote. Taking into account the following: 1. The amplitude of the beatnote depends on the intensity of the transmitted green. 2. Changing the frequency of the end-green laser (using the PLL local oscillator) will affect it's resonance conditions in the arm cavity and excite the various transverse modes. 3. The frequencies at which these resonances occur depend on the spatial inhomogeneities on the mirror surface. We can conclude that the amplitude of the beatnote as a function of the end-laser frequency (or the local oscillator frequency) will give the information about the cavity resonance frequencies and hence the effect of the mirror distortions can be mapped. |
Tuning Fabry-Perot cavity modal frequencies using controlled thermoelastic deformations on mirror surface
Goal
To correct for the modal frequency shifts in the FP arm cavity that arise from the spatial inhomogeneities on the mirror surface. This will be done by imaging heat patterns on the ETM surface. The thermoelastic deformations created on the mirror surface introduces phase shifts to the cavity modes. The green ALS system will be used to mode scan the cavity continuously. A feedback control system will actively correct for the frequency shifts based on the cavity mode scan information.
The lessons learned from this exercise will help in designing/implementing a similar kind of system for the folding mirrors in the signal recycling cavity.
System Overview
Description
The PSL laser is locked to the arm cavity using the PDH error signal. The green laser is injected from the ETM side of the arm. The relative phase between the two lasers is kept constant using a phase-locked-loop (PLL) servo. The transmitted end-green from the arm interferes with the frequency-doubled PSL and produce a beatnote.
Taking into account the following:
- The amplitude of the beatnote depends on the intensity of the transmitted green.
- Changing the frequency of the end-green laser (using the PLL local oscillator) will affect it's resonance conditions in the arm cavity and excite the various transverse modes.
- The frequencies at which these resonances occur depend on the spatial inhomogeneities on the mirror surface.
We can conclude that the amplitude of the beatnote as a function of the end-laser frequency (or the local oscillator frequency) will give the information about the cavity resonance frequencies and hence the effect of the mirror distortions can be mapped.
Fact-finding
- What are the ideal cavity parameters? (a reference to compare the different heating models)
- Desired tuneable range and achievable range
- Heaters and heating patterns
- Practical/hardware limitations in implementing
Simulation/Modelling
- Find the ideal/real cavity parameters (higher order mode degeneracy) - SIS
- Frequency tuning - SIS
- Heating patterns - COMSOL
- Thermally perturbed cavity analysis - SIS