• Interferometer_Characterization
• Michelson_Noise_Budget

Michelson Noise budget

• Some noise curves to be included
  • Shot Noise
  • Dark (RFPD) Noise
  • ADC Noise
  • Laser Amplitude noise
  • Laser Frequency Noise
  • Oscillator Noises
  • DAC Noise
  • Coil Driver Noise

Measurements

• 6/Mar/2012 by KK and KI

Sensor in use

• AS55_Q

  • Gain of whitening filter = 30 dB for both the I and Q.

  • Demodulation phase = 5.4 deg (at which the I signal doesn't respond to the Michelson displacement).

  • ~ very tiny DC light is on the RFPD

  
  

• Modulation Depths
  • Gamma_11 = 0.136
  • Gamma_55 = 0.157
• LO frequency = 11065910 Hz

DC light

• port name	DC power [mW]
  AS55	~0
  REFL	1.9 mW

Sidebands

• The values noted here were estimated from the OSAs at the AS and REFL ports.

Optical gains

• Parameters
  description	values	notes
  Estimated Optical gain	57.7 W/m
  Expected optical gain	47.03 W/m
  Measured pk-pk Michelson error signal	1000 counts	Michelson was freely swinging
  Raw optical gain	5.9052 x10^9 [counts/meter]	= 4 * pi / lambda * (half of pk-pk error signals)
  demod board gain	10	AS55 has a piggy back amplifier
  ADC conversion	1638.4 counts / V	16 bit, +/-20 V
  Trans impedance at 55 MHz	556.3 Ohm	AS55 characterization
  Responsibity of diodes	0.75 [A/W]	from the spec sheet of C30642
  Attenuation in the AS path	0.7 * 0.99 * 0.5	0.7 is due to the OMC pick off mirror. The rest are from two BSs in front of the AS55 RFPD

• Theoretically the MICH error signal can be derived by applying the following equation

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  • where Pin is the power of the incident beam, ri is the reflectivity of the ITMs, f0 is the frequency of the laser, fm is the modulation frequency, lsch is the Schnupp asymmetry. In order to estimate the expected response, Pin was replaced by the effective power Peff, where all the power attenuation is included such as the transmission of PRM, SRM and the attenuation due to the beam splitters on the AP table.
  • Peff = Pin * Tp * Ts * Rbs1 * Rbs2 * Romcpickoff, where Pin = 600 mW / Rp. Assuming Rbs1 = 99%, Rbs2 = 50%, Romcpickoff = 70%.

Servo filters

• UGF = 55 Hz
• Only FM5 (10:1000) was activated.
• G = -2
• No limiter in the digital path.
• Feeding the signal back to BS.
• Dewhitening filters in BS are OFF.
• Assumption : BS actuator has a pole at 1 Hz with Q = 5
• Time delay = 480 usec (without considering the effects from the analog circuits and the down sampleing filters.)

RAM effects

• There is a big RAM signal in the I signal. The signals float from -100 counts to 0 counts as the Michelson freely swings.
  • The amount of the RAM looks changing as a function of time.
• The Q signal looks having not so much RAM effect.
• The highest value seems to be always ~ 0, while the lowest value varies as a function of time. It went to -200 counts some times.