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== List of FSS Related Electronics Schematics == == List of PMC Related Electronics Schematics ==

The Pre Mode Cleaner is triangular ring cavity mounted on a mostly monolithic fused silica spacer.

Its purpose is mainly to passively filter out laser noise above ~1 MHz. This is needed because none of our active servos do anything good at such high frequencies.

A secondary purpose is that it also spatially filters the light which comes out of the MOPA.

In reality, the PMC is mostly superfluous at the 40m. The raw laser noise falls off like 1/f^2 above the ~600 kHz relaxation oscillation of the NPRO and none of our demodulation frequencies are below 30 MHz. We would need to detect ~300 mA of photocurrent in order to be able to detect the NPRO's RFAM.


Table of PMC Parameters

Parameter

Value

Reference

Pole Frequency

800 kHz

http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/116

Finesse

800

http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/116

Input Mirror T

0.3 %

calc

Output Mirror T

0.3 %

calc

Back Mirror T

100 ppm ??

calc

Free Spectral Range

713 MHz

PSL FDD

Length

205 mm

PSL FDD

Material

Fused Silica

PSL FDD

PZT Calibration

10.4 nm/V

http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/904


  • PMC 35.5 MHz Frequency Reference Card (R. Abbott)
  • PMC Servo (by Karwoski, based on the R. Abbott original - modified by Rana/Jenne based on the Hartmut mods)
  • PMC RFPD (old LSC kind by Dale Ouimette)


attachment:premodecleaner.jpg

See Also

PSL/Pre_Mode_Cleaner (last edited 2014-07-10 03:43:58 by ManasadevithirugnanasambandamATligoDOTorg)