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| === List of Summer Student Projects: === | ## page was renamed from 40m Summer Projects = Summer 2012 = || ''Student'' || ''Year'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' || || Elizabeth Davison || 2012|| Det Char || || || || Yaakov Fein || 2012|| Platform active isolation ||[[attachment:Seismic_Sensing_and_Actuation]] || || || Maria (Masha) Okounkova || 2012|| Machine Learning ||[[attachment:MachineLearning.pdf]] (Uploaded 28 Sept 2012) || || || Eric Hendries || 2012|| Calibration || || || || Alexandra (Sasha) Zhdanova || 2012|| Simplant || || || |
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| * AM Laser Construction | == Past summer student projects == ||''Student (school)'' ||''year'' ||''Project'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk'' || || Ishwita Saikia || 2011||[[Adaptive_Feed_Forward_Filtering]] || || || || Nicole Ing || 2011 ||[[Characterization of the TT suspension]] || || || || Nancy Aggarwal || 2010||[[Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors]] || || || || Gopal Nataraj ||2010|| [[Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors]] || || || || Sharmila Dhevi || 2010||[[Magnetic Suspensions]] || || || || Katherine Larson ||2010|| [[Magnetic Suspensions]] || || || || Megan Daily ||2010|| [[Freq Stabilization]] || || || || Razib Obaid ||2010|| [[Phase_Camera]] || || || || Jenna Walrath ||2010|| [[Gyro]] || || || || Zach Cummings ||2009|| [[GigE_Phase_Cameras]] || || || || Michelle Stephens ||2009|| [[Optical_Ring_Gyroscope]] || || || || Stephanie Erickson || 2009||[[Multiply_Resonant_EOM]] || [[attachment:Multiply_Resonant_EOM/FinalPaper_090924.pdf|XXX]] || [[attachment:Multiply_Resonant_EOM/FinalTalk_090818.pdf|XXX]] || || Clara Bennett (MIT) ||2009|| [[Active_Noise_Cancellation]] || || || || Connor Mooney ||2009|| [[Fiber_Noise_Cancellation]] || || || || Chris Zimmerman ||2009|| [[Long_Range_Michelson_Readout]] || || || ||Eric (Caltech) ||2008 ||[[Image_Processing_with_GigE_Cameras]] || || || ||Max (Caltech) ||2008 ||[[Automated_Noise_Characterization]] || || || ||Sharon (MIT) ||2008 ||[[Adaptive_Noise_Cancellation_with_Neural_Networks]] || || || ||Masha (Harvard) ||2008 ||[[Exotic_Lock_Acquisition]] || || || ||[[SoniaBuckley|Sonia Buckley]] ||2007 ||[[Servo_optimization_with_Matlab]] || || || ||[[ElenaGasparri|Elena Gasparri]] ||2007 ||[[Adaptive_Filter|Adaptive Filtering]] || || || ||[[JoshuaWeiner|Josh Weiner]] ||2007 ||[[AP_Mode_Scanning]] ||[[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~cit40m/Docs/T070266_JoshWeiner.pdf|T070266]] || || ||[[EdwardMacAulay|Edward MacAulay]] ||2007 ||FTIR and Mass Spec || || || ||[[DarcyBarron|Darcy Barron]] ||2007 ||[[http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/mLIGO/TCS/CO2_Stabilization|Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization]] ||T070244-00-R ||G070643-00-R || ||[[AliceWang|Alice Wang]] ||2007 ||[[New RF photodiodes]] || || || ||[[KeenanPepper|Keenan Pepper]] ||2007 ||[[Gravity_Gradients]] || || || ||Jenne Driggers (U Washington) ||2006 ||Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners ||T060240 ||talk || ||David Malling (Syracuse U) ||2006 ||Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m ||T060241 ||talk || ||Darcy Barron (U Illinois) ||2006 ||DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer ||T060XXX ||talk. || ||Royal Reinecke (Caltech) ||2006 ||Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout ||T060244 ||talk. || ||Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome) ||2006 ||Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment ||T060246 ||talk || ||Marcus Ng ||2005 ||Design of an Output Mode Cleaner to Enable DC Readout ||paper ||talk || ||Ryan Kinney ||2005 ||Noise Budget Development ||paper ||talk || ||Matt Eichenfield ||2003 ||Wavefront Sensing Auto-Alignment System of a Triangular Mode Cleaner Cavity ||T030234 ||talk || ||Naman Batt ||2003 ||Optical Lever System ||T030231 ||talk || ||Alexei Ourjoumtsev ||2003 ||The Beam tool, MC WFS commissioning, electro-optic shutters, beamline installation ||T030198 || || ||Aya Sekido ||2002 ||Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m ||T020143 || || ||Marcus Benna ||2002 ||Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers ||T020144 || || ||Ilya Berdnikov ||2002 ||Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner ||T020145 || || ||Surjeet Rejendran ||2002 ||Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts ||T020146 || || ||David Bonfield ||2002 ||Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab ||T020147 || || ||Richard George (Cambridge) ||2001 ||AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E ||T010160 || || ||Victor Tsai (Caltech) ||2001 ||Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m ||T010161 || || ||Tim Piatenko (Cornell) ||2001 ||Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser ||T010162 || || ||Andrea DeMichele (Pisa) ||2001 ||Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization ||T010159 || || ||Mihail Amarie (Caltech) ||2001 ||Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise ||T010158 || || ||Irena Zivkovic (Serbia) ||2001 ||Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain ||T010157 || || ||Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd) ||2000 ||Wavefront Sensing for the 40m ||T000123 || || ||Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland) ||2000 ||Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m ||T000122 || || ||Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade) ||2000 ||Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design ||T000097 || || ||Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester) ||2000 ||Global Diagnostic System at the 40m || || || ||Ted Jou (Caltech) ||2000 ||Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m ||T000121 || || |
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| * Greenhouse for the Mach-Zender | == Ideas for future projects == * Autorun GUI * Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS * Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking |
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| * New RF Photodiode (LSC) | * Alignment sensing and stabilization * Oplev noise |
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| * New higher power Wavefront Sensor (!InGaAs) * Autorun GUI * [[40m Seismic Platform Interferometer]] * Optical lever noise reduction * Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS * Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam * Update noise budget code for DRFPMI * Adjust digital dewhitening and inv-dewhitening filters to analog dewhitening filters * Get some acoustic foam for the ISC tables |
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| = Suggested Reading List = * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3041|S5 Interferometer Paper]] * [[http://www.hpmemory.org/an/pdf/an_243.pdf|HP Signal Analysis note]] * [[http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?id=68542|LIGO Lock Acquisition Paper]] * [[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/P/P020003-00.pdf|Matt's Manifesto on Lock Acquisition]] * [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005RvMP...77..783B|Feedback for Physicists]] * Optics Tutorial |
Summer 2012
Student |
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Project title and wiki-link |
Paper |
Talk |
Elizabeth Davison |
2012 |
Det Char |
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Yaakov Fein |
2012 |
Platform active isolation |
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Maria (Masha) Okounkova |
2012 |
Machine Learning |
MachineLearning.pdf (Uploaded 28 Sept 2012) |
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Eric Hendries |
2012 |
Calibration |
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Alexandra (Sasha) Zhdanova |
2012 |
Simplant |
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Past summer student projects
Student (school) |
year |
Project |
Paper |
Talk |
Ishwita Saikia |
2011 |
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Nicole Ing |
2011 |
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Nancy Aggarwal |
2010 |
Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors |
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Gopal Nataraj |
2010 |
Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors |
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Sharmila Dhevi |
2010 |
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Katherine Larson |
2010 |
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Megan Daily |
2010 |
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Razib Obaid |
2010 |
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Jenna Walrath |
2010 |
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Zach Cummings |
2009 |
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Michelle Stephens |
2009 |
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Stephanie Erickson |
2009 |
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Clara Bennett (MIT) |
2009 |
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Connor Mooney |
2009 |
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Chris Zimmerman |
2009 |
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Eric (Caltech) |
2008 |
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Max (Caltech) |
2008 |
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Sharon (MIT) |
2008 |
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Masha (Harvard) |
2008 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
FTIR and Mass Spec |
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T070244-00-R |
G070643-00-R |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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Jenne Driggers (U Washington) |
2006 |
Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners |
T060240 |
talk |
David Malling (Syracuse U) |
2006 |
Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m |
T060241 |
talk |
Darcy Barron (U Illinois) |
2006 |
DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer |
T060XXX |
talk. |
Royal Reinecke (Caltech) |
2006 |
Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout |
T060244 |
talk. |
Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome) |
2006 |
Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment |
T060246 |
talk |
Marcus Ng |
2005 |
Design of an Output Mode Cleaner to Enable DC Readout |
paper |
talk |
Ryan Kinney |
2005 |
Noise Budget Development |
paper |
talk |
Matt Eichenfield |
2003 |
Wavefront Sensing Auto-Alignment System of a Triangular Mode Cleaner Cavity |
T030234 |
talk |
Naman Batt |
2003 |
Optical Lever System |
T030231 |
talk |
Alexei Ourjoumtsev |
2003 |
The Beam tool, MC WFS commissioning, electro-optic shutters, beamline installation |
T030198 |
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Aya Sekido |
2002 |
Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m |
T020143 |
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Marcus Benna |
2002 |
Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers |
T020144 |
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Ilya Berdnikov |
2002 |
Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner |
T020145 |
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Surjeet Rejendran |
2002 |
Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts |
T020146 |
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David Bonfield |
2002 |
Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab |
T020147 |
|
Richard George (Cambridge) |
2001 |
AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E |
T010160 |
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Victor Tsai (Caltech) |
2001 |
Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m |
T010161 |
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Tim Piatenko (Cornell) |
2001 |
Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser |
T010162 |
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Andrea DeMichele (Pisa) |
2001 |
Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization |
T010159 |
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Mihail Amarie (Caltech) |
2001 |
Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise |
T010158 |
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Irena Zivkovic (Serbia) |
2001 |
Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain |
T010157 |
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Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd) |
2000 |
Wavefront Sensing for the 40m |
T000123 |
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Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland) |
2000 |
Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m |
T000122 |
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Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade) |
2000 |
Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design |
T000097 |
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Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester) |
2000 |
Global Diagnostic System at the 40m |
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Ted Jou (Caltech) |
2000 |
Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m |
T000121 |
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Ideas for future projects
- Autorun GUI
- Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS
- Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking
- Alignment sensing and stabilization
- Oplev noise